Episode #35- Did Pocahontas Really Save John Smith? (Part I)
The story of Pocahontas is one of the most enduring legends of America's early colonial period. Her relationship with the Englishman John Smith would become the inspiration for everything from cheesy ...
24 Tammi 201741min
Episode #34- Did Archimedes Build a Death Ray?
Archimedes was one of the ancient world's most important mathematicians. His discoveries would form the foundation upon which all future western science was built. However, he's probably best remember...
9 Tammi 201750min
Episode #33- Who Was the Prince of Humbugs? (Part II)
P.T Barnum did everything he could to curate his own historical legacy. He was deeply concerned with how people would remember him after he was gone. Would he go down as a greasy hustler, or would he ...
13 Joulu 201650min
Episode #32- Who Was the Prince of Humbugs? (Part I)
In the 19th century there were few Americans more famous than P.T Barnum. Long before he founded the circus that would bear his name, Barnum made a name for himself by pulling off elaborate hoaxes. Ba...
29 Marras 201642min
Episode #31- What Was the Charge of the Light Brigade?
The Crimean War cavalry action known as "the charge of light brigade" was immortalized by the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson . The poet described a glorious charge into the mouths of Russian cannon carried...
17 Marras 201650min
Episode #30- Will the Real Anastasia Please Stand Up?
When Tsar Nicholas II was executed in 1918 the Bolsheviks pumped the Russian media full of misinformation. The official story was that the Tsarina and the Prince had been spared and moved to a safe lo...
1 Marras 201642min
Episode #29- Who Killed Rasputin? (Part II)
If there is anything stranger than the life of Grigori Rasputin, then it has be his unbelievable death. As Rasputin's influence at court increased the rumours about his debauched personal life became ...
18 Loka 201655min
Episode #28- Who Killed Rasputin? (Part I)
There are few twentieth century figures as mysterious as Grigori Rasputin. The Siberian mystic has been portrayed as a scheming dark magician who seduced the Russian Queen and made a cuckold of Tsar N...
4 Loka 201646min
