Beastly History

Michelle Douglass

michelle.douglass@outlook.com

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Booking Overview

Beastly History is a monthly true-history and natural-history program mixing vivid tales of humans and animals with expert context. It’s a strong fit for PR professionals who can place academics, authors, and natural-history historians who can connect specific cases (menageries, wildlife persecution, polar/natural-world risk) to broader cultural and scientific themes.

Metrics

Episodes: 5

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

michelle.douglass@outlook.com

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Host

Michelle Douglass - Journalist and natural history super-fan; she hosts the podcast and is described as joining expert guests to explore the social history behind unusual true stories from the planet’s past.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Subject-matter experts who can provide historical/natural-history scholarship tied to a specific “beastly” case; typically natural-history historians, academic researchers, and book authors (often with relevant monographs).
Required Achievements:  
Authored published books on related topics (e.g., menageries, wolves, or Titanic research), Established research presence (e.g., dedicated research websites), Demonstrated expertise in a niche historical natural-history domain

Recent Guest Discussions

Dr Peta Tait - Travelling Menageries; Lion Taming And Big Cat Spectacle; Social History And Public Attitudes Toward Caged Wild Animals

Paul Lee - Titanic Lookout Fred Fleet And The Iceberg Warning; Edwardian Attitudes Toward The Natural World And Progress; Surrounding Circumstances Of The Disaster

Dr Kieran Hickey - 17th-century Wolf Hunting And Human-wolf Coexistence In Ireland; Oliver Cromwell-era Environmental Change And Bounties; Cultural Legacy Of Wolves

Recent Topics

Natural History, Wildlife, History, Animals, Expeditions

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Beastly History
:

The Lion Queen: The Dangerous World of Big Cat Taming

June 15, 2026

Nellie Chapman has an extraordinary way of drawing a crowd. Born into the strange and spectacular world of 19th Century travelling menageries, she rises to fame as one of Britain's most celebrated lion tamers. Performing inside the cage with some of the world's most feared predators, Nellie captivates audiences eager for a glimpse of danger.A performance for Queen Victoria offers the chance of a lifetime, but life among the big cats comes with enormous risks. At the height of Nellie's career,...

'Iceberg Right Ahead!' A Titanic Lookout's Story

May 12, 2026

(Content warning: please be aware this episode includes discussion of suicide). It's 1140pm in the North Atlantic Ocean, April 14 1912, when Titanic lookout Fred Fleet first glimpses a hulking great mass of ice looming out of the darkness. He desperately warns the crew with the famous words "Iceberg! Right Ahead!" But it's already too late. Many things went wrong in the build up to one of history's most famous disasters and the loss of around 1500 lives. And in this e...

Ireland’s Wolf Hunters

April 01, 2026

Rory Carragh has a deadly reputation. He hunts wolves, and he’s very good at it.Now he faces his toughest challenge yet. Two large wolves keep taking sheep in a remote mountain village, and the people are getting desperate. These elusive wolves are said to be among the last in County Tyrone. For Carragh, success means reward and status. But failure could cost him everything.In this episode, we journey back to a time when wolves and humans coexisted across Ireland, before the violent upheaval ...

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