Mostly Unsung
The weekly comedy history podcast that brings you bitesize biographies of the extraordinary, eccentric, outrageous and occasionally ordinary lives that until now have gone mostly unsung... mostly. Join your hosts Annie and Andrea as they bring you stories that your history teacher never taught you!
If you like stuffy lectures then you're not going to be a fan, sorry! But if you are looking to hang out with two old friends who love story telling, a good laugh and forgotten figures from history then welcome!
Covering everything from scientists to Grandmothers, survivors of wars to eccentric millionaires, all via ghost stories, anecdotes and terrible impressions of Hollywood legend Tim Curry. Come and hang out, have a giggle and join us every Friday.
Mostly Unsung
#7 A Penniless Emperor & A Recruit in Disguise
Welcome back to another episode of Mostly Unsung, the comedy history podcast that brings you stories you've never heard of, all served up with a big dollop of nonsense.
This week come along with Andrea as she takes us to San Francisco where a man faces the ups and downs of rice investments and then decides he'd rather be crowned royalty and hang out with some infamous dogs.
Annie takes us to the mud of the trenches of First World War France, one of the British regiments has an interesting looking new recruit, with a very big secret.
Andrea used these sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton
https://emperornortontrust.org/emperor/life
Annie used these sources:
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/dorothy-lawrence
http://www.wiltshireatwar.org.uk/story/sapper-dorothy-lawrence-a-forgotten-wiltshire-heroine/
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