A friendly smile by the fire, a shared meal on a dusty road, and a scarf that turns into a weapon in a heartbeat. We dive into the shadowed world of the Thuggee—bands of highway killers who claimed divine orders from the goddess Kali—and the colonial machine that made their legend larger than life. From slow-burn cons inside caravans to the lethal elegance of the rumal, we unpack how method, belief, and fear intersected to create one of history’s most unsettling criminal systems. We trace th...
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A friendly smile by the fire, a shared meal on a dusty road, and a scarf that turns into a weapon in a heartbeat. We dive into the shadowed world of the Thuggee—bands of highway killers who claimed divine orders from the goddess Kali—and the colonial machine that made their legend larger than life. From slow-burn cons inside caravans to the lethal elegance of the rumal, we unpack how method, belief, and fear intersected to create one of history’s most unsettling criminal systems. We trace th...
What would you confess to if your life depended on it? In 1692, Mary Clements Osgood faced this impossible choice when she was blindfolded, led before a Salem courtroom, and accused of witchcraft after afflicted girls stopped convulsing at her touch. Mary's story reveals the twisted logic of the Salem Witch Trials, where respected community members could be transformed into "brides of Satan" overnight. As the wife of a prominent Andover citizen and mother to thirteen children, Mary seemed un...
History Buffoons Podcast
A friendly smile by the fire, a shared meal on a dusty road, and a scarf that turns into a weapon in a heartbeat. We dive into the shadowed world of the Thuggee—bands of highway killers who claimed divine orders from the goddess Kali—and the colonial machine that made their legend larger than life. From slow-burn cons inside caravans to the lethal elegance of the rumal, we unpack how method, belief, and fear intersected to create one of history’s most unsettling criminal systems. We trace th...
