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The Great Caterpillar Outbreak of 1782
Episode 1280
In the spring of 1782, it wasn't the American Revolutionary War that had Londoners worried. The city and nearby countryside had been covered in omino…
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The Knights Templar
Episode 1279
Few organisations in history have names as loaded with legend as the Knights Templar. Western culture is infused with the mythology of these pious wa…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Nazi Massacre at Rumbula
Episode 1278
What would it be like to discover that your grandfather was a Nazi? For decades, generations of Germans have been grappling with the legacies of rela…
2 years, 6 months ago
Europe's 1848 Revolutions
Episode 1277
In 1848, Europe was wracked by a series of revolutions that turned the established political order on its head. Across the continent populations erup…
2 years, 6 months ago
Chichén Itzá
Episode 1276
One of the new Seven Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza is home to monumental pyramids, temples, and is a treasure trove of archaeological findings. …
2 years, 6 months ago
Marco Polo
Episode 1275
You may have heard the many myths about the life and exploits of Marco Polo- was he really the one who brought ice cream and spaghetti from his trave…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Legacy of Rome
Episode 1274
Rome has attracted aspiring conquerors and leaders for millennia, not just as a great metropolis, but as an idea. It has long been a symbol of milita…
2 years, 6 months ago
Rise of the Tudors
Episode 1273
Join Dan as he rollicks through the tumultuous life and rise to power of Henry Tudor, the man who would ultimately become King Henry VII of England. …
2 years, 6 months ago
Secret Origins of the SAS
Episode 1272
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…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ivan the Terrible
Episode 1271
The name Ivan the Terrible is synonymous with brutality and ruthlessness. While Western scholars insist that the first crowned Tsar of all Russia did…
2 years, 6 months ago