CLASSIC: How Oliver Cromwell Got Executed Several Years After His Death
Ridiculous History
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🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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In this week's Classic episode: today, Oliver Cromwell is known as one of the most famous figures in English history -- he was a Puritan with no military experience when the Civil War broke out in 1642, but within a decade he rose to the position of Lord Protector, essentially ruling Wales, Scotland and England. He died of natural causes, but was later executed... after his death. What are we talking about? Tune in to find out.
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| 0:00.0 | fellow ridiculous historians a few years back, we got interested in a guy named Oliver Cromwell. |
| 0:07.6 | A bit of a pill. Not a nice fella. |
| 0:09.7 | Bit of a, yeah, bit of a specific guy. |
| 0:12.5 | Not much sense of humor that Oliver Cromwell. |
| 0:15.8 | And he got in trouble. He was a Puritan, an ideologue, more so than a soldier, had no military experience when the Civil War broke out in that part of the world in 1642. |
| 0:32.1 | Yep, and he quickly rose in prominence within the ranks and became the Lord Protector and ruled over Wales, Scotland, and England. |
| 0:42.3 | He did eventually pass away due to natural causes, but this one has a twist ending too, Ben. |
| 0:47.4 | Oh, that's right, because he was executed posthumously. |
| 0:52.4 | What? |
| 0:53.2 | How? |
| 0:53.9 | How, how? How? How? |
| 0:54.5 | How? |
| 0:55.7 | Let's roll the tape and find out. |
| 0:58.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 1:00.9 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 1:04.4 | Ridiculous history is a production of I-Heart Radio. |
| 1:07.7 | Ridiculous History is a production of I-Heart Radio. |
| 1:10.3 | I-Heart Radio. Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Hello and welcome to the show. Have you ever dreamed of toppling the status quo in your neck of the global woods? |
| 1:42.2 | Have you ever thought of maybe starting a food fight in school |
| 1:46.0 | or, you know, orchestrating a coup in another country? I feel like all of us have had these |
| 1:52.6 | revolutionary or rebellious thoughts at some point, but how far does it go, you know? I've gone |
| 1:59.7 | pretty far. My name is Ben. |
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