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The ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ Robbery
Episode 327
Stockholm Syndrome - the condition in which hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors during captivity - was named after a bank robber…
3 years, 4 months ago
Balloons With Bombs On
Episode 326
The world’s first notable air raid occurred on 22nd August, 1849, when the Austrian Army attacked Venice using a fleet of 200 miniature hot air ballo…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Whole Truth
Episode 325
Court witnesses have promised to tell ‘the whole truth’ since the 13th century; but, on 19th August, 1992, the U.S. Appeals Court permitted Wallace W…
3 years, 4 months ago
The First TV Weather Report
Episode 324
Rerun. A weather map was first broadcast on TV on 18th August, 1926 - but there were no fancy graphics, no on-screen forecaster, and only one intende…
3 years, 4 months ago
Party at the Palace
Episode 323
Louis XIV was among the V.I.P. guests at Nicolas Fouquet’s lavish houseparty on 17th August, 1661 - and was supposedly so consumed with jealousy that…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Deadly Air Race
Episode 322
Aviation in the 1920s could be a lethal business, as proven on 16th August 1927, when only 2 of the 15 planes that entered The Dole Derby - a $35,000…
3 years, 4 months ago
America's Nazi Summer Camps
Episode 321
Camp Siegfried hosted a ‘Nazi Camp Fete’ for 40,000 attendees on 15th August, 1938. The Summer resort, on Yaphank, Long Island, was the epicentre of …
3 years, 4 months ago
The Bodies Buried at Bedlam
Episode 320
When 42 bodies buried near Liverpool Street Station in London were dug up as part of the works on Crossrail on 12th August, 2015, they were thought t…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Long Count
Episode 319
Rerun. The 7,885 year-long calendar that the Mayan people used to measure long stretches of time, ‘The Long Count’, began on 11th August, 3114 B.C.
Th…
3 years, 5 months ago
Hollywood’s Favourite Dog
Episode 318
Rin Tin Tin, the German Shepherd who starred in more than 27 Hollywood films, died on 10th August, 1932 at the age of 13. Radio stations around the c…
3 years, 5 months ago