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Back to SearchThe Fight of the Century
Episode 593
Why did two men - John Heenan and and Tom Sayers - illegally meet in a field in Hampshire, in 1860, to brutally fight one another, captivating Britai…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Mad Victorian Sport
Episode 592
How and when was football invented, and what are the origins of football clubs? What is the connection between public hangings, highwaymen, and early…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Manhunt for the Killer (Part 2)
Episode 591
How was President Abraham Lincoln murdered on Good Friday 1865, at Ford’s Theatre, just five days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender? Who was John Wilke…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Death at the Theatre (Part 1)
Episode 590
After passing the 13th amendment, in the closing weeks of the brutal American Civil War, what did president Abraham Lincoln - recently re-elected - d…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: Downfall (Part 6)
Episode 589
Following the murder of her husband, Lord Darnley, how did Mary Queen of Scots - thought to have conspired for his death - navigate the most precario…
8 months ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: The Mystery of the Exploding Mansion (Part 5)
Episode 588
How and why was Mary Queen of Scots’ traitorous husband, Lord Darnley, murdered, and by whom…? Was Mary complicit? Why was his death one of the great…
8 months ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: Murder Most Foul (Part 4)
Episode 587
Why did Mary Queen of Scots’ second marriage to the volatile Lord Darnley threaten to send Scotland into civil war? In what way did she essentially d…
8 months, 1 week ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: The Battle for Scotland (Part 3)
Episode 586
Following the death of her husband, the King of France, was the glamorous Mary welcomed back to Scotland, her kingdom since infancy, with open arms o…
8 months, 1 week ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: The Royal Rivals (Part 2)
Episode 585
What was life like in the glittering French court, for the young and newly married Mary Queen of Scots? What momentous destiny was her formidable mot…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Mary, Queen of Scots: Birth of a Legend (Part 1)
Episode 584
Where was Mary Queen of Scots - Elizabeth I’s most famous rival - born, and who were her parents? What was the nature of the turbulent politically an…
8 months, 2 weeks ago