Catherine Howard: Beautiful, Willlful, and Dead Before Her Time

TW: mentions/semi-descriptions of SA and grooming. In this episode, Ethan and I examine the life of Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife and the second one to get beheaded. Used and abused by men throughout her short life, Catherine was far more than the "empty-handed wanton" of popular imagination. Just a teenager when she married the aged and tyrannical king, the vivacious and kind-hearted Catherine had a promising future as Queen despite her dark past. But a series of mistakes would ultimately lead to her tragic and spectacular downfall...