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The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre
Episode 1880
In 1972, the Olympics returned to Germany for the first time since being hosted in Berlin in 1936.
The Games were intended to present a new image of …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Starlite: The Miracle That Never Was
Episode 1879
In the 1980s, an Englishman by the name of Maurice Ward developed a material which he claimed could withstand temperatures of thousands of degrees C…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
The Unabomber
Episode 1878
Starting in the late 1970s and lasting for seventeen years, a series of bombings terrorized the American public.
Primarily targeting technology comp…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Francisco Macías Nguema
Episode 1877
In 1968, the colony of Spanish Guinea was granted independence and became the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
In its first open election, which turne…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Emperor Nero (Encore)
Episode 1876
In the year 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, and his adopted son Nero became the Emperor of Rome at the age of 16.
His reign was one of the most…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
European Exclaves
Episode 1875
We have all looked at a map and seen all of the different countries represented by different colors. A country has some sort of border, and everythin…
1 year ago
The Spanish Inquisition
Episode 1874
At the end of the 15th century, Spain had almost completed the Reconquista and the removal of the Caliphate in the Iberian Peninsula, ending centurie…
1 year ago
Cyprus
Episode 1873
Strategically located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, with access to Europe, Asia, and Africa, is the island of Cyprus.
Cyprus has a history that …
1 year ago
The Invention of the Telephone (Encore)
Episode 1872
The 19th century was one of rapid technological advancement.
Of all of the innovations to come out of this century, and there were many, perhaps non…
1 year ago
Rasputin
Episode 1871
In the early 20th century, the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, the Tsarina Alexandra, welcomed a homeless monk into their home.
As this scruf…
1 year ago