History Shorts

On the evening of December 3, 1926, Agatha Christie, already a successful mystery writer, left her home in Berkshire. She abandoned her car on the edge of a chalk quarry called Silent Pool near Guildf...

5 Feb 202510min

Throughout history, food shortages, skyrocketing prices, and widespread hunger have often triggered unrest. Food riots have played pivotal roles in shaping societies and altering the course of events,...

4 Feb 202511min

The story of the Princes in the Tower—Edward V and his younger brother, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York—is one of the most enduring mysteries in English history.  It combines political intrigue, b...

3 Feb 202510min

This week's story deals with the tragic accident that took the life of one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1960s, Miss Jayne Mansfield. Today's article comes from the first page of The Columbus En...

2 Feb 20258min

Many of us have seen - well at least pictures or a few selected details from - Michelangelo's lofty Renaissance masterpiece. Yet, what somehow escapes the modern narrative is the fact that the Sistine...

1 Feb 202511min

Join Peter as he speaks with the multiple New York Times Bestselling author Tom Clavin about his path to becoming a writer, history as a whole, and his newest release, Bandit Heaven. SUPPORT THE SHOW...

31 Jan 202519min

Ninjas, or shinobi, have captured the imagination of people worldwide with their reputation for stealth, espionage, and martial prowess. These covert agents of feudal Japan were not just mythical figu...

30 Jan 202511min

Mesopotamia may technically not have been the world's first society and civilization, but based on all available evidence, it is, at the very least, the first and oldest civilization to have existed o...

29 Jan 202511min