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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…
3 months, 3 weeks 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…
3 months, 3 weeks 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…
3 months, 3 weeks 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…
3 months, 4 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…
3 months, 4 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…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
Season 2 Episode 47
At the outset of World War II, the United States faced a shortage of pilots. As a result, a plan was launched to help ease the situation. This was th…
4 months ago
Eradication of the Guinea Worm
Season 2 Episode 46
How do you fight a disease with no known cure - and spreads by just drinking water? This disease is no fantasy but rather Dracunculiasis, or Guinea W…
4 months ago
Origins of Dungeons & Dragons
Season 2 Episode 45
In the early 1970s, in a small town in Southeastern Wisconsin, two young gaming enthusiasts, Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, would concoct an idea for a…
4 months ago
The Rif War
Season 2 Episode 44
From 1921-1926, in the dry craggy mountains of northern Morocco, a brutal conflict would unfold. Claiming tens of thousands of lives, it would see gu…
4 months ago