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282 - P.T. Barnum ; "The Greatest Showman"
Episode 282
Surely a man depicted by Hugh Jackman was a great guy .... right? Well, that's a little questionable. But you still have to admit that P.T. Barnum fi…
5 years, 3 months ago
281 - George Mallory and The 1924 Mount Everest Expedition
We all know that Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary were the first to summit Mount Everest... Or were they? In 1924, thirty years earlier George Mallo…
5 years, 3 months ago
280 - World War One (part two)
We continue on from last week's episode about World War One (part one), with World War One (part two)!
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5 years, 4 months ago
279 - World War One (part one)
The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (episode 276) kicked off one of the deadliest wars of all time, this episode is about World War One (ak…
5 years, 4 months ago
278 - Fritz Duquesne; The Counterfeit Hero
Episode 278
There aren't many people who pack more into their life than Fritz Duquesne did - soldier, British spy, German spy, fake war hero.... spy again. It's …
5 years, 4 months ago
277 - The Red Baron
The most successful pilot of World War I, Manfred von Richthofen AKA 'The Red Baron', had a bit of a shaky start behind the controls of his plane. He…
5 years, 4 months ago
276 - The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked the First World War, but who was he and what lead to his murder? Find out on this week's episod…
5 years, 5 months ago
275 - John Dillinger ; Public Enemy #1
During the Great Depression, people were pretty deprived of entertainment and heroes. So when someone had the audacity to rob a bunch of banks, they …
5 years, 5 months ago
274 - The Surprisingly Weird History Of The Saxophone
The Saxophone is one of few widely used instruments invented by a single person (Adolphe Sax). And he lead a wild life! Multiple near death incidents…
5 years, 5 months ago
273 - The Watergate Scandal
The Watergate Scandal was a political scandal that went all the way to the top (President Richard Nixon) between 1972 and 1974. It has been referred …
5 years, 5 months ago