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Back to SearchCuster's Last Stand: The Charge of the 7th Cavalry (Part 6)
Episode 451
The U.S. was cast into a spiralling panic following the economic depression of 1873, and waves of paramilitary violence swept through the south as th…
2 years, 3 months ago
Custer's Last Stand: Death in the Black Hills (Part 5)
Episode 450
In the wake of the barbaric Washita River massacre, George Custer found himself drifting; addicted to gambling, at odds with his wife, and failing in…
2 years, 3 months ago
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Rise of Sitting Bull (Part 4)
Episode 449
"What would you do if your home was attacked? You would stand up like a brave man and defend it. That is our story."
Following the bloody Fetterman F…
2 years, 3 months ago
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Horse-Lords of the Plains (Part 3)
Episode 448
Of all the great characters entangled in the story of George A. Custer and the American Indian Wars, few are as captivating as Crazy Horse. A mighty …
2 years, 3 months ago
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: The Winning of the West (Part 2)
Episode 447
With the American Civil War coming to a close in April 1865, George Custer, cavalry commander in the Union army, and a man of dubious political leani…
2 years, 3 months ago
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Civil War (Part 1)
Episode 446
“Come on, you Wolverines!”
The story of the American Indian Wars of 1862-68 is an enthralling tale of hubris, politics, recklessness, and the merciles…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Habsburgs: Secrets of a Dynasty
Episode 445
The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, the Habsburg dynasty's mightiest ruler, was at once King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, Lord of the Netherlands and…
2 years, 4 months ago
The First Emperor of China
Episode 444
"The First Emperor will die and his land will be divided….”
The First Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, left behind him a monumental legacy: an Empire …
2 years, 4 months ago
Lord Byron: Death of a Vampire (Part 4)
Episode 443
Rumours surrounding Lord Byron’s scandalous divorce rippled throughout the world. Finally, he had no choice but to abandon England in disgrace and fl…
2 years, 4 months ago
Lord Byron: Dangerous Liaisons (Part 3)
Episode 442
Good God I am surely in hell!
Upon Lord Byron’s return to England and the publication of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, he became one of the most notorio…
2 years, 4 months ago