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The End of Siegfried and Roy
Episode 357
The Roy half of Siegfried and Roy was mauled on October 3rd, 2003, by a 380-pound white tiger live on stage in Las Vegas.
Roy lived, but was partially…
3 years, 3 months ago
Thunderbirds Are Go!
Episode 355
The first ever episode of Thunderbirds, the revolutionary British TV show starring puppets, aired on September 30th, 1965. It was instantly a hit in …
3 years, 3 months ago
The 33-day Pope
Episode 354
Rerun. The corpse of John Paul I was discovered by a nun in the early hours of 29th September, 1978. His body was embalmed within 24 hours, heighteni…
3 years, 3 months ago
King of the Coup
Episode 353
Gilbert Bourgeaud, better known by his nom de guerre “Bob Denard” was shot in the head at least twice, married seven times and had at least three rel…
3 years, 3 months ago
Hunting Noah's Ark
Episode 352
The trend for “Arkeology” was kickstarted on September 27th, 1829, when the German explorer Friedrich Parrot ascended to the top of Mount Ararat in A…
3 years, 3 months ago
The French King of Sweden
Episode 351
Jean Bernadotte’s dad, a local prosecutor in the southwestern French city of Pau, intended for his son to follow in his footsteps as a lawyer. Inst…
3 years, 3 months ago
Introducing 'Club Retrospectors'
Fancy a brand new, full-length SUNDAY EPISODE of this show, each and every week?
Of course you do! Become a member of Club Retrospectors and unlock an…
3 years, 3 months ago
Here Comes Nintendo
Episode 349
Nintendo was world-famous by the 1980s but the origins of the company go back a century earlier - to September 23rd, 1889, when Fusajiro Yamauchi fou…
3 years, 3 months ago
The All-Female Jury
Episode 348
Rerun. Witchcraft and infanticide were the charges levelled against young maidservant Judith Catchpole at the General Provincial Court in Patuxent Co…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Birth of Mexican Wrestling
Episode 347
El Santo, masks, spandex suits... all were yet to be conceived when Salvador Lutteroth González launched Mexico's first ever national pro wrestling p…
3 years, 3 months ago