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Raft of the Medusa
Season 2 Episode 57
In 1816, the 40-gun French frigate, the Medusa, departed for the overseas colony of Senegal, carrying 400 people. Incompetent and selfish decisions a…
5 months ago
Robert Smalls
Season 2 Episode 56
In 1862, a man born into slavery - Robert Smalls - pulled off an unlikely escape from his captors. He, his friends, and their families, stole a ship,…
5 months ago
Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs
Season 2 Episode 55
Constructed around the year 300 AD of the reddish purple stone porphyry, the Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs is the iconic image of the four men who r…
5 months, 1 week ago
Prohibition
Season 2 Episode 54
In 1919, the United States Congress passed the 18th Amendment to the constitution. This prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and s…
5 months, 1 week ago
James R. Vineyard
Season 2 Episode 53
The American wild west was probably not as wild as pop culture would have us believe. However, sometimes it was far crazier. Such as when a lead mine…
5 months, 1 week ago
Krampus
Season 2 Episode 52
St. Nicolas is famed for bringing gifts to good children. But in the Alpine regions of Europe, there is a legend about a grotesque creature - half hu…
5 months, 1 week ago
Ghost Fleet of the Potomac
Season 2 Episode 51
30 miles south of Washington DC, in a small part of the Potomac River, lies an area called Mallows Bay. This bay is not home to a handful of shipwrec…
5 months, 1 week ago
Harry Colebourn and a bear named Winnie
Season 2 Episode 50
Most people probably know that Winnie the Pooh was based upon the stuffed toy bear of Christopher Robin Milne - the son of author A.A. Milne. But the…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Radium Girls
Season 2 Episode 49
With the discovery of Radium in 1898 it began to be used in numerous applications. The most famous was a glow in the dark paint. Thousands of women a…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How the French Stole Christmas
Season 2 Episode 48
The French Revolution would bring about many, many changes in Europe. One of the most radical was the dechristianization of France - including the ba…
5 months, 2 weeks ago