Fake History Hunter

Youtube review: “What Hygiene Was Like During the Black Plague” by ‘Weird history’

July 13, 2025

Let’s review a youtube video. “What Hygiene Was Like During the Black Plague“, made by ‘Weird history‘, a channel with 4.6 million subscribers. This video has 1 million views.First illustration is from 1625… not medieval. The thumbnail: The video is about the “black plague”, but it’s actually about the Black Death.Plague was the disease, Black … More Youtube review: “What Hygiene Was Like During the Black Plague” by ‘Weird history’

Not a photo of a Native American with a wolf

July 3, 2025

This picture has been going around the internet with the claim that it shows “One of the earliest known photographs of a Native American with a wolf” or “One of the few documented images capturing the coexistence of a Native American and a wolf”, usually followed by a nice story about how Native Americans and … More Not a photo of a Native American with a wolf

Article review: Why Medieval Castles Were Filthy Places You’d Never Want to Live In

March 25, 2025

Time to review yet another nonsense online article with no sources or references. “Why Medieval Castles Were Filthy Places You’d Never Want to Live In”https://talesofthemiddleages.com/why-medieval-castles-were-filthy-places/ Oh dear.Okay, this is mostly just a rant, a flood of words, me screaming into the void.There are some sources for what I’m saying in the thread I link to … More Article review: Why Medieval Castles Were Filthy Places You’d Never Want to Live In

History of personal hygiene in Europe

February 27, 2025

For some weird reason some people seem to think that Europeans didn’t care about personal hygiene till relatively recently, others even believe that Europeans never bathed or washed and still don’t.Yes, I’m serious, there are really folks out there who believe this. So on this page I’m going to simply collect a list of links … More History of personal hygiene in Europe

Book review: ‘The medieval pig’ by Dolly Jørgensen

August 5, 2024

I love history books that are all about a specific subject, it shows that a historian has become obsessed about one thing and that they’ve likely spend more time than is healthy researching it.Which is of course a good thing because it can result in the ultimate publication on the topic and I think that’s … More Book review: ‘The medieval pig’ by Dolly Jørgensen

Book review: ‘Het middeleeuwse openbare badhuis’ by Fabiola van Dam (2020)

July 15, 2024

I recently read ‘Het middeleeuwse openbare badhuis’ by Fabiola van Dam, I read it twice. I realise it is not available in English and VERY specific, but it had some interesting stuff in it I want to share with you anyway, so here we go. Oh if you’re a history book publisher, check this book … More Book review: ‘Het middeleeuwse openbare badhuis’ by Fabiola van Dam (2020)

Book review: ‘Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities’ by Carole Rawcliffe (2013)

July 13, 2024

I’ve just finished reading ‘Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities’ by Carole Rawcliffe, Professor of Medieval History, University of East Anglia.More about the book here. If you still kind of belief medieval folks weren’t into bathing and didn’t mind living in towns were people just chucked waste into the streets, … More Book review: ‘Urban Bodies: Communal Health in Late Medieval English Towns and Cities’ by Carole Rawcliffe (2013)

This is not Bruce Mayrock

May 25, 2024

On the 29th of May 1969 a young student called Bruce Baruch Mayrock set himself on fire on the lawn of the United Nations headquarters in New York.A sign he left on the grass said: “You must stop genocide – please save 9 million Biafrans.” and “Peace is where there is an absence of fear … More This is not Bruce Mayrock

Medieval staircases were NOT built going clockwise for the defender’s advantage

October 9, 2023

This story has been making the rounds on the internet with a claim that you’ve probably been told during visits to castles, but, there’s no evidence for it whatsoever. In short the idea is that it’s easier for a right-handed soldier or knight to fight in a spiral staircase that is built going clockwise when … More Medieval staircases were NOT built going clockwise for the defender’s advantage

I’ve written a book!

September 8, 2023

As some of you know I’ve been writing a book and well… it’s done, printed and coming to a bookshelf near you!‘Fake History: 101 Things that Never Happened’ is out now! Some of the myths debunk in the book may be familiar to you because you were there when I was correcting people on social … More I’ve written a book!