Unknown History with Giles Milton

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Unknown History provides you with surprising, quirky, and remarkable tales from the past, so you can pretend you paid attention in history class. Hosted by renowned author Giles Milton.

116 episodes • 0 archived •

A Conversation On Queer History: Rasheed Newson, Jack Lowery, and Bill Goldstein on Act Up!, AIDS Activism, and 80s NYC.

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Oct 18, 2022

1h 6m

Bonus: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA

Dec 16, 2021

17 mins

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The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Transformation

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Nov 4, 2021

40 mins

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The Broken Constitution: Lincoln's Choice

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Oct 28, 2021

35 mins

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The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise

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Oct 21, 2021

27 mins

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Coming Soon: The Broken Constitution

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Oct 14, 2021

41 secs

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The Dramatic Conclusion of the Berlin Blockade

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Oct 6, 2021

8 mins

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To Save a City

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Sep 29, 2021

7 mins

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Launching the Airlift

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Sep 22, 2021

8 mins

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The Siege: Could the Berlin Airlift Save Berlin?

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Sep 15, 2021

9 mins

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The Strangling of Berlin

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Sep 8, 2021

7 mins

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A Battle of Wits in Post-War Berlin

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Sep 1, 2021

11 mins

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Churchill's Iron Curtain

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Aug 25, 2021

10 mins

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The Great Berlin Power Struggle

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Aug 18, 2021

10 mins

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Russia's Secret Revolutionaries

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Aug 11, 2021

9 mins

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Sleeping with the Enemy

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Aug 5, 2021

9 mins

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The Americans Arrive in Berlin

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Jul 28, 2021

10 mins

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Berlin Turns Red

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Jul 22, 2021

8 mins

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The Colonel Who Went to War

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Jul 15, 2021

10 mins

Coming Soon: Unknown History Season 4

Jul 8, 2021

2 mins

The True Story of A Band of Female Resistance Fighters in WWII

May 20, 2021

19 mins

The Legacy of the West Point Class of 1966

May 6, 2021

21 mins

Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier

Apr 20, 2021

11 mins

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91- A User's Guide to U.S. Supreme Court Cases that Shaped History

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Sep 27, 2020

13 mins

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90 - A User's Guide to the Branches of U.S. Government

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Sep 20, 2020

20 mins

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89 - A User's Guide to Getting Involved in Democracy—Petitions and Protest

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Sep 14, 2020

13 mins

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88 - A User's Guide to U.S. Elections

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Sep 6, 2020

18 mins

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23 S2 - How an Outsider Became President of the United States

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Aug 31, 2020

5 mins

BONUS: Introducing The History of England

May 30, 2019

35 mins

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87 S3 - D-DAY: When the Tides Turned on Omaha Beach

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Apr 24, 2019

14 mins

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86 S3 - D-DAY: The German Opposition

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Apr 17, 2019

15 mins

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85 S3 - D-DAY: Bagpipes and Snipers

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Apr 10, 2019

14 mins

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84 S3 - D-DAY: American Rangers Who Terrified the Germans

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Apr 3, 2019

14 mins

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83 S3 - D-Day: The Tale of Two Brothers

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Mar 27, 2019

14 mins

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82 S3 - D-DAY: D-Day: The Men in the 'Suicide Wave'

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Mar 20, 2019

15 mins

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81 S3 - D-DAY: The Utah Beach Landings

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Mar 13, 2019

15 mins

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80 S3 - D-DAY: The Battle for Merville

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Mar 6, 2019

15 mins

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79 S3 - D-DAY: One of the Most Dangerous Missions of D-Day

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Feb 27, 2019

14 mins

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78 S3 - D-DAY: The Mission You've Never Heard Of

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Feb 20, 2019

15 mins

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77 S3 - D-DAY: What Happened on the Eve of D-Day?

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Feb 13, 2019

14 mins

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76 S3 - D-DAY: What Was Operation Tarbrush X?

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Feb 6, 2019

15 mins

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75 Wild Bill - Friendship in the American Frontier: Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill

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Jan 17, 2019

11 mins

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74 Wild Bill - The Softer Side of Wild Bill Hickok

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Jan 10, 2019

11 mins

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73 Wild Bill - The Life and Death of Wild Bill Hickok

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Jan 3, 2019

11 mins

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72 Valley Forge - Who Was Baron von Steuben? An Unknown Revolutionary War Hero

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Dec 27, 2018

8 mins

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71 Valley Forge - George Washington’s Surrogate Sons

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Dec 20, 2018

11 mins

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70 Valley Forge - George Washington's Heroism at Valley Forge

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Dec 13, 2018

10 mins

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69 Labor Special - The 1894 Pullman Strike

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Dec 6, 2018

11 mins

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68 Labor Special - The Rise of Labor Unions

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Nov 29, 2018

9 mins

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67 Labor Special - Who Was George Pullman?

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Nov 22, 2018

8 mins

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66 Labor Special - Industrialization on American Democracy

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Nov 15, 2018

8 mins

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65 Labor Special - The Gilded Age Financial Gap

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Nov 8, 2018

7 mins

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64 Hitler's American Friends - Charles Lindbergh and 'America First'

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Nov 1, 2018

13 mins

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63 Hitler’s American Friends - Henry Ford and American Business

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Oct 25, 2018

11 mins

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62 Hitler’s American Friends - Charles Coughlin and Radio’s Religious Right

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Oct 18, 2018

12 mins

BONUS: Introducing 'History Unplugged'

Oct 16, 2018

26 mins

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61 Hitler’s American Friends - William Dudley Pelley and the Silver Legion

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Oct 11, 2018

11 mins

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60 Hitler’s American Friends - Fritz Kuhn and the German American Bund

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Oct 4, 2018

11 mins

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59 FDR Special - How WWII United FDR and Al Smith

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Sep 27, 2018

7 mins

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58 FDR Special - How FDR Became Governor of New York in 1928

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Sep 20, 2018

9 mins

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57 FDR Special - How FDR Became a Star in the 1924 Presidential Convention

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Sep 13, 2018

8 mins

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56 FDR Special - Frank and Al: The Loss That Created FDR

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Sep 6, 2018

10 mins

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55 FDR Special - The Unlikely Friendship Between FDR and Al Smith

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Aug 30, 2018

7 mins

BONUS: Introducing 'Case Closed'

Aug 24, 2018

23 mins

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54 Poison Special - The Gross Reality of Royal Life

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Aug 16, 2018

10 mins

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53 Poison Special - Poisonous Cosmetics in Medieval Times

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Aug 9, 2018

12 mins

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52 Poison Special - Dangerous Medicines of Centuries Past

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Aug 2, 2018

12 mins

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51 Poison Special - The Arsenic Poisoning of Napoleon Bonaparte

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Jul 26, 2018

14 mins

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50 Poison Special - A History of Russian Poisonings

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Jul 19, 2018

10 mins

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49 Dodge City Special - Wyatt Earp's Relationship with Women Was...Complicated

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Mar 29, 2018

13 mins

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48 Dodge City Special - The Glory Days of Wild West Outlaws

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Mar 22, 2018

18 mins

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47 Dodge City Special - The Life and Death of Ed Masterson in Dodge City

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Mar 15, 2018

11 mins

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46 Dodge City Special - Famous Outlaws of the Wild West

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Jul 6, 2017

12 mins

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45 Dodge City Special - The Rise and Fall of Bat Masterson

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Jun 29, 2017

13 mins

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44 Dodge City Special - The Takeover of Wyatt Earp

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Jun 22, 2017

11 mins

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43 Dodge City Special - Introducing The Wickedest Town in the American West

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Jun 13, 2017

14 mins

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42 S2 - The Men Who Deprived Hitler of the Atomic Bomb

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Mar 16, 2017

7 mins

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41 S2 - George Rheam and Industrial Sabotage

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Mar 9, 2017

7 mins

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40 S2 - Churchill's Extraordinary Killing School

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Mar 2, 2017

8 mins

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39 S2 - Millis Jefferis: Expert of Destruction

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Feb 23, 2017

8 mins

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38 S2 - Collin Gubbins and the Birth of Guerrilla Warfare

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Feb 16, 2017

8 mins

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37 S2 - Cecil Clarke: Churchill's Unlikely Weapons Mastermind

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Feb 9, 2017

8 mins

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22 S2 - What Happened When One Lawyer Went Up Against Hitler? (Reissue)

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Feb 2, 2017

6 mins

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36 S2 - Discovering Guy Burgess: Cambridge's Most Infamous Spy

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Jan 27, 2017

15 mins

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31 S2 - The Real Queen Victoria: A Conversation with Author Daisy Goodwin

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Jan 12, 2017

26 mins

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34 S2 - When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep

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Jan 5, 2017

5 mins

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11 S1 - Hamilton, Burr, and the Murder Trial You'll Never Forget

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Dec 29, 2016

4 mins

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33 S2 - How Did a Stranger Break into the Queen's Bedroom?

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Dec 15, 2016

5 mins

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32 S2 - When Stalin Robbed a Bank

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Dec 8, 2016

4 mins

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30 S2 - Attack of the Killer Whale

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Nov 17, 2016

4 mins

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29 S2 - What Was Operation Pastorius?

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Nov 10, 2016

4 mins

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28 S2 - How an American Ship Was Captured by North Korea

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Nov 3, 2016

4 mins

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27 S2 - The Secret Nazi Prisoners of Virginia

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Oct 27, 2016

4 mins

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26 S2 - How One Boy Survived the Hindenburg Crash

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Oct 21, 2016

5 mins

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25 S2 - What Happened to the Children Bred for the Hitler Regime?

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Oct 14, 2016

5 mins

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24 S2 - What Happened When the Mona Lisa Was Stolen?

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Oct 6, 2016

5 mins

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21 S2 - Why Did Two Robbers Steal Charlie Chaplin's Coffin?

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Sep 15, 2016

6 mins

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20 S2 - How Did One D-Day Rehearsal Go Terribly Wrong?

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Sep 8, 2016

5 mins

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19 S1 - Emperor of the United States?

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Sep 1, 2016

5 mins

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18 S1 - The Story of Japan's Deadly Balloon Bomb

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Aug 18, 2016

2 mins

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17 S1 - God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal

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Aug 11, 2016

5 mins

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16 S1 - Who Was the Last Eunuch of China?

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Aug 4, 2016

2 mins

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15 S1 -The Dog Who Barked for Victory

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Jul 21, 2016

2 mins

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14 S1 - Hiroo Onoda: The Japanese Soldier Who Wouldn't Surrender

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Jul 8, 2016

3 mins

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13 S1 - Jeremiah G. Hamilton: Wall Street's 'Prince of Darkness'

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Jun 30, 2016

8 mins

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12 S1 - Who Was William Hitler?

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Jun 23, 2016

3 mins

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10 S1 - Insurance Fraud on The Good Ship Zong

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May 26, 2016

3 mins

9 S1 - The First Celebrity Kidnapping: Baby Charles Lindbergh

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May 19, 2016

3 mins

8 S1 - The Secret Fate of Lenin's Brain

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May 12, 2016

3 mins

7 S1 - How Did Three Men Escape from Alcatraz?

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May 5, 2016

5 mins

6 S1 - Who Really Killed Rasputin?

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Apr 28, 2016

6 mins

5 S1 - Sergeant Stubby: How Did One Dog Become a Decorated War Hero?

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Apr 21, 2016

4 mins

4 S1 - How Dorothy Lawrence Disguised Herself as a Man to Fight in WWI

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Apr 14, 2016

4 mins

3 S1 - The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie

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Apr 6, 2016

4 mins

2 S1 - How to Survive the Sinking of the Titanic

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Apr 6, 2016

5 mins

1 S1 - The Surprising Truth About Hitler's Drug Use

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Apr 6, 2016

4 mins

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