Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat

For most of human history, we thought we knew who our closest relatives were. Then a fragment of pinky bone in a Siberian cave, a skull hidden in a well for decades, and a chamber full of bones deep in a South African cave system rewrote the story entirely. New discoveries in 2025 and 2026 have finally given the mysterious Denisovans a face... and raised the possibility that a small-brained relative may have buried its dead 100,000 years before we did.Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@HiddenHistoryPodIf you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Hidden History to never miss an episode! Hidden History is a Rewind Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios.Follow us on SocialInstagram: @RewindStudiosTikTok: @RewindStudiosYouTube: @HiddenHistoryPodEpisode Sponsors:Find the fall pieces you’ll reach for most at Quince. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to https://www.Quince.com. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too.Right now, Merit Beauty is offering our listeners their Signature Makeup Bag – which if you’ve seen it, it’s not just a make-up bag but really an accessory – free with your first order at https://www.MeritBeauty.com.

Fun fact: Did you know Jaws almost never existed because the shark kept sinking while filming? That is Connor Tomlinson just getting started. If that sounds fascinating, you are going to love Rewind Studios’ new podcast out now called WHAT THE FACT hosted by Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy. It’s produced by the same team that brings you Hidden History.Connor and co-host Carter Roy pull three unbelievable true facts every week and tell you the full story behind each one. Nothing is off limits. Myths and monsters. Forgotten scandals. Accidental discoveries. Untold stories behind the songs everyone knows. Disasters that sound made up but absolutely happened. Carter sets the scene and Connor makes you fall in love with history.The wildest stuff is real, and the real stuff is wilder than you think. New episodes every Wednesday.What the Fact with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy is a Rewind Original, powered by PAVE Studios.Listen and Follow: https://pod.link/6811124906

As we kick off Spooky Season, Harini is joined by Bobbie Curtis Lee of Oddities on Elm Street to talk about one of America's most haunted items. For over a century, a 40-inch doll named Robert has sat at the center of Key West's strangest story: blamed for car crashes, divorces, and streaks of bad luck that only end with a written apology. He belonged to artist Gene Otto, who gave the doll his own name, his own clothes, and eventually his own room... while his wife Anne quietly unraveled beside him. The haunting may be real, but the doll might not be where it lives.Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@HiddenHistoryPodIf you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Hidden History to never miss an episode! Hidden History is a Rewind Original Podcast, powered by PAVE StudiosFollow us on SocialInstagram: @RewindStudiosTikTok: @RewindStudiosYouTube: @HiddenHistoryPodEpisode Sponsor:If you’ve been waiting to start therapy, BetterHelp works with more than 125 health plan networks, and eligible members have an average copay of just $23 per session with insurance. Don’t have insurance or don't live in the United States? You can still get 10% off your first month. Visit https://www.BetterHelp.com/HIDDENHISTORY to explore your payment options.

Locked in Yale's Beinecke Library sits a 600-year-old book written in an alphabet that exists nowhere else on Earth: roughly 38,000 words across 240 pages of calfskin, and not one sentence has ever been verified as translated. Emperors paid fortunes for it, the codebreaker who cracked Japan's WWII cipher gave up on it, and supercomputers have made no progress. The evidence is complete and fully photographed... so why can't anyone read it?Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@HiddenHistoryPodIf you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Hidden History to never miss an episode! Hidden History is a Rewind Original Podcast, powered by PAVE StudiosFollow us on SocialInstagram: @RewindStudiosTikTok: @RewindStudiosYouTube: @HiddenHistoryPod

In November 1966, four witnesses driving through an abandoned munitions plant outside Point Pleasant, West Virginia reported a towering winged figure with glowing red eyes... and sightings continued for thirteen months. Then, on December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River during rush hour, killing 46 people. The creature was never seen again. This episode examines the scientific, historical, and supernatural explanations for what people saw, and how a real community tragedy became one of America's most enduring cryptid legends.Head over to our Hidden History YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@HiddenHistoryPodIf you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Hidden History to never miss an episode! Hidden History is a Rewind Original Podcast, powered by PAVE StudiosFollow us on SocialInstagram: @RewindStudiosTikTok: @RewindStudiosYouTube: @HiddenHistoryPodEpisode Sponsor:Head to https://www.FactorMeals.com/HiddenHistory50Off and use code hiddenhistory50off to get 50 percent off and 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year, while supplies last until 10/31/2026.