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We love disasters, mysteries, and strange turns of history — but some of our favorite stories come straight from the world of books and the people who wrote them. Here’s a round-up of our most literary episodes:

• Ep 7 - Part 1: Dorian Gray-t Expectations - Oscar Wilde's wild ride

  • Oscar Wilde’s wit, scandal, and downfall - the wild ride of one of literature’s sharpest voices.

• Ep 23 - Part 1: Our Lady of the Night - Mary Shelley

  • Mary Shelley, teenage author of Frankenstein, inventor of science fiction, and survivor of endless tragedy.

• Ep 79 - Germany's love affair w/ 1st Nation culture: The story of Karl May

  • The strange case of Karl May - Germany’s most popular writer who inspired a national obsession with the American West.

• Ep 97 - A Famous British Woman is Missing!!!: It's Agatha Christie this time

  • Agatha Christie disappears for eleven days, sparking a real-life mystery worthy of her novels.

• Ep 125 - Book Hunting in The Renaissance: Poggio Bracciolini

  • Poggio Bracciolini, the humanist who scoured Europe’s monasteries to rescue lost classical texts.

• Ep 149 - The Fairytale Man: Hans Christian Andersen

  • Hans Christian Andersen, the oddball genius who gave us The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, and more.

• Ep 152 - Grammar Nerds for the Ages: The Brothers Grimm

  • The Brothers Grimm weren’t just about fairytale - they were obsessed with cataloging language itself.

• Ep 153 - Silly Rhymes, Serious Messages: Dr. Seuss

  • Dr. Seuss, beloved for his whimsical rhymes but deeply political at heart.

• Ep 174: We're men, we're men in tights (Tight tights!) - Geoffrey Chaucer

  • Geoffrey Chaucer, courtier and chronicler, and the bawdy brilliance of The Canterbury Tales.

• Ep 195: The men who wrote the Dictionary - Professor James Murray & Dr. W. C. Minor

  • Professor James Murray and Dr. W. C. Minor are unlikely partners who built the Oxford English Dictionary.

From missing mystery writers to men in tights (for real, Chaucer was kind of a floozy with his short shorts and tights), these episodes prove that literature is anything but boring. Dive in and let us know your favorite!