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| Title | Date published | ||
| Ancient Goddesses of Sex and War | 2023-11-17 | ||
| JFK Special 2. | The Kennedy Sister They Tried To Hide | 2023-11-13 | ||
| Love, Lust & Fighting in World War II | 2023-11-10 | ||
| JFK Special 1. | The Irish Woman Who Built The Dynasty | 2023-11-06 | ||
| Victorian Sex | 2023-11-02 | ||
| History of the Witch | 2023-10-31 | ||
| Josephine Baker: Jazz Age Superstar to WW2 Spy | 2023-10-27 | ||
| History of Asexuality | 2023-10-24 | ||
| Hitler's Sex Life | 2023-10-20 | ||
| Spectrophilia: The Ghost Fetish | 2023-10-17 | ||
| The Black Death: the Rise of Women, Witches & the Peasant’s Revolt | 2023-10-13 | ||
| The WW2 Witch Trial of Hellish Nell | 2023-10-10 | ||
| Age of Consent: Medieval Meaning, Victorian Scandals & Modern Relevance | 2023-10-06 | ||
| Sex: The Medieval Rules | 2023-10-03 | ||
| Julius Caesar's Sex Life | 2023-09-29 | ||
| Polari: The Secret Language of Gay Men | 2023-09-26 | ||
| Sex & Scandal in Hampton Court | 2023-09-22 | ||
| Sex In Old Age: Myths, Toys & Desire | 2023-09-19 | ||
| Hate Mail: A Scandalous History | 2023-09-15 | ||
| Victorian London's Hidden Porn Trade | 2023-09-12 |