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Amber Room
Season 2 Episode 67
In 1701, construction of the famed Amber Room began. It was made of 1,000 pounds of amber panels, gold, gemstones, and mirrors. It was so extraordina…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Kate Warne: America's First Female Private Detective
Season 2 Episode 66
Kate Warne became America's first female private detective in 1856, joining the famed Pinkerton detective agency. During her 12-year career she helpe…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Andrew Johnson's Drunken Vice-Presidential Inaugural Address
Season 2 Episode 65
On March 4, 1865, Vice-President-Elect Andrew Johnson gave the most memorable - and controversial - vice-presidential inauguration speech in American…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Operation Everglades
Season 2 Episode 64
In the 1970s and 80s the swamps of south Florida became the perfect place to smuggle drugs into the United States. And the fishermen of the swamps we…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Blood in the Water Polo Match
Season 2 Episode 63
In November of 1956, the Hungarian Water Polo team came to Melbourne, Australia, for the Olympic games. But back in Europe, the player’s homeland was…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
John Frum Cargo Cult
Season 2 Episode 62
On the South Pacific island of Tanna, the locals are waiting for a man to return and save them this man’s name, John Frum. He is the central figure i…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Battle of Lake Erie
Season 2 Episode 61
On Sept 10, 1813, on Lake Erie, nine vessels of the United States Navy met - and defeated - six ships of the British Royal Navy in one of the biggest…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Green Children of Woolpit
Season 2 Episode 60
Around 1150 AD, near the village of Woolpit - in East England - two mysterious children suddenly appeared. They wore odd clothing and spoke a strange…
5 months ago
Bouvet Island
Season 2 Episode 59
The most isolated island in the world is Bouvet Island. It is located over a thousand miles from any other location The nearest land Antarctica. It h…
5 months ago
Death of Sigurd Eysteinsson
Season 2 Episode 58
In 892, the Viking warrior Sigurd Eysteinsson was the scourge of the north of Scotland. Through unscrupulous means, he had just defeated one of his m…
5 months ago