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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a vast, secret network of safe houses, guides, abolitionists, and ordinary citizens who risked fines, imprisonment, and …
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What did the Founders Think About Religion?
Were America's Founding Fathers devout Christians, skeptical deists, or something more complicated? The answer is far less simple—and far more intere…
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The Flying Tigers
Before the United States officially entered World War II, a small band of American volunteer pilots took to the skies over China to fight a war that …
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The Man Who Jumped from Space
In the thin, freezing edge of Earth's atmosphere, long before private spaceflight captured headlines, one man stepped out of a balloon gondola and fe…
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The Patty Hearst Kidnapping Ordeal
In 1974, America watched in shock as newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was kidnapped from her California apartment by a radical group calling itself the…
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Conversations: Berlin During WWII, w/ Ian Buruma
In this special Conversation Series episode of History Shorts, host Peter Zablocki sits down with acclaimed historian and author Ian Buruma to discus…
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The Man Who Exposed the Mafia
For decades, the American Mafia thrived in secrecy—its structure hidden behind silence, fear, and a strict code of loyalty. That began to change in t…
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The Rise and Fall of Rommel
He was one of the most famous commanders of World War II—admired by allies and enemies alike, feared on the battlefield, and ultimately caught betwee…
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History's Most Stolen Painting
For nearly six centuries, one masterpiece has captivated worshippers, mystified thieves, and survived war, fire, and disappearance more times than an…
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The Death of Stalin's Wife
In November 1932, the Soviet Union's most powerful man woke to shocking news: his wife was dead under circumstances that would remain shrouded in sec…
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