The King Addicted To Gooning
About this episode
The episode explores the bizarre life and addictions of Christian VII of Denmark, a little-known monarch from the 1700s.
Christian VII of Denmark is a relatively unknown monarch from the 1700s, save for one thing — he loved cranking it. The gooning addiction got so bad his advisors had to hide it from King George III of Great Britain so the monarch would allow his sister to marry the Danish king. Christian was also had a pain fetish, a love for watching executions, and grew up being violently beaten by his tutor and ignored by his dad. Fun times in Copenhagen. Subscribe to the Softcore History Patreon for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes. Get 10% off ZIppix Toothpicks with code SOFTCORE at https://zippixtoothpicks.com/discount/SOFTCORE Rob Fox https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree Dan Regester https://www.instagram.com/danregester/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hosts: Rob Fox, Dan Regester
Topics covered
- historical monarchs
- addiction
- pain fetish
- executions
- Copenhagen history
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