Sisi: The Empress of Austria and Her Cult of Beauty

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Society & Culture, History

4.2 • 24.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2011

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Sisi, is often considered the public's "favorite" member of the Habsburgs. She only reluctantly carried out her duties, but her murder created an outcry across Europe -- and the story doesn't end there.

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0:30.7	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, from HowstuffWorks.com.
0:42.7	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.7	I'm Sarah Dowdy, and I'm De Blaine at Chocer Bordy.
0:46.7	And I'm sure everyone who's listened to the podcast for a while knows
0:50.7	that one of my favorite subjects ever is Ludwig II of the Varia.
0:55.7	He's just a recap for you since I don't talk about him enough.
0:58.7	He's a Wagner super fan.
1:01.7	He built all of those Disney castles, which are really more the inspiration
1:05.7	for Disney castles than anything.
1:07.7	And he died a very mysterious death, which is always good for a podcast subject, at least.
1:12.7	But after that episode on Ludwig Iard, a lot of listeners started writing in
1:17.7	to suggest that we cover another member of the Vittlesbach family.
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