Show overview
The Mysterious Historian Podcast has been publishing since 2015, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 69 episodes. That works out to roughly 90 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a roughly quarterly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 6m and 1h 31m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Comedy show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.6 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2024, with 13 episodes published.
From the publisher
Mostly accurate improvised history podcast starring The Mysterious Historian and her friends.
Latest Episodes
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Episode 10 - Mysterious Historian Podcast - Baseball
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Mr. Clarence Mills to discuss The History of Baseball! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Hal Rudnick Music by: Ian Smith
Episode 10 - Mysterious Historian Podcast - Brass
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Gregory Staph to discuss the History of Brass Instruments. Fake historians, real history! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Tom Lenk Music by: Ian Smith
Episode 9 - Mysterious Historian Podcast - Soccer
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Mr Alfie Bowman to discuss the History of Soccer Fake historians, real history! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Andrew Friedman Music by: Ian Smith
Episode 8 -Mysterious Historian Podcast - Halloween
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Irina Reveskya to discuss Halloween! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Peggy Etra Music by: Ianscreams
Episode 7 - Mysterious Historian Podcast - Puppetry
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Dr. Gavin Phelps to discuss the history of puppetry! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Grant Baciocco Music by: Ian Smith Fake Historians! Real History!
Episode 6 - Mysterious Historian Podcast - Professional Wrestling
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Dr. Rogelio "Hot Rod" Hernandez to discuss Professional Wrestling! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Ithamar Enriquez Music by: Ian Smith Fake Historians! Real History!
Episode 5 - Mysterious Historian Podcast - Prince and Barbara Streisand
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Journalist Shame Albert to discuss Prince and Barbara Streisand! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Jordan Black Music by: Ian Smith Fake Historians! Real History!
Episode 4 - Mysterious Historian Podcast - Plastic Surgery
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Loretta Bones-Cornbush to discuss the Plastic Surgery! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Margee Magee Music by: Ian Smith Fake Historians! Real History!
Episode 3 - Mysterious Historian Podcast - US Presidents!
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Lyman J Logan to discuss the history of US Presidents. Real history! Fake Historians! In this mostly true, entirely improvised podcast! Starring: Colleen Smith With Special Guest: Kevin Berntson Music by Ian Smith @theianscreams on TikTok
Episode 2 - Mysterious Historian Podcast - The Oscars
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Dr. Buddy Corman to discuss the Oscars! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Mitch Silpa Music by: Ian Smith Fake Historians! Real History!
Episode 1 - Mysterious Historian Podcast - The Middle Ages with Prof. Higgenbothen
The Mysterious Historian sits down with Prof. Margaret Andrew Higgenbothem to discuss Medieval Times! Starring: Colleen Smith Special Guest: Dana Powell Music by: Ianscreams
Mysterious Historian Podcast - What period in history would you like to live in?
The Mysterious Historian and her friends discuss what time period they'd like to live in.
Mysterious Historian Podcast - Who would you go back in time and kill?
The Mysterious Historian asks her two friends Dr. Jean Stripe and Prof. Peppercorn Pockets who they would kill if they could go back in time.
My First Time - Neighbor
Won't you be our neighbor... in our second quarantine episode? This month's guests discuss the people who live around them and make their lives... better? Worse? Or at least, more interesting. Special Guests: Nicol Paone Derek Ringold Alex Stein
My First Time: Apocalypse
Hello, and welcome to the Apocalypse! How is your quarantine going? Do you see light at the end of the tunnel? This month's guests discuss the ways they are coping/thriving/unraveling in these unique (or not unique?) times. Special Guests: Patrick Bristow Amanda Maddock Sam Pancake
My First Time - No Theme 3
This month we stripped down to basics and did another roundtable of themes. They're like our cheesecake episodes. Google Golden Girls and Cheesecake episodes if you don't understand the reference. Enjoy!
My First Time - Virginity! Live in San Francisco!
The first of all firsts! This month we traveled to San Francisco SketchFest and told the ultimate first times. Special Guests: Patty Guggenheim Oscar Nunez Bryan Safi
My First Time - Africa
Africa is so huge you could fit 2 or 3 other continents inside of it. It's the origin of civilization and of mankind. It's ancient and new. And our guests have touched just the slightest bit of it. This month they tell the story of their first trip to Africa! And sorry, but no one blessed any rains. Special Guests: Kelly Ewing Roxana Ortega
My First Time - Rumors, Gossip and Secrets
When was the first time you kept your mouth shut? And when did you first let out a delicious secret? This month we discuss the shame, joy and confusion of the truth and all it's lies. Special Guest: Raymond Carr
My First Time - No theme 2
For the first time, we're doing something for the second time. We've gathered the family around a bowl of random topics and a time limit. It's all over the place! (In a good way) Special Guests: T. Chick McClure Jennifer Smith