[Theoria]

Yea, SS, one of my favorite podcasts just did the Munster story on his show. It is a long episode, 4hrs, but worth the listen. It is a great podcast overall and this story certainly has lots of different twists.

Show 48 - Prophets of Doom[mp3]
Murderous millennial preachers and prophets take over the German city of Munster after Martin Luther unleashes a Pandora's Box of religious anarchy with the Protestant Reformation.

[SeeSharp]

Yep. I too am a fan of Hardcore History. I don't think Dan did justice to this story though. For me, it is first and foremost a story about the dangers of ideology. DC didn't go far enough into that aspect of the Munster story. The libertarian philosopher Murry Rothbard saw Munster as an ideological link in a chain of thought that ultimately led to Marxism. See Karl Marx as Religious Eschatologist.