Are you interested in the parts of history that remain a mystery?

Do you want to learn more about the historical myths and misconceptions used to prop up false

belief today?

I'm Nathaniel Lloyd in In my podcast historical blindness, I delve

into all of these topics sharing puzzling tales from the past and examining

hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and misremembered events that provide insight into modern politics and religion.

Find out what's real and what's not when it comes to famous conspiracy theories like those surrounding notorious

assassinations and secret societies, discover the weak and deceptive underpinnings of modern

political ideologies and religious beliefs.

Join me as I attempt to shed some light on our historical blind spots.

New episodes every two weeks find historical blindness on most

podcast players and platforms. In the late 1800s, French scientists began to make some startling discoveries about some

of the rocks people dug up out of the earth.

Many of these chunks of metal and minerals weren't simply cold dead stones.

Some of them appeared to be strangely alive. In fact, some of the rocks people dug up appeared to

be positively sizzling with energy.

In 1895, Wilhelm Wrenkin, a German mechanical engineer and physicist, discovered a remarkable

new wavelength of invisible rays that for a short time became known as Wren rays and later by the term we're more familiar

with today X-rays.

The idea that there were invisible spectrums of tiny atomic particles became the, no pun intended, hot topic of science.

In 1896, the French physicist Henri Bechoral first reported he had discovered such tiny subatomic particles

being emitted from the element uranium.

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