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Fast Cars and Bootleggers
Episode 7
Mobsters, shootouts, and petal-to-the-metal police chases. This is prohibition-era America – a time when a group of adrenaline-fueled outlaws and their need for speed paved the way for a modern Ameri…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Inside The Madhouse
Episode 6
During the Gilded Age in New York City, the horrors of mental health care are exposed in explosive fashion, forever changing the way stories are uncovered.
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Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
How the Metric System Was Stolen
Episode 5
Why do Americans measure things in inches and pounds while the rest of the world uses centimeters and kilograms? The answer becomes clear when George Washington and Thomas Jefferson’s vision for the …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Shakespeare Riot
Episode 4
New York City in the mid 1800s was run by violent gangs, corrupt politicians, and grifting opportunists who operated with no fear of punishment. It was like a powder keg ready to blow, and all it too…
Published on 3 months ago
The Birth of Hollywood
Episode 3
If not for inventor Thomas Edison's iron grip over the nascent film industry, and a few defiant trailblazers, movies as we know them might have never come to be.
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Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Robert E Lee's Lost Orders
Episode 2
The Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War remains the bloodiest day in American history. That day, and the future of the United States, could have turned out very differently, if not for a…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
How Murder Went Viral
Episode 1
In 1910, a brutal murder in London sparks a transatlantic manhunt and the rise of a cultural obsession.
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Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Introducing: A Twist of History
The course of history never follows a straight line. These are the epic stories that have shaped the world we now live in. From Ballen Studios, join us - for the most heart pounding podcast in histor…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago