Beastly History

Monthly true stories of polar expeditions, survival and natural history AI summary

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Thrilling tales of people and the wild.Join journalist and natural history super-fan Michelle Douglass, as we uncover the juiciest, strangest and most gripping true stories from our planet’s past.From perilous polar expeditions and extreme survival stories to animal myths, legends, and natural history’s heroes, villains and oddballs - each month we dive into one unforgettable true tale, and explore the social history behind it with an expert guest.The world is brilliantly beastly. Let’s explore. 🐾Discover more:Follow Beastly History on Insta@beastlyhistoryBeastly History on Acast websitehttps://shows.acast.com/beastly-historyArtwork by Bex GloverBeastly History is created by Wild Beast Audio Visual Studios, Bristol, UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  1. 2026-10-17 · 39 min

    It’s 1995 and Waterworld is meant to be blockbuster of the year. But everyone’s talking about it for all the wrong reasons.Before filming even begins, director Kevin Reynolds is warned not to shoot on the open ocean. He…

  2. 2026-08-30 · 32 min

    It’s 1912, and on the Terra Nova British Antarctic Expedition, scientist and explorer George Murray Levick and five other men are marooned on what they’ll come to call ‘Inexpressible Island’.Their ship has failed to…

  3. 2026-07-25 · 26 min

    You may have heard of Captain Scott's doomed race to the South Pole. But do you know about the other gripping survival stories on history's most infamous Antarctic Expedition? Scientist and explorer George Murray Levick…

  4. 2026-06-15 · 37 min

    Nellie Chapman has an extraordinary way of drawing a crowd. Born into the strange and spectacular world of 19th Century travelling menageries, she rises to fame as one of Britain's most celebrated lion tamers.…

  5. 2026-05-12 · 35 min

    (Content warning: please be aware this episode includes discussion of suicide). It's 1140pm in the North Atlantic Ocean, April 14 1912, when Titanic lookout Fred Fleet first glimpses a hulking great mass of ice looming…

  6. 2026-04-01 · 28 min

    Rory Carragh has a deadly reputation. He hunts wolves, and he’s very good at it.Now he faces his toughest challenge yet. Two large wolves keep taking sheep in a remote mountain village, and the people are getting…

  7. 2026-02-27 · 29 min

    It’s 1901. Writer Arthur Conan Doyle is on holiday when he first hears whispers of a chilling local legend - spectral hounds said to tear across the wilds of Dartmoor under cover of darkness.A tale of an evil squire. A…

  8. 2026-02-22 · 1 min

    Welcome to Beastly History – the podcast where you’ll hear the most thrilling tales of people and the wild.Perilous polar expeditions. Unbelievable survival stories. The true origins of animal myths and legends. And…

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Oldest episode in feed
02/2026
Typical length
27 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords
natural history, story, narrative, entertainment, environment, human interest

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