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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…
3 months, 1 week 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…
3 months, 1 week 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…
3 months, 1 week 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…
3 months, 1 week 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…
3 months, 2 weeks 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…
3 months, 2 weeks 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…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
3 months, 2 weeks 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,…
3 months, 2 weeks 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…
3 months, 3 weeks ago