History Daily: The Pirate Trial of 1720

History Daily: The Pirate Trial of 1720

This featured guest episode of History Daily examines the events of November 16th, 1720. On that day, the trials of notorious pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham began in Spanish Town, Jamaica. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Panama Canal – Part 2: I Took The Isthmus

The Panama Canal – Part 2: I Took The Isthmus

After the French project to build a canal through Panama collapses in 1889 amidst disease and financial scandal, US President Teddy Roosevelt resolves to pick up where they left off. However, powerful...

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The Panama Canal – Part 1: Le Piège Mortel

The Panama Canal – Part 1: Le Piège Mortel

In August of 1914, the United States of America completed a man-made waterway through the Panamanian isthmus, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for the first time in history. But that engineerin...

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The Tokyo Subway Sarin Attacks 1995 – Part 2

As the Japanese police prepare for a raid on the Aum Shinrikyo compound, cult leader Shoko Asahara launches a desperate chemical weapons attack in downtown Tokyo. During the height of Monday morning r...

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The Tokyo Subway Sarin Attacks 1995 – Part 1

The Tokyo Subway Sarin Attacks 1995 – Part 1

On March 20th, 1995, the Tokyo subway system was flooded with sarin nerve gas in a coordinated terrorist attack by the religious cult Aum Shinrikyō. Led by the charismatic new-age guru, Shoko Asahara,...

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Get Eichmann – Israel’s Hunt For A Nazi War Criminal - Part 3

Get Eichmann – Israel’s Hunt For A Nazi War Criminal - Part 3

In the summer of 1960, all eyes are on Israel. As the Jewish nation unveils its capture of Adolf Eichmann to the world, a bitter controversy swirls around the notorious SS officer. Eichmann’s lawyer, ...

10 Okt 20251h 37min

Get Eichmann – Israel’s Hunt For A Nazi War Criminal - Part 2

Get Eichmann – Israel’s Hunt For A Nazi War Criminal - Part 2

Adolf Eichmann has been found. In the spring of 1960, Mossad launches a daring operation to kidnap “Ricardo Klement” and smuggle him back to Israel to face judgement.    SOURCES: Aharoni, Zvi. Diet...

9 Sep 20251h 54min

Get Eichmann – Israel’s Hunt For A Nazi War Criminal - Part 1

Get Eichmann – Israel’s Hunt For A Nazi War Criminal - Part 1

When World War II ended, SS officer Adolf Eichmann disappeared. As a key organizer of Nazi Germany’s Final Solution, the genocidal program that murdered 6 million European Jews, Eichmann became one of...

8 Aug 20251h 41min

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When Justinian Met Theodora – Part 4

In the conclusion of the series, Justinian and Theodora face a cascade of setbacks and disasters. The Empress hatches a plan to destroy John the Cappadocian. Belisarius learns of Antonina’s serial inf...

19 Jun 20251h 32min

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