Obscure History Episode 4: The full story of the only black samurai in history. Yasuke is more than just a video game character. He served under one of the greatest Japanese lords and made a name for himself across the entire country for his size, his power, his sword skill, his keen mind, and his bravery. Enjoy his full story condensed into 30 minutes!

If you'd like to learn more check out African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan, but Thomas Lockley! 500 pages of gripping adventure in feudal Japan!

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Obscure History Episode 3: Exposing the truth. Nellie Bly went undercover in the Blackwell Insane Asylum on Blackwell Island in the late 1800s and exposed it for being a slave operation that turned perfectly healthy women into lunatics who the nurses and doctors profited off of. Relive her experience as she was terrified she might never make it out of there.

If you'd like to learn more check out Ten Days in Mad-House written by Nellie Bly herself on her experience trapped inside this horror house!

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