William Shakespeare seems to have hated hedgehogs. We don&#8217;t quite know why, but it could have something to do with how the tiny animal is depicted by the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder. Special Thanks to Jamie Jeffers of <a href="https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com/">The British History Podcas</a>t and Miles Stokes of <a href="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/">Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men</a> for providing voicework for this episode.<br />

The Weird History Podcast

Joe Streckert

235 Shakespeare Versus Hedgehogs

MAR 1, 202315 MIN
The Weird History Podcast

235 Shakespeare Versus Hedgehogs

MAR 1, 202315 MIN

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William Shakespeare seems to have hated hedgehogs. We don’t quite know why, but it could have something to do with how the tiny animal is depicted by the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder. Special Thanks to Jamie Jeffers of The British History Podcast and Miles Stokes of Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men for providing voicework for this episode.