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The Backstory: Romance: Roses, chocolates, and bloody animal skins

The Backstory: Romance: Roses, chocolates, and bloody animal skins

FromThe Backstory with Patty Steele


The Backstory: Romance: Roses, chocolates, and bloody animal skins

FromThe Backstory with Patty Steele

ratings:
Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Feb 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Human attachment is thousands of years old but Valentine’s Day started off as a blood soaked pagan fertility festival, and it wasn’t much fun for women. On the flip side, the romance element is a recent invention. You can thank the Victorians for that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Feb 13, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (78)

Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.