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Daring Prison Escapes | Escape from Leavenworth
Season 88 Episode 3
In 1909, a young convicted train robber named Frank Grigware began a life sentence at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. Leavenwo…
8 months ago
Daring Prison Escapes | Fleeing the Rock
Season 88 Episode 2
Located amid the treacherous waters of the San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was designed to hold the most-wanted prisoners in America…
8 months, 1 week ago
Daring Prison Escapes | Bastille of the Confederacy
Season 88 Episode 1
In February 1864, more than 100 Union Army officers broke out of Libby Prison, an infamous Confederate prisoner of war compound in Richmond, Virginia…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
FAN FAVORITE: California Gold Rush | Digging Deeper
Season 87 Episode 4
In the early 1850s, as people continued to flood West, California’s booming cities experienced rapid growth, but also turmoil. Fires regularly swept …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
FAN FAVORITE: California Gold Rush | Battlelines
Season 87 Episode 3
For white settlers, the Gold Rush offered a chance for fortune, but for California’s Native inhabitants, the sudden hunger for gold spelled disaster.…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
FAN FAVORITE: The Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Treason on Trial
Season 86 Episode 4
In the summer of 1807, Richmond, Virginia hosted the most sensational trial in the young nation’s history. At stake was the life of Aaron Burr, who s…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
FAN FAVORITE: California Gold Rush | The Forty Niners
Season 87 Episode 2
In early 1849, thousands of gold-hungry Americans began pouring into California from the eastern United States. But most of the so-called 49ers were …
8 months, 4 weeks ago
FAN FAVORITE: The Insurrection of Aaron Burr | The Severance of the Union
Season 86 Episode 3
In August 1806, Aaron Burr began the final preparations for his mysterious expedition to the western frontier. As he traveled, rumors that he was plo…
9 months ago
FAN FAVORITE: California Gold Rush | The First Strike
Season 87 Episode 1
After the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848, hundreds of thousands of prospectors poured into California, hoping to strike it rich. In the e…
9 months ago
FAN FAVORITE: The Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Gathering Forces
Season 86 Episode 2
In the summer of 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr was wanted for the murder of Alexander Hamilton. The fatal duel made him a political pariah and the …
9 months, 1 week ago