Afternoonified

We have more wives for you! This week we're taking a look at the second half of King Nasty's wives, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and, Catherine Parr. It's going to be a rough one, so hold onto your breeches! Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

Next up in what is apparently becoming a series we like to call "The women who were overshadowed by an a**hole" is the story of six women who all had one thing in common. Actually, since it was the 16th century in England and they were all upper class, they had a lot of things/relatives in common but the main one was some guy named Henry. In this episode we cover the rise and fall of Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and, Jane Seymour. Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

Okay, maybe they're not actual fish. This week we're taking a look at one of the coolest natural phenomena and some of the things humans have come up with to explain it. Other than science. Which is cool, it just doesn't have the same pizzaz as an astral wedding. Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

The history of this simple yet noble food dates back way further than you may expect. Sure, there was a British noble who didn't want to stop what he was doing, but we were putting things between bread WAY before him. Grab a napkin, pull up a chair and strap in because we're exploring the history of man's greatest culinary innovation as well as it's variations across the globe. There are also some hot tips for maximizing YOUR sandwich situation at home. Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

On this week's installment of Emily's Fairytale Theater, we have a heavy hitter princess as well as a bonus tale to keep things at the level of weird we know you've become accustomed to. Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

The title really says it all. We've got nonsense, concept art from The Super Mario Sisters, unusual bookbinding materials, three foot tall demons and SO MUCH MORE! Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

A mysterious stone tower? In the middle of Rhode Island, you say??? We're on the case to find out exactly what the Newport Tower was. Probably something to do with Vikings. Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

The feminist rage continues with the second part of our Jack the Ripper series! This week we're covering the lives of Elisabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Kelly along with presenting our (Emily's) theory about how Jack the Ripper was 1-3 guys. Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

It's once again time to learn about cemetery symbolism! This time Sara is taking us through the magical world of secret societies and what they've decided to adorn their headstones with, Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

We've all heard the story of Gentleman Jack, prowling the streets of Whitechapel in 1888 and preying on it's most vulnerable inhabitants. Like seriously... how could you NOT know about this? What's often overlooked is the life and circumstances of the women Jack preyed upon. They were women with families and lives before some jerk in a top hat cut their lives short..so we're going to talk about them. They deserve it. Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

This week we're taking a look at what we can only describe as a Urban Victorian Cryptid. In the late 19th Century London and the surrounding area were terrorized by Springheeled Jack, a fire spitting man/demon/bear, and that's not even the weirdest thing about him. Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

We know what you're thinking "Multiple clown panics??" and yeah, we were surprised too. This week we're diving into the 2016 clown sightings and then hopping into our time machine to explore the OTHER clown sightings of yore. Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

This week we're keeping it light and focusing on what you might call... F-List Cryptids. Sara has scoured the depths of Cryptid Wiki to bring you silly little guys from the swamps of Florida to the beautiful hair care aisles of Quebec. Support Afternoonified by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/afternoonified Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

This week we learn about one of history's most charming and yet tragic birds. Dodos shouldn't be relegated to being the butt of jokes about obsolecense when it was humans who put them there and Afternoonified will nOT STAND BY AND LET THAT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

Thor and Loki are at it again! This time they need to figure out how to get Thor's hammer back from the giants... and the solution slays more than you'd think it would. Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

This week is a descent back into the world of medical quackery with John R Brinkley. A man who, and we're not messing with you, managed to convince way too many people that goats were the answer to uh... manly vigor. Look, it's awful, it's disgusting and don't worry, we get to watch him fail by the end of it all. Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

Ever been in Europe and thought "Man, I could really go for looking at a lot of human bones right now." Great news! You can! This week we have some excellent Ossuaries where you can peep all the human remains your little heart desires. Note: I did want to title this mini The Church of 11,000 Sluts but tanking our algorithm seemed unwise. Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

We're going to explore some of the more... colorful members of historical European royalty for this week of camp. Colorful in the sense that they had terrible families, deep seated mental illness or even all of the above. It's sad, it's silly, it's pretty par for the course with us! Special thanks to Middle Ages for our Camp theme song! Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

Camp continues with an arts and crafts session that we somehow managed to make educational! We're learning about the origins and structure of Heraldic Coats of Arms and then helping Sara make one of her own! Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com

Camp Afternoonified is back in session! This year we're spending the month in Europe, starting with a grand circle (sort of) tour of the finest haunted castles the continent has to offer. We've got big pits, mutant rats and sooooo many angry lady ghosts. Special thanks to Middle Ages for our Camp theme song! Find out more at http://getafternoonified.com