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| Title | Date published | ||
| 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 | ||
| Cleopatra to Jane Austen: Perfumes of Powerful Women | 2023-09-08 | ||
| Bestiality | 2023-09-05 | ||
| Self Sacrifice in Ancient India | 2023-09-01 | ||
| History of Sex For Sale | 2023-08-29 | ||
| How Fear Shaped History | 2023-08-25 | ||
| Gay Identity in Nazi Germany | 2023-08-22 | ||
| Superstitions: Witch Marks, Touching Wood & Lucky Pants | 2023-08-18 | ||
| Polyamory: From Mormons to 60s Counterculture | 2023-08-15 |