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The Birdman of Coorong - John Francis Peggotty
Season 2 Episode 113
In the 1890s in South Australia, a murdering bushranger terrorized the area of Coorong. However, this was not a large scary outlaw on horseback - but…
4 weeks ago
A Year of Mistakes from our first year
Season 2 Episode 112
One year ago today we dropped the first 10 episodes of History Dispatches. And except for a single week, we have released one episode every single we…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Charles Whitman: The Texas Tower Sniper
Season 2 Episode 111
On August 1, 1966, Marine veteran Charles Whitman murdered his mother and his wife, then went to the 28th floor observation deck of the University of…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
Pyramids of Meroë
Season 2 Episode 110
The nation with the most pyramids is not Egypt but its neighbor to the south, Sudan, with over 250. However, these were not built by the ancient Egyp…
1 month ago
Greensboro Sit-ins
Season 2 Episode 109
On Feb. 1, 1960, in Greensboro, NC, four young black students went into a Woolworth’s department store, sat at the lunch counter and ordered food. Th…
1 month ago
War of the Worlds Broadcast
Season 2 Episode 108
For the Halloween special of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air, in 1938, they performed a radio adaptation of HG Wells’ landmark science ficti…
1 month ago
Dolly the Sheep
Season 2 Episode 107
On July 5, 1996, a Finn-Dorset sheep was born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. The sheep’s name was Dolly - and she was the first mammal ever clo…
1 month ago
Destruction of Melos
Season 2 Episode 106
Being a democracy we often think of Athens as the good guys of ancient Greece. And in some ways they were - if such a label can be applied to a two a…
1 month ago
Whisky War
Season 2 Episode 105
In the far north the Kennedy Channel - which is the border between Greenland and Canada - lies tiny Hans Island. The island was claimed by the two ne…
1 month, 1 week ago
Pride Flag
Season 2 Episode 104
One of the most internationally recognized symbols is the pride flag. While today it is synonymous with gay rights, it did not come from nowhere. It …
1 month, 1 week ago