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Beast of Gévaudan
Season 1 Episode 152
From 1764-1767 a monster terrorized the province of Gévaudan in south central France. It’s believed that 113 people were killed - many with their throats ripped out - by the mysterious creature. It i…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Burma-Shave
Season 1 Episode 151
For decades the roadsides of America were dotted with curious red signs. Always appearing in a sequence of four or five, and usually with a witty or clever saying, they became synonymous with America…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Bleeding Kansas
Season 1 Episode 150
While the American Civil War would answer the question of slavery once and for all, its bloody overture would take place five years earlier, when the territory of Kansas would go to war with itself t…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Great Sphinx of Giza
Season 1 Episode 149
The Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the most famous monuments of antiquity - and nearly every person has heard about it - and seen it. But what is the history of the Sphinx? When was it built? And why…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Enron Scandal
Season 1 Episode 148
For more than a decade, the energy company Enron was at the top of the food chain. Named Forbes most innovative company six years in a row, it had a stock price of nearly a hundred dollars a share. T…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Trial of the Amistad
Season 1 Episode 147
53 Africans - taken illegally from their homes - revolted on a ship - the Amistad - bound for a slave plantation in Cuba. But taking control of the ship did not mean they were free. They ended up on …
Published on 3 months ago
Revolt on the Amistad
Season 1 Episode 146
In 1839, 53 captives, mostly taken from modern day Sierra Leone, were being transported to a plantation in Cuba aboard the Amistad. Lead by Sengbe Pieh, the African revolted, and took command of the …
Published on 3 months ago
Battle of Tuetoburg Forest
Season 1 Episode 145
Over 2,000 years ago, through dense woods, fog and swamp, 20,000 Roman soldiers marched through Teutoburg Forest, Germania, on routine assignment. What followed was not only disaster for them, but m…
Published on 3 months ago
Spice Islands
Season 1 Episode 144
One of the most valuable - and most fought over - items in history - has been spices such as cloves, nutmeg, and mace. And no place has caused as much greed and desire as five small islands in the Fa…
Published on 3 months ago
Gombe Chimp War
Season 1 Episode 143
From 1974 through 1978, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Tanzania, two small tribes engaged in ambush, beatings, murder, and cannibalism. By the end, every male in one tribe was dead, and the oth…
Published on 3 months ago