Universally Detested

New York’s worst governor, ever

Legend says Lord Cornbury was New York's worst governor: a nepo baby failson, a bully, a bigot, a corrupt spendthrift, a sex pest. Was he all that awful?

Categories: Biography, History, Popular Facts & Fallacies, Series 14

Tags: England New Jersey New York State New York, NY Presented by #13 United Kingdom

Published: August 19, 2024

The Sea King

the last Confederate ship

In 1864 the Confederacy sent a privateer to destroy the whaling industry. It succeeded beyond their wildest dreams... but not until after the war was over.

Categories: Daring & Epic Journeys, History, Series 11

Tags: American Civil War Australia Confederate Navy Confederate States of America England international law Liverpool, England Melbourne Pohnpei Presented by #13 Sultanate of Zanzibar United Kingdom United States of America VIC whaling

Published: September 5, 2022

Nya Sverige

What if you started a colony and nobody came?

What would happen if you started a colony in the New World and then just kind of forgot about it for a few decades?

Categories: History, People & Places, Series 10

Tags: Armagott Printz Delaware England Essington Township, PA Johann Björnsson Printz Johann Classon Risingh Native Americans New Jersey New Netherlands New Sweden Pennsylvania Peter Stuyvesant Presented by #13 Virginia

Published: March 21, 2022