The Backstory with Patty Steele

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Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.

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The Backstory with Patty Steele

Episodes (263)

Yesterday The Backstory: Valentine’s Day: From Blood and Sacrifice to Roses and Chocolates
Tuesday The Backstory: The Getty Kidnapping: Tons of Money, No Heart
Fri Feb 6th The Backstory: From Pig Bladders to the Super Bowl

The Backstory with Patty Steele

Feb 13, 2026
11 minutes
10 MB

Human attachment is thousands of years old . . but Valentine’s Day started off as a blood soaked Roman pagan fertility festival. The romance element is a pretty recent development. As usual, the Victorians reinvented it, taking it from a bloody sacrifice to roses and Valentine cards. If you have a story you’d like me to take a deeper dive into and share . . feel free to D.M. me on Facebook at Patty Steele or on Instagram at Real Patty Steele. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Backstory with Patty Steele

The Backstory: Valentine’s Day: From Blood and Sacrifice to Roses and Chocolates

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