The Arrest of an Art Forger
May 29, 1945. Dutch authorities arrest art dealer Han Van Meegeren for selling priceless paintings to the Nazis, not knowing that his collection is actually made up of sophisticated forgeries. Support...
29 Touko 202515min
The Birth of the Miracle Quintuplets
May 28, 1934. The Dionne quintuplets are born. The identical sisters are the first quintuplets to survive infancy, but the girls will face a childhood of exploitation as a tourist attraction. This epi...
28 Touko 202517min
The Assassination of the Butcher of Prague
May 27, 1942. Two Czechoslovakian operatives assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, a principal architect of the Holocaust. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more.History Daily is ...
27 Touko 202515min
The First-Ever Dow Jones Industrial Average
May 26, 1896. In the aftermath of a financial crisis, the Wall Street Journal begins printing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the nation’s oldest market index still in use today. This episode origin...
26 Touko 202514min
Saturday Matinee: People Hidden in History
On today’s Saturday Matinee, we hear one woman's story about her experience as a WWII Navy WAVES- Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services. Link to People Hidden in History: https://peoplehidde...
24 Touko 202534min
The Death of Bonnie and Clyde
May 23, 1934. The notorious American outlaws, Bonnie and Clyde, are killed in a police shoot-out in Louisiana. This episode originally aired in 2022. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free li...
23 Touko 202514min
The Final Conviction in Birmingham’s Baptist Church Bombing
May 22, 2002. A jury in Birmingham, Alabama convicts former Ku Klux Klan member Bobby Frank Cherry of bombing the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963, resolving one of the most shocking cases of the ci...
22 Touko 202515min
The Murder of Bobby Franks
May 21, 1924. In an effort to commit what they consider to be the “perfect crime,” Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks. This episode originally aired in 2024. Support the s...
21 Touko 202515min
