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Back to SearchEmperors of Rome: Caligula, Incest and Insanity (Part 3)
Episode 536
"Enough of the Princeps, what remains to be described, is the monster..."
The Roman emperor Caligula endures as one of the most notorious figures in n…
1 year, 6 months ago
Emperors of Rome: Tiberius, Slaughter and Scandal (Part 2)
Episode 535
The Roman historian Suetonius’ biography of the controversial Emperor Tiberius is one of his most shocking and salacious, condemning Tiberius to infa…
1 year, 7 months ago
Emperors of Rome: Sex Secrets of the Caesars (Part 1)
Episode 534
The Roman historian Suetonius’ The Lives of the Caesars, written during the early imperial period of the Roman Empire, is a seminal biography coverin…
1 year, 7 months ago
Russian Spies, Pigeons, and The Rest Is Classified…
How did a Russian spy manage to infiltrate the upper echelons of London and New York society? Was Anna Chapman really an old fashioned Russian honeyt…
1 year, 7 months ago
Wojtek: The Bear Who Beat the Nazis
Episode 533
The story of Wojtek - the bear who took on the Nazis - amidst the death and devastation of the Second World War, and more specifically Poland's heroi…
1 year, 7 months ago
Hitler's War on Poland: The Fall of Warsaw (Part 3)
Episode 532
The Nazi invasion of Poland is one of the most harrowing episodes of the Second World War, which saw terrible scenes of abuse take place. Though long…
1 year, 7 months ago
Hitler's War on Poland: The Pact with Stalin (Part 2)
Episode 531
By the 11th of April 1939, Adolf Hitler and his Nazis were in the process of drawing up a plan of attack for Poland, the Poles having resisted German…
1 year, 7 months ago
Hitler’s War on Poland: Countdown to Armageddon (Part 1)
Episode 530
Following the Munich agreement of September 1938, Nazi troops marched into Czechoslovakia and ruthlessly claimed it as a German protectorate. Still, …
1 year, 7 months ago
The Nazis' Road to War: Showdown in Munich (Part 2)
Episode 529
On 17th September 1938, in Munich, one of the most extraordinary meetings in history took place. Neville Chamberlain launched an extraordinary and un…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Nazis' Road to War: Hitler Prepares to Strike (Part 1)
Episode 528
Throughout the course of the 1930s, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party has overwhelmingly, terrifyingly seized power in Germany. Now, Hitler’s vile ambitions …
1 year, 7 months ago