Death. It’s the one club we’re all eventually joining — and yet humans have spent centuries coming up with wildly creative, occasionally terrifying, and sometimes downright hilarious ways to deal with it.
In this episode, John dives into the weird history of death traditions from around the world — from Victorian post-mortem photography and Sin-Eaters who literally consumed people’s sins for a paycheck, to sky burials, memento mori jewelry, and funeral strippers (yes, that’s a thing).
With a mix of dark humor and historical curiosity, this episode explores how cultures across time have tried to make sense of the end — and how our rituals around death say more about life than we realize.
History on the Margins explores the overlooked, the absurd, and the delightfully strange corners of history — where the footnotes are often better than the headlines.
Every episode blends rigorous research with humor and storytelling flair, shining a light on the people, moments, and ideas that history forgot (or just tried to bury).
