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Casanova’s Prison Escape
Episode 381
One of Giacomo Casanova's most famous deeds was his daring midnight, cross-rooftop escape from the dreaded “The Leads” prison in Venice on the night …
3 years, 2 months ago
Welcome To Harvard
Episode 379
The life of Harvard University – the oldest institution of higher learning in the US – officially began on 28th October, 1636 when the Massachusetts …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Man Who Saved The World
Episode 378
Rerun. Soviet naval officer Vasili Arkhipov may not have the name recognition of Castro, Kruschev and Kennedy - but his actions during the Cuban Miss…
3 years, 2 months ago
Wyatt Earp's Greatest Gunfight
Episode 377
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral – a 30-second shootout between lawmen and outlaws – occurred on October 26, 1881, in the small US mining town of Tomb…
3 years, 2 months ago
Pepys the Philanderer
Episode 376
On 25th October, 1668, Elizabeth Pepys walked in on her maid and her husband – the inveterate restoration shagger Samuel Pepys – in a position so com…
3 years, 2 months ago
Meet Mr Blobby
Episode 375
Mr Blobby made his anarchic television debut on 24th October, 1992, in a new segment called “Gotcha” on the hugely popular BBC show Noel’s House Part…
3 years, 2 months ago
Welcome To The Guggenheim
Episode 373
Frank Lloyd Wright’s extraordinary Guggenheim building finally flung open its doors on 21st October, 1959, after a gestation period of two decades - …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Boy Who Poisoned His Granddad
Episode 372
Rerun. William Alnutt tipped arsenic into the family sugar bowl on 20th October, 1847 - and five days later, the 12 year-old’s sweet-toothed grandfat…
3 years, 2 months ago
Here's One I Snorted Earlier
Episode 371
Richard Bacon was sacked from Blue Peter after The News of the World revealed he had taken cocaine; an event which was explained to the show’s young …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Black Magic Massacre
Episode 370
The East Java Ninja Scare - an outbreak of mass hysteria in East Java, Indonesia that led to hundreds of deaths - reached its peak with a massacre of…
3 years, 2 months ago