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The Clinton Body Count to the QAnon Shaman: Conspiracy Theories in American Politics
Episode 1537
From the Clinton 'crime family' to businessman JP Morgan sinking the Titanic to kill off his rivals, conspiracy theories are rife on the internet. Da…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Unknown Warrior
Episode 1536
In the western nave of Westminster Abbey, nestled between illustrious tombs and beneath a slab of black Belgian marble, lies the body of an unidentif…
1 year, 4 months ago
Will This Be America's Closest Election Ever?
Episode 1535
The 2024 US Presidential election is just around the corner, and it seems like the result is balanced on a knife's edge. As the polls continue to rol…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Secret Origins of the SAS
Episode 1534
In 1974, a pioneer of the SAS and master of military deception, Dudley Clarke, passed away. His death went almost entirely unnoticed by the British p…
1 year, 4 months ago
2. Wars of the Roses: Rise of the Tudors
Episode 1533
In the second episode of our Wars of the Roses series, Edward IV secures the English throne after his victory at the bloody Battle of Towton. But his…
1 year, 4 months ago
1. Wars of the Roses: England Divided
Episode 1531
This is the first episode in a two-part series on the brutal, three-decade-long civil war that tore England in two. Today, we explore the complex all…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Origins of Halloween
Episode 1530
Pumpkins, trick or treating and ghost stories are what we associate with Halloween, but what about turnips, fairies and a fortune-telling cake? Dan a…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Great Napoleonic Escape
Episode 1529
Lieutenant Charles Hare was a young British naval officer who made an extraordinarily elaborate escape from a French prisoner-of-war camp during the …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Hunt for the Endurance Shipwreck
Episode 1528
In 2022 Dan was part of the international expedition that went in search of Shackleton's lost shipwreck Endurance in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica; w…
1 year, 5 months ago
Tom Crean: The Unsung Irish Hero of the Antarctic
Episode 1527
He was one of the last men to see Antarctic Explorer Robert Scott alive and was Shackleton's right-hand man on the Endurance expedition. So why don't…
1 year, 5 months ago