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Stuff You Missed in History Class

Alice Kyteler and the Kilkenny Witch Trials

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.223.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Alice Kyteler's witchcraft trial shocked 14th century Ireland. Today, the charges against her are seen largely as nonsense, and more about personal vendettas and struggles for power.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:04.6

Malcolm Gladwell here.

0:05.9

This season on Revisionous History, we're going back to the spring of 1988 to a town in northwest Alabama,

0:11.8

where a man committed a crime that would spiral out of control.

0:15.6

And he said, I've been in prison 24, 25 years.

0:18.3

That's probably not long enough.

0:20.3

I didn't kill them.

0:22.1

From Revisionist History, this is The Alabama Murders.

0:26.4

Listen to Revisionous History, The Alabama Murders on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

0:32.0

or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:34.5

When news broke earlier this year that baby KJ, a newborn in Philadelphia, had successfully

0:38.9

received the world's first personalized gene editing treatment, it represented a milestone

0:42.9

for both researchers and patients. But there's a gripping tale of discovery behind this

0:47.3

accomplishment and its creators. I'm Evan Ratliff, and together with biographer Walter Isaacson,

0:52.3

we're delving into the story of Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Dowdna,

0:55.3

the woman who's helped change the trajectory of humanity.

0:58.5

Listen to Aunt CRISPR, the story of Jennifer Dowdna with Walter Isaacson,

1:01.5

on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:06.7

Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, a production of IHeart Radio.

1:17.3

Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Holly Fry.

1:20.2

And I'm Tracy V. Wilson.

1:22.0

It's officially Halloween season.

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