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Our Fake History

Episode #220 - Did India's Thugs Really Exist? (Part I)

Our Fake History

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Education, Talk Radio, Society & Culture, History

4.73.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In 1830 an anonymous letter was published in the Calcutta Literary Gazette warning that India was being threatened by a horrifying cult of murderers. These stranglers were known as Thugs and according to the letter they represented the single greatest threat to law and order in the country. These Thugs apparently worshipped the Hindu goddess Kali and performed their crimes in her name. This letter motivated the British authorities to take immediate action against this group. However, many scholar think that the anonymous author, a British administrator named William Sleeman, may have exaggerated the Thug threat. Some have even argued that the Thugs never truly existed. What should we believe about this storied group of highway robbers? Tune-in and find out how sketchy confessions, Queen Victoria's favorite book, and Indiana Jones all play a role in the story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Deception, lies, fakery, fraudulence, and forgery is what they have on the docket for Intelligent Speech 2025.

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So, obviously, I've got to be there. For those that don't know, intelligent speech is an online conference that highlights the best in history podcasting.

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If you had to guess, what would you say was Queen Victoria's favorite book?

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It's a tricky question, because the 19th century monarch was a voracious reader.

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On top of her duties as the Queen of Great Britain and its globe-spanning empire,

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she managed to finish dozens of books

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every year. And to her credit, she had fairly eclectic taste. Her journals reveal that she was a bit of a

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history buff. Lengthy tomes on the history of France, the coronations of English kings, and the lives of

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