Humans Are Evil - History Podcast
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'Humans Are Evil'. A bi-weekly history show unearthing the most shocking events, actions and characters from our past. The episode subjects will shock you in the same way learning about the Holocaust and Atlantic Slave Trade shocked us all the first time we learned about them. Most obviously aren’t on the same scale and severity of that evil catastrophes, but will contain the same lack of humanity that has always characterised humanity throughout all of history.

The Trail of Tears

President Andrew Jackson's 'Indian Removal Act' of 1830 set in motion a 1000 mile journey of death and disease for the Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Ch...
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Easter Island Apocalypse

The world's most impressive seafarers and statue builders were reduced from a thriving community of many thousands to just 111 traumatised survivors. ...
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The First Crusade

"Deus Vult" The First Crusade, called by the Pope in the name of God, contained the horrors of massacres and cannibalism. However, it is one of histor...
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Argentina's Dirty War

The Argentine Military Junta's brutal campaign of repression, torture and murder that resulted in 30,000 left wing supporters "disappearing" and 500 c...
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The Taiping Rebellion

The crazy 19th century conflict that began with a failed student believing he is Jesus' younger brother and ended with approximately 20 million dead. ...
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The Battle of Carthage

Described by some as the "first genocide". This episode tells the incredible story of one of the world's greatest civilisation's last stand. "Carthago...
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The Partition of India

The independence of India was supposed to be a happy occasion, but it soon descended into unimaginable violence and suffering based on attempted relig...
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The Belgian Congo

Arguably the worst act of colonialism in history were up to 10 million Congolese people died in 2 decades. Main Sources:   Red Rubber - ED Morel Five ...
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