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Catacombs of Paris (Encore)
Season 2 Episode 167
Beneath the city of Paris lies a network of tunnels stretching hundreds of miles - many of which are not totally explored. Their origin dates back to…
7 hours ago
Bobbi Gibb - the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon (Encore)
Season 2 Episode 166
On an April morning in Boston in 1966, despite being told she was physically incapable of running 20+ miles, Bobbi Gibb slipped into the crowd of 500…
1 day, 7 hours ago
Last of the Mammoths
Season 2 Episode 165
Wooly mammoths are one of the quintessential animals of the Ice Age, and they died out about 10,000 years ago - or so that is what most people think.…
4 days, 7 hours ago
Battle of the Bogside
Season 2 Episode 164
In August of 1969, the festering discontent felt by Irish Catholics in Northern Ireland would erupt into three days of fighting in the city of Derry …
5 days, 7 hours ago
Typhoid Mary
Season 2 Episode 163
Mary Mallon was a simple cook - no one special. At least until she was identified as the very first asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever. In her lif…
6 days, 7 hours ago
Church of Bones - Sedlec Ossuary
Season 2 Episode 162
Near the town of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic is a gothic chapel that many say resembles something out of a horror film. The chapel holds the bon…
1 week ago
War Movies
Season 2 Episode 161
The film industry loves a good war movie. It’s usually a way to put action and heroics on the big screen. As we observe Memorial Day in the United St…
1 week, 1 day ago
Apollo 1 Disaster
Season 2 Episode 160
On Jan. 27, 1967, three astronauts boarded Apollo 1 to conduct a launch simulation test. What followed next was one of the most devastating moments i…
1 week, 4 days ago
Max von Pettenkofer - the Father of Modern Hygiene
Season 2 Episode 159
Hygiene is a critical component to one's health. But our understanding of hygiene goes back only to the mid-19th century, where a Bavarian chemist, M…
1 week, 5 days ago
Exploding Whale of Florence
Season 2 Episode 158
In 1970, a 45 foot long, eight ton whale washed up on the beach near Florence, Oregon. Local officials weren’t sure what to do with the stinking, dec…
1 week, 6 days ago