Rogues Gallery Uncovered
Rogues Gallery Uncovered, the podcast of bad behaviour in period costume.
True (ish) stories of history’s most fascinating and scandalous men and women.
From Casanova and Mata Hari to Errol Flynn and Rasputin, it’s a history podcast with a difference. Join lovable rogue Simon Talbot every fortnight for bawdy, colourful tales of ‘Libertines, Lotharios and Complete Bastards.’ It’s funny, shocking, shameless and doesn’t mention Jane Austin once!
It’s not suitable for kids or easily offended grownups.
Episodes
48 episodes
Agent 00 3some - Dušan Popov 1941
He's a casino roaming, penthouse living, movie star dating, ruthless, fearless, WW2 double agent with a cycling-based codename.Meet the real-life inspiration for Ian Flemming's James Bond, Dušan Popov. Why was his codena...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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27:12
I am the God of Hellfire!!! - Sir Francis Dashwood 1760
Flagellation, Blasphemy, Drunkenness, Promiscuity and Impersonating the King of Sweden, with the legendary leader of the most famous Hellfire Club...Sir Francis Dashwood. How convivial was he?Why did he hate cats...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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27:33
Welcome to the Devil's Club - Philip Duke of Wharton 1723
“A harmless bit of blasphemy and dressing up" from the chairman of the very FIRST Hell Fire Club - Philip Duke of Wharton.He should support the establishment, but instead he makes fun of it.Discover the debauched history of - arguabl...
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Season 3
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Episode 44
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24:43
Drunk in Charge of an Enormous Penis - Grigori Rasputin 1915
Grigori Rasputin, everyone's favourite irresistible, indestructible, mad monk is having a night on the town in Moscow.He's a controversial, mystic, healer and holy man but the Romanov family love him so he can get up to all sorts of rude, v...
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Season 3
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Episode 43
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21:53
Dead Exciting - George Selwyn 1757
A necrophiliac in Paris!Join 18th-century England's most deviant politician ( and that's saying something) on a fun-packed mini-break to the French capital.With wit, cross-dresser and execution enthusiast George Selwyn.
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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18:52
Your Money or Your Wife - Claude Duval 1670
High fashion meets highway robbery with the 17th century's most lusted-after gentleman thief, Claude Duval.It's a flamboyantly dressed tale of rampant flirting, lewd piccolo playing and an appalling French accent. Why was F...
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Season 3
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Episode 41
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18:46
ErotoManiac - Henry Spencer Ashbee 1901
In an extra rude episode, meet 19th-century England's most prolific and energetic smut collector.Henry Spencer Ashbee.Listener discretion is advised - Those Victorians could be spicy! Just how much X-rated materia...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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29:54
You Dirty Old Man - William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry 1808
Find out why 69 is just a number to Regency England's most rampant geriatric - William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, 'Old Q'.It's a heart warming tale of hot chocolate, comfy blankets, early nights and Greek-themed orgies. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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23:10
Sodomy Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Tomas de Torquemada 1492
No one expects the 15th century's biggest party pooper, Tomas de Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition.It’s a tortuous tale of a controversial historical figure, religious persecution, the Catholic Church, heretics, the Dominican Order and...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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17:53
Teenage Rampage - William Hickey 1768
Take a walk on the very wild side in 18th century London with teenage "Lad About Town," William Hickey.There's sex, booze, fighting and disrespecting of elders - what's the youth of yesterday coming to?It’s a nostalgic rose-tinted saunt...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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20:19
Filming, Floating & F*****g Around! - Errol Flynn & David Niven 1936
After a bit of a break, Rogues Gallery Uncovered returns. Join Hollywood's most misbehaved duo, David Niven and Errol Flynn, as they water ski and roister through the 1930s - leaving a trail of broken hearts and heads in their wa...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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18:06
Stop it, or you'll go blind....and then die!! - Anti-Masturbation 1867
Keep your hands where everyone can see them while attending this stern lecture warning of the physical and moral decay brought about by the 19th century’s most destructive social contagion - MASTURBATION!!It’s a wrist achingly provocative t...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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22:11
Dildos, Defamation & Disguise - John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester 1673
Ramble on in search of filth with Restoration England's most promiscuous, booze addled, royalty offending, saucy genius - Restoration poet and libertine, John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester.It's a disgraceful double-ended tale of Italian s...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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27:14
The English Casanova - Augustus John Hervey 1755
Its "All Aboard" when the 18th century British navy's most promiscuous sailor puts into as many ports as he can, with Admiral Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol.Enjoy a salty tale of multiple mistresses, naughty nunneries...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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19:54
What are YOU looking at! - George "Fighting" Fitzgerald 1786
Be provoked beyond reason by 18th century Ireland's most quarrelsome and violent bully boy - George "Fighting" Fitzgerald. Its a short tempered tale of animal disguise, head trauma, gratuitous musketry and good old fashioned insanity.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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25:51
The Ups & Downs of a Gentleman Rotter - Edward Sellon 1867
Enjoy non stop 19th century sexcapades with Queen Victoria's most prolific swordsman and erotic wordsmith - Edward Sellon.Its a shameless tale of peeping, pooping, penile stamina and pistols.Why should ladies refrain from playin...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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26:14
Conquista Dora - Catalina de Erauso 1623
Brawling, duelling, thievery and seduction with the 17th century's most enthusiastic woman warrior, and a pivitol figure in LGBTQ+ history - Catalina de Erauso. Its a bloody tale of senseless violence, nunnery escapades, greed, unbelie...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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26:55
Beer Monster - On the lash in Victorian London 1866
Enjoy a spectacular bender in Victorian London with one of the 19th century's most prolific party animals, Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings.It's a convivial tale of alehouses, drinking,rat baiting, dancing girls, drinking,...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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21:07
Hey Hey We're The Mohocks - Teenage Street Gangs 1712
Get whipped into a terrified frenzy of social anxiety with the 18th century's most notorious gang of lawless youths - The Mohocks!It's a fear-inducing tale of brutal slashing, barrel-rolling, eye-gouging, random stabbing and violent flatule...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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19:58
Sexplorer - Richard Francis Burton 1886
Victorian SupermanHe translated the karma sutra and The Arabian Nights, sneaked into one of the holiest places on earth, was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika – by accident - and possessed an extremely impressive moustache.
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Episode 28
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25:26
Psycho Pirate - François l'Olonnais 1668
Pirate, Cannibal, Bastard!!Tearing the heart out of the Spanish Main with the 17th century's most violently unhinged buccaneer - François l'Olonnais.It's a grisly tale of insane brutality, comedic beheading and poetic justice.
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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19:06
Luv Skool - Ninon de Lenclos 1670
Get "Hot for Teacher" with 17th century France's most hands-on sexual educator - Ninon de Lenclos.It's an enlightening tale of a woman who didn't give damn, outraged priests, lute playing, intimate soaping and free love.What did...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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26:45
King Kick Ass - Augustus the Strong 1720
He's built like an outside privy, loves bending horseshoes with his bare hands and tosses foxes into the air for a laugh.He's 18th century Europe's most manly monarch - the heavyweight champion, king of Poland, Augustus the Strong.
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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24:44
Doing It "Greek Style" - Alcibiades of Athens 407 BC
He's arrogant, scheming, selfish and will shag anything with a pulse.He's also famous, good looking and an ancient Greek hero.Meet Alcibiades. You'll love him but not as much as he loves himself.It's a classical tale of ego...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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22:05
