True Crime Medieval
1000 years of people behaving badly.
True Crime Medieval
98. April Fool's Episode: Debunking the Chastity Belt
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Anne Brannen and Michelle Butler
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Season 5
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Episode 98
There were not, in the Middle Ages, any chastity belts. They did not exist. Really, they didn't. They show up later, when enlighted ages say that they were used in the Middle Ages. Then, enlightened ages invented them, and now you can buy them on Amazon. Michelle explains how we know they didn't exist, and how they got invented, and why the later ages that invented them said the Middle Ages did it. Anne, on the other hand, had a lot of fun researching the state of chastity belts now. Oh, and that hacking episode. Pro tip: don't attach your private parts to the internet.