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There's A Baby In The Post
Episode 1282
The U.S. Postal Service permitted parcel delivery for packages under 11 pounds in 1913 - parameters which were pushed to their limits on 26th January…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Elephants of War
Elephants have played a surprisingly important role on the battlefield, even before the birth of Christ; notably in 5th Century BCE India, and durin…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Unmasking New York's 'Mad Bomber'
Episode 1279
George Metesky’s campaign of terror as ‘the Mad Bomber of New York’ ended abruptly on 22nd January, 1957. Between 1940 and 1956, he had planted at le…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Chastity Belt and the Frenchman
Episode 1278
Henri Littière and his adulterous wife Suzanne thought they’d come up with a novel way to combat her philandering - by commissioning a custom-made ch…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Lalli and the Axe
Episode 1277
According to Finnish legend, a peasant farmer named Lalli murdered the Christian missionary Bishop Henry on the ice of lake Köyliönjärvi on January 2…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Britain's Last Witch
Celebrated medium Helen Duncan was arrested on 19th January, 1944, when, midway through one of her séances, an undercover policeman dramatically reve…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Shooting 'Dr. No'
Episode 1274
It had a budget of just $1 million, a lead actor wearing a toupee, and the baddie in the first draft of the script was a monkey. But the first James …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Death By Molasses
Episode 1273
A roaring wave of syrup swept through the North End of Boston on 15th January, 1919, in an event that claimed 21 lives, including 2 children, and cam…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
New York meets Snow White
Episode 1272
Disney’s long-awaited feature ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ was rapturously received at Radio City, New York, inspiring three-hour queues for tic…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Henry IV and the Philosopher's Stone
Episode 1271
It was today in history in 1404 that Henry IV issued the Act Against Multipliers, a ban on the mysterious art of creating or duplicating gold, more c…
2 months, 3 weeks ago