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Hosted by Joe Heathcote · history · EN
The British Isles have thousands of years of history, so it's weird that all most people were taught at school was World War Two, how many wives Henry VIII had and that the Battle of Hastings took place in 1066 (always worth a try if you are trying to guess someones pin number). If you've always wanted to learn about all the bits between these events, but only if it can be done in a random and eclectic manner why not try Consistently Eccentric History? A podcast where each week you can listen in while I tell one of my friends a story about a lesser known person or event in British history, the weirder and less believable the better. With an archive of over 150 episodes you will never again be short a weird historical fact when trying to impress others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Consistently Eccentric History is hosted by Joe Heathcote. The show has published 268 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The origins of Bernard Spilsbury - (or) How to create a flawed doctor (Spilsbury Part 1)" (14 October 2026, 92 minutes), "Elizabeth Fry - Got her new 'friends' in Newgate seriously quaking with her reforms" (5 October 2026, 88 minutes), and "The Blackout Ripper - (or) some weeks can be (multiple) murder (Gordon Cummins part 2)" (13 September 2026, 95 minutes).
Consistently Eccentric History publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 84 minutes across 268 episodes.
Booking probability for Consistently Eccentric History is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Consistently Eccentric History requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Consistently Eccentric History's contact route on record: verified email.
Joe Heathcote hosts Consistently Eccentric History, a history podcast with 268 episodes published.
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Episode #243
This week we are embarking on the story of one of the most famous medical men of the 20th Century. And also one of the most controversial. Little Bernard Spilsbury did not show any particular interest in becoming a...
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This week Pam is taking us back to a time when UK prisons were a cause of concern for parliament (imagine). However luckily for the Late-Georgians there was a serious Quaker who was ready to do some serious reforming...
This week we rejoin Gordon Cummins as he rapidly escalates in his frenetic killing spree. But while you might think the chaos of wartime would provide good cover for criminality, Gordon was immediately being hunted by a...
Episode #241
This week we are starting the tale of Gordon Cummins, a man who would become notorious for his actions in WWII London.... ...but first we need to explore how his childhood and teenage years formed him into a man...
Episode #240
We are focusing on local history this week to talk about the history of a unique and dangerous highway that was used to speed up journeys to Cumbria. In the middle ages crossing the sands of the Morecambe Bay could...
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This week we return from our summer holidays (having avoided the wildfires in France) with Pam narrating the life of Captain John Smith. A man from Lancashire who became both a key part of the British settling of the...
For once we are releasing a timely episode as England are still (at time of release) in the 2026 world cup. Which is the perfect time to talk about how, 60 years ago, a team full of missing teeth, combovers and...
This week (slightly delayed due to illness) we are discussing a man who found a way to profit from the upheaval of the English Civil War via the most partisan of journalism. Marchamont Nedham was a gifted writer who...
This week we are welcoming the youngest member of the Heathcote clan, Milo to his first episode! And as a result we are covering a subject that is currently rather close to his heart. The pseudoscience of Cryptids...
This week we are talking about how an imagined love triangle (which contained absolutely no love) resulted in the death of a sitting MP and nearly sparked both an international incident and mob-rule on the streets of...
This week we are heading to the Mills of Bradford to meet a Yorkshireman whose unshakable self-belief led to one of the most longwinded self-destructions in history. Having survived the horrors of WWII (and the retail...
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To celebrate international Midwifery day, Pam is back in the hosting chair to tell us the story of a pioneering Doctor who didn't let their lack of balls stop them from becoming one of the top medics in the entirety of...
After a series of unfortunate events we are back with a spooky tale from the early 19th Century that resulted in multiple deaths. The Hammersmith Ghost was initially a local oddity, but as the winter of 1803 progressed...
This week we are heading across the channel to talk about how one of the many Anglo-French spats during the middle ages resulted in the creation of one of the most effective pirates who has ever sailed the high seas (of...
Episode #232
Finally we have reached the end of the cautionary tale of Oswald Mosley, as we talk about his period as Britain's best known Fascist. However unlike in Italy and Germany the population of Britain were not interested in...
This week we are jumping back into the world of quack medicine, following a nearly-doctor called James Graham as he blazed a path through multiple medical fields (none of which he was remotely qualified for.) While...
This week we are heading back to 1938 to talk about a very odd crimewave that plagued the people of Halifax during the cold, dark days of November. When Mary Sutcliffe reported being attacked by a man wielding a blade...
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As we head toward February 14th, Pam is bringing us a tale of Georgian romance. In fact one of the first and most popular tales of romance in early American history. Starting in the UK it is a story of the upper...
Episode #229
It is back to the story of the most famous British Fascist this week as we discuss the Parliamentary career of Oswald Mosley, which started at the tender age of 22. Going in with a naive belief that he would quickly...
This week we are talking about a humble chimney sweep who ended up becoming a millionaire, via the medium of highway robbery! Though he originally appeared to want to do the right thing, John Cottington found that even...
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