Traitors | Accomplice or Martyr | 5
Not every case of treason is open and shut. With some accused traitors, questions of their guilt or innocence can linger for generations. That’s certainly the case with Mary Surratt. Even before she w...
1 Joulu 202145min
Traitors | Nightmover | 4
On June 13, 1985, Aldrich Ames packed up six pounds of top secret documents into a plastic bag and walked out the door of the CIA headquarters. He drove to lunch, where he gave the documents to a Sovi...
24 Marras 202137min
Traitors | The Atomic Spies | 3
In September 1949, the world was shocked to learn that the Soviet Union had conducted its first nuclear weapons test, just four years after the United States dropped the first atomic bombs on Hiroshim...
17 Marras 202140min
Traitors | The Widow and the Assassin | 2
On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth stepped into the presidential box at Washington’s Ford’s Theatre, raised a pistol at President Abraham Lincoln, and squeezed the trigger. Lincoln woul...
10 Marras 202139min
Traitors | Treason of the Blackest Dye | 1
Early in the Revolutionary War, Major General Benedict Arnold built a reputation as a courageous commander. He was a favorite of George Washington’s. But he also revealed a fragile ego and a penchant ...
3 Marras 202141min
Roaring Twenties | Anxious Decade | 5
The Roaring 20s are often described as a time of optimism and decadence, teeming with flappers, jazz and bootlegged liquor. It was the decade that birthed modern America. But with that birth came grow...
27 Loka 202149min
Roaring Twenties | The Great Crash | 4
On a misty morning in May 1927, Charles Lindbergh climbed into the cramped cockpit of his single engine plane, The Spirit of St. Louis. After a bumpy taxi and takeoff at a New York runway, he took to ...
20 Loka 202139min
Roaring Twenties | How the Money Rolls In | 3
In 1921, Republican President Warren G. Harding entered the White House, ushering in a new era of conservative government. Harding was elected by Americans yearning for tradition and old-fashioned val...
13 Loka 202140min
