Medieval Death Trip
On Medieval Death Trip, we feature a selected medieval text (often historical, occasionally literary) that touches on the odd, the gruesome, the unexpected, and similarly curious incidents, images, or ideas. In addition to presenting the text itself, each episode features commentary and musings upon that text.Podcasts
MDT Ep. 107: Concerning Portents, an Interdiction, Persecutions, Heresy, and a Year of Bloodshed
Published: Aug. 17, 2024, 11:54 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 21 seconds
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MDT Ep. 106: Concerning the Hard Work of a Housewife
Published: May 12, 2024, 4:33 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 49 seconds
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MDT Ep. 105: Concerning the Voice of the Golem
Published: April 1, 2024, 12:04 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 59 seconds
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MDT Ep. 104: Concerning the Abacus and Succubus of Gerbert d'Aurillac
Published: Nov. 29, 2023, 3:08 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 37 seconds
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MDT Ep. 103: "The Demon Pope" by Richard Garnett
Published: Oct. 31, 2023, 10:09 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 53 seconds
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MDT Ep. 102: Concerning the Occult Career of Pope Sylvester II
Published: Oct. 1, 2023, 3:21 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 47 seconds
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MDT Ep. 101: Concerning Danish Devastations, a Devilish Pope, a Deceitful Duke, and English Decline
Published: July 15, 2023, 10:46 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 53 seconds
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MDT Ep. 100: Concerning the Litigious Origins of Printing
Published: May 12, 2023, 4:18 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 33 seconds
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MDT Ep. 99: A Valentine's Battle for the Kingship of Man
Published: Feb. 15, 2023, 12:29 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 19 seconds
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MDT Ep. 98: Concerning the Life of Elgar the Hermit and Divine Dinner Delivery
Published: Dec. 23, 2022, 10:14 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 43 seconds
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MDT Ep. 97: Concerning Three Witches
Published: Nov. 26, 2022, 11:41 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 1 second
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MDT Ep. 96: Concerning the Relics and Grave of King Oswald
Published: Oct. 8, 2022, 3:03 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 1 second
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MDT Extra: Letters on the Death of Elizabeth I
Published: Sept. 14, 2022, 4:27 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 34 seconds
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MDT Ep. 95: Concerning Princely Heads and the Bishop's Monkeys
Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 6:46 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 34 seconds
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MDT Ep. 94: Helmbrecht v Sheriff: Eve of Justice
Published: Aug. 21, 2022, 10:26 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 31 seconds
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MDT Ep. 93: Helmbrecht Returns, or The Dark Robber Knight
Published: Aug. 3, 2022, 2:39 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 24 seconds
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MDT Ep. 92: Helmbrecht Begins, or How to Become a Robber Knight
Published: July 9, 2022, 4:02 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 8 seconds
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MDT Ep. 91: Concerning Wage Warfare after the Plague
Published: June 8, 2022, 2:56 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 39 seconds
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MDT Ep. 90: Medieval True Crime IV: In the Shadow of the Gallows Pole
Published: May 19, 2022, 3:46 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 1 second
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MDT Ep. 89: Interview with a Devil
Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 2:09 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 11 seconds
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MDT Ep. 88: Concerning the Plight of the Paterfamilias
Published: June 29, 2021, 3:36 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 35 seconds
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MDT Ep. 87: Medieval True Crime III: Death in the Countryside
Published: May 12, 2021, 4:55 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 56 seconds
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MDT Ep. 86: Concerning the Meaning of Stones
Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 3:32 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 52 seconds
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MDT Ep. 85: Medieval True Crime II: Concerning Violent Crime in the Coroner's Rolls
Published: Dec. 19, 2020, 4:55 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 40 seconds
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MDT Ep. 84: Medieval True Crime I - Concerning Miraculous Justice for a Mutilated Priest
Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 2:36 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 47 seconds
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MDT Ep. 83: Concerning Island Kingdoms, Bloodsuckers, and Flesh-Eaters
Published: Aug. 19, 2020, 4:42 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 1 second
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MDT Ep. 82: Concerning Plague Persecutions
Published: July 3, 2020, 4:25 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 55 seconds
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MDT Ep. 81: Concerning More Descriptions of the Plague
Published: May 26, 2020, 1:07 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 56 seconds
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MDT Ep. 80: Concerning Boccaccio's Description of the Plague
Published: March 26, 2020, 4:05 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 21 seconds
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MDT Ep. 79: Concerning Cursed Christmas Carolers and an Unlikely Bishop
Published: Dec. 23, 2019, 11:42 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 13 seconds
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MDT Ep. 78: Concerning the Character of William Rufus and Some Scandalous Shoes
Published: Dec. 20, 2019, 9:37 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 16 seconds
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MDT Ep. 77: Concerning Some Demons of the Lanercost Chronicle (and a Revenant)
Published: Nov. 1, 2019, 3:26 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 59 seconds
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MDT Ep. 76: Concerning a Glimpse into 15th-Century School Life
Published: Oct. 23, 2019, 4:05 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 35 seconds
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MDT Vacation Bonus: Dragonslayer Film Commentary
Published: July 13, 2019, 2:38 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 59 seconds
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MDT Ep. 75: Concerning More Challenges to the Throne of Man
Published: July 1, 2019, 3:43 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 20 seconds
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MDT Ep. 74: Concerning Bad Bishops, Buried Treasure, and an Unchaste Priest
Published: June 22, 2019, 7:31 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 7 seconds
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MDT Ep. 73: Concerning a Mouse and a Frog
Published: May 27, 2019, 9:49 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 48 seconds
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MDT Ep. 72: An Icelandic Vision of the Afterlife
Published: May 9, 2019, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 4 seconds
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MDT Ep. 71: Concerning Stained Glass and Notre Dame
Published: April 19, 2019, 8:09 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 19 seconds
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MDT Ep. 70: Concerning a Coastal Conflict and Two Visions of the Virgin
Published: April 14, 2019, 11:57 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 33 seconds
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MDT Ep. 69: The Confession of St. Patrick (Part 2)
Published: March 23, 2019, 6:01 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 42 seconds
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MDT Ep. 68: The Confession of St. Patrick (Part 1)
Published: March 12, 2019, 4:03 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 8 seconds
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MDT Ep. 67: Concerning a Maiden Seduced by an Incubus, or A Dunwich Horror
Published: Feb. 15, 2019, 1:17 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 8 seconds
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MDT Ep. 66: Concerning a Man Consumed by Mice and Other Plagues
Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 5:35 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 7 seconds
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Feed Update Announcement
Published: Feb. 8, 2019, 1:09 a.m.Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
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MDT Ep. 65: Concerning Pawns and Politics
Published: Dec. 27, 2018, 8:01 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 34 seconds
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MDT Ep. 64: Concerning the Bishop, Knight, and Rook
Published: Dec. 21, 2018, 6:09 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 6 seconds
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MDT Ep. 63: Concerning the Moves of the Chess King and Queen
Published: Dec. 17, 2018, 9:37 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 7 seconds
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MDT Ep. 62: Concerning the Design of the Chessboard
Published: Dec. 11, 2018, 2:31 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 27 seconds
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MDT Ep. 61: Concerning the Invention of Chess
Published: Nov. 29, 2018, 8:43 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 44 seconds
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MDT Ep. 60: Concerning How the Dead Man Glamr Terrorized Thorhallstead
Published: Oct. 30, 2018, 9:29 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 seconds
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MDT Ep. 59: Concerning Children Miraculously Saved from Fatal Accidents
Published: Oct. 22, 2018, 6:43 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 17 seconds
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MDT Ep. 58: Concerning the Life and Many Disentombments of Odoric of Pordenone
Published: Oct. 5, 2018, 4:42 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 53 seconds
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MDT Ep. 57: Concerning Dive-Doppers, Paper Money, and a Half-Way House for Souls
Published: Sept. 19, 2018, 3:39 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 56 seconds
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MDT Ep. 56: Concerning a Junk Voyage Interrupted
Published: Aug. 31, 2018, 9:49 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 51 seconds
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MDT Ep. 55: Concerning Good Wine, Bad Ships, and Baked Soldiers
Published: Aug. 15, 2018, 4:57 p.m.Duration: 42 minutes 39 seconds
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MDT Ep. 54: Concerning Quicksand, Crusaders, and a Journey Underground
Published: Aug. 8, 2018, 10:13 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 34 seconds
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MDT Ep. 53: Concerning Sucking Up to Patrons
Published: July 27, 2018, 8:15 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 42 seconds
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MDT Ep. 52: Concerning St. Patrick and the Magicians
Published: March 17, 2018, 7 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 57 seconds
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MDT Ep. 51: Concerning Fire and Fury in the Palace Part 2
Published: March 15, 2018, 4:33 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 29 seconds
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MDT Ep. 50: Concerning Fire and Fury in the Palace - Part 1
Published: Feb. 13, 2018, 3:24 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 20 seconds
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MDT Ep. 49: Concerning a Medieval Marley's Ghost
Published: Dec. 24, 2017, 11:49 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 2 seconds
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MDT Ep. 48: Concerning the Sharp Wit, Unorthodox Wisdom, & Brutal Death of John the Scot
Published: Dec. 17, 2017, 3:34 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes
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MDT Ep. 47: Concerning Ragnarok
Published: Nov. 22, 2017, 5:54 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 25 seconds
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MDT Ep. 46: Concerning the Giant of Mont St. Michel
Published: Nov. 1, 2017, 2:23 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 13 seconds
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MDT Ep. 45: Concerning Magnus Barefoot vs. Ireland
Published: Oct. 29, 2017, 4:03 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 23 seconds
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MDT Ep. 44: Concerning Turnover of the Kings of Man
Published: Sept. 19, 2017, 4:58 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 54 seconds
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MDT Ep. 43: Concerning the Resurrection of Cannibals
Published: Aug. 15, 2017, 7:42 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 44 seconds
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MDT Ep. 42: Concerning the Exhumation of St. Cuthbert (1827)
Published: July 1, 2017, 3:45 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 23 seconds
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MDT Ep. 41: Concerning the Examination of Cuthbert's Body (1104)
Published: June 26, 2017, 8:39 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 50 seconds
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MDT Ep. 40: Fear and Trembling in Durham Cathedral
Published: June 5, 2017, 10:47 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 17 seconds
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MDT Ep. 39: To the Lists!
Published: May 10, 2017, 4:05 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 3 seconds
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MDT Ep. 38: Concerning Men Afflicted by Snakes and Some Serpent-Lore
Published: April 14, 2017, 8:31 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 5 seconds
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MDT Ep. 37: Concerning a Prank, a King's Death, Manslaughter, and a False Pregnancy
Published: March 26, 2017, 6:49 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 54 seconds
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MDT Ep. 36: Concerning the Depredations of King John
Published: Feb. 18, 2017, 10:41 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 41 seconds
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MDT Ep. 35: Concerning Some Astronomical Anomalies and Meteorological Marvels
Published: Dec. 21, 2016, 6:35 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 36 seconds
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MDT Ep. 34: How Battle Abbey Lost Its Divine Favor and the Death of Two Abbots
Published: Dec. 11, 2016, 1 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes
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MDT Ep. 33: Concerning Some Bad Houseguests
Published: Nov. 22, 2016, 7:38 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes
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MDT Ep. 32: Election Special 2016!
Published: Nov. 8, 2016, 5:22 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 50 seconds
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MDT Ep. 31: Concerning the Revenants of William of Newburgh
Published: Oct. 31, 2016, 10:32 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 5 seconds
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MDT Ep. 30: The Battle of Hastings According to Orderic Vitalis
Published: Oct. 14, 2016, 8:58 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 11 seconds
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MDT Episode 29: Back to School with Eberhard's Laborintus
Published: Sept. 2, 2016, 2:57 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 13 seconds
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MDT Episode 28: Concerning the Terrible Crimes of Philip de Bella Arbore
Published: Aug. 5, 2016, 11:21 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 42 seconds
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MDT Episode 27: Concerning Another Take on the Love of Edgar and Aelfthryth
Published: July 7, 2016, 3:06 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 47 seconds
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MDT Episode 26: Concerning the Problematic Passions of King Edgar
Published: June 22, 2016, 11:35 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 48 seconds
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MDT Episode 25: Concerning the Deaths of Edgar and Edward in Triptych
Published: May 23, 2016, 11:31 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 19 seconds
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MDT Episode 24: How Edward Put His Mother to the Ordeal
Published: May 12, 2016, 3:16 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 51 seconds
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MDT Episode 23: Concerning Some Scandalous Priests, a Sainted Astrologer, and the Dove of Death
Published: April 30, 2016, 2:33 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 47 seconds
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MDT Episode 22: Concerning Elfred the Bone-Hunter
Published: April 12, 2016, 2:20 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 56 seconds
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MDT Episode 21: A New Year's Chimera
Published: March 25, 2016, 5:18 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 28 seconds
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MDT Episode 20: Concerning Trouble with the Inmates of Dale Abbey
Published: Dec. 21, 2015, 6:01 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 46 seconds
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MDT Episode 19: Concerning the Hermit of the Dale
Published: Nov. 23, 2015, 9:04 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 44 seconds
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MDT Episode 18: Concerning the Lai of Bisclavret, the Werewolf
Published: Nov. 1, 2015, 2:34 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 17 seconds
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MDT Episode 17: Concerning the Ill-Gotten Casula
Published: Sept. 29, 2015, 4:10 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 45 seconds
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MDT Episode 16: Concerning Coin-Eating and a Demon Child
Published: Sept. 10, 2015, 8:36 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 34 seconds
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MDT Episode 15: Concerning the Relics of Simon de Montfort
Published: Aug. 26, 2015, 2:34 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 48 seconds
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MDT Episode 14: Concerning the Death of Simon de Montfort
Published: Aug. 3, 2015, 9:06 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds
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MDT Episode 13: Concerning the Old Chariot Trick
Published: July 17, 2015, 9:09 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds
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MDT Episode 12: Concerning William Rufus, Treason, and Portents of the King's Death
Published: May 23, 2015, 7:37 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 2 seconds
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MDT Episode 11: How a Blood Libel Takes Root
Published: April 17, 2015, 8:59 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 13 seconds
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MDT Episode 10: Concerning the Milk of Grammar
Published: March 24, 2015, 9:59 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 23 seconds
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MDT Episode 09: Concerning the Wretched Fate of a Grammar Teacher
Published: March 13, 2015, 8:05 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 6 seconds
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MDT Episode 08: Concerning a Devil Pig, a Death Prophecy, and St. William's Candles
Published: Feb. 23, 2015, 8:57 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 20 seconds
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MDT Episode 07: Concerning Some Divine Dentistry
Published: Feb. 9, 2015, 9:40 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 24 seconds
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MDT Episode 06: Concerning the Year Something-Fourteen
Published: Jan. 26, 2015, 7:48 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 14 seconds
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MDT Episode 05: Concerning the Burning of Croyland Abbey
Published: Dec. 26, 2014, 8:03 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 59 seconds
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MDT Episode 04: The Violent Death of Bishop Walcher
Published: Dec. 13, 2014, 7:35 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 23 seconds
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MDT Episode 03: Concerning a Vision of Heaven and Hell and a Bad Outlook for the Bishop
Published: Nov. 28, 2014, 7:48 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 7 seconds
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MDT Episode 02: Concerning Another Cure for Extreme Swelling, a Sinful Clerk, & Some Lightning Bolts
Published: Nov. 14, 2014, 9:04 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 34 seconds
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MDT Episode 01: Concerning Poisoning By Toad
Published: Nov. 1, 2014, 1:05 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds
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MDT Episode 0: Prologue
Published: Nov. 1, 2014, 1 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 20 seconds
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