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Stalin's Daughter
Episode 1318
Svetlana Aleluyeva walked into the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi on 9th March, 1967, and asked for political asylum. As the only daughter of Joseph Stali…
4 weeks ago
Shutting Down Napster
Episode 1316
Pioneering music-sharing platform Napster faced a pivotal legal showdown on March 6th, 2001, when - despite the company’s defence that it was merely …
1 month ago
Hula Hoop Mania!
Episode 1315
The hip-swivelling Hula Hoop craze swept through America within months of its 1958 debut - yet Wham-O didn’t receive a patent for it until 5th March,…
1 month ago
John Lennon's Jesus Controversy
Episode 1314
John Lennon's controversial statement that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus was first published in the London Evening Standard on 4th March, …
1 month ago
Comstock's War On Obscenity
Episode 1313
Sending rude mail was dealt a devastating blow on 3rd March, 1873, when the campaign against pornography, reproductive health, birth control, and abo…
1 month ago
It's King Kong!
Episode 1312
King Kong roared onto the silver screen on March 2nd, 1933, in an extraordinary simultaneous screening at Radio City and the Roxy, New York - attract…
1 month ago
Unmasking Mardi Gras
Episode 1310
New Orleans witnessed its first modern Mardi Gras procession - kick-started by a group of students eager to revive the traditional masquerade, banned…
1 month, 1 week ago
And The Winner Isn't
Episode 1309
The 89th Academy Awards reached its grand finale on 26th February 2017, with a balls-up that instantly entered Hollywood lore. Presenters Warren Beat…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Lonely Hearts Serial Killer
Episode 1308
Henri Landru, known as ‘Bluebeard’ to the French public, was executed by guillotine on 25th February, 1922, having murdered at least ten women he dat…
1 month, 1 week ago
Hello Francis, this is God
Episode 1307
Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone - now better known as St Francis of Assisi - attended Mass on 24th February, 1208, and heard the Gospel According to…
1 month, 1 week ago