The Z List Dead List

Think you're clever? Maybe you are: but are you a GENIUS? Irving Finkel doubts it. There is only one man this curator gi... Read more

We are not amused... or are we? If you like you puns this is the episode for you. Find out about the popular jokes of th... Read more

How do you pronounce Boudicca? Doesn't matter, she wasn't as crafty as the other Queen ruling at the same time. Who got ... Read more

Anna Savory is cursed. The curse has already claimed her father and grandmother. Now she delves into the pages of the De... Read more

S04E3 They're Watching YouThe Z List Dead List is a podcast about obscure people from History. Created by Iszi Lawrence ... Read more

Ever get annoyed someone stole your idea? What if no one found out about it until decades after you died? This is a stor... Read more

Who really won the first world war? The Z List Dead List Halloweeeeen episode usually features a witch, and this episode... Read more

The odds are never a problem if you own half the racers. This is a story of a populist who brought down his own people. ... Read more

Which intrepid spinster was best buddies with Rudyard Kipling and fought off hungry leopards? Which woman judo chopped a... Read more

Natalie Haynes loves her Greek on the attic side of difficulty, she asks the audience of the British Museum 'when did ma... Read more

the most important woman in the history of mathematics... possibly the most important PERSON. So why have you never hear... Read more

How do 6 stolen boots, a snake and drawing lots result in a man being eaten? Welcome to the horrible tale of Alexander P... Read more

Accidentally predicting the future in her sci fi novels, Kage Baker's books set alight to the dork celebrator extraordin... Read more

Fancy a change of career? Zoe Lyons has a suggestion. How about digging a trench in your garden, filling it with water a... Read more

Peggy Pollard's life sounds so made up its ridiculous... borne to the upper classes, a genius scholar, criminally minded... Read more

The title of Sex God gets bandied around quite a bit these days, as Carrie Quinlain knows all too well. But there can on... Read more

Who was Huey Long and how did Tigger save lives? Getting to know people from history is tricky, particularly when heroes... Read more

What does it take to be a hero? Nowadays rescuing others, not being a coward, or just standing up for you principles see... Read more

2018 brings a new format to the Z List Dead List - the regular episode will appear as usual (usually the third thursday ... Read more

Wilhelm Reich was an esteemed psychoanalyst who studied with Freud in the 1920s. So why was he deliberately written out ... Read more