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Chris Distefano Presents: Chrissy Chaos

The Horrifying Truth About the Spanish Inquisition - Christories | History Lessons - ep 39

Chris Distefano Presents: Chrissy Chaos

Chris Distefano

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

THIS WEEK CHRIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE SPANISH INQUISITION! The Spanish Inquisition was one of history’s most infamous religious crackdowns, kicking off in 1478 under Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand. Its original goal? To root out heresy and enforce Catholic orthodoxy, but it quickly turned into a powerful tool for social and political control. Jews, Muslims, converted Christians (called conversos), and anyone who didn’t “fit the mold” were often targets. Trials were secretive, evidence was thin, and torture was totally on the table. Even after confessing, people could still be burned at the stake. NO ONE WAS SAFE BABE! WILD crazy ways to torture and get people to confess. LGBTQ individuals and outspoken women were persecuted under vague charges like “sodomy” and “witchcraft.” Over 300 years, the Inquisition left a legacy of fear, paranoia, and thousands dead. It finally ended in 1834, but its shadow still lingers in discussions of religious oppression, systemic abuse, and, let’s be honest, the original Catholic guilt trip!! #ChrisDistefano #history #Podcast #comedy Our Sponsors:BetterHelp - Christories is brought to you by BetterHelp. Visit https://BetterHelp.com/CHAOS to get 10% off your first month.Chubbies - Your new wardrobe awaits! Get 20% off @chubbies with the code chaos at https://www.chubbiesshorts.com/chaos #chubbiespodLucy Goods - http://lucy.co/chaosL-Nutra - Visit https://prolonlife.com/CHAOS to claim your 15% discount and your bonus gift. Welcome to Christories where comedian Chris Distefano tells you about a time in history. We uncover the REAL TRUTHS in World History that you may have not known about! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's up everybody? Welcome to Christorees. I am Chris DiStefano, aka Christoree DiStefano, and this is Christoree.

0:06.8

So today we're going to talk about something fun and not so cute. It's going to be an episode where we see in history,

0:18.0

we see this happen sometimes, where white people are not the devil. Okay,

0:21.5

there are other countries and races that do really, really bad things too. Why people have

0:26.2

just done it more recently? Okay, so we're going to talk about priests, the ultimate power

0:31.4

trip, secret confessions, wild accusations, no, we're not talking about Father Bill.

0:35.4

We're going back to a little place called Spain.

0:39.7

And we're going to talk to you about the Spanish have freedom of religion, right? You do whatever you want. You're free to practice whatever religion you want. You want to be Muslim. over there. You want to be Christian you over there. That's what it is. Everyone's getting

1:14.4

together in perfect harmony. Shout out the Gaza Strip. Now you worship whatever God you want. Okay,

1:21.1

you're not going to get persecuted. You're not going to get beat up mostly. But just you're free.

1:26.1

Medieval Europe, that was not the case, okay? The Catholic

1:30.5

Church launched an inquisition that would last hundreds of years. So when you complain about

1:38.2

being alive right now, just know how good your life is. Just know, especially if you're in the

1:43.1

United States, just know how good your life is. You know, especially if you're in the United States, just know

1:44.4

how good your life is. You're living in a time where you can really do whatever you want, okay?

1:51.0

Have fun. There was a period of time, the Spanish Inquisition, which was 300 years where priests

1:58.0

in Spain went wild.

2:01.4

Okay?

2:02.0

We're not talking about having sex with little boys here, folks.

2:04.9

We're talking about killing Jews and Muslims.

2:07.2

So, Christianity.

2:08.6

Let's start there.

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