"NOTHING COULD HAVE SAVED HER" | Titanic account #2 Commander Lightoller
Charles Herbert Lightoller, DSC & Bar, RD, RNR (30 March 1874 - 8 December 1952) was a British Royal Navy officer and the second officer on board the RMS Titanic. He was the most senior member of the ...
5 Jan 202124min
Plague Doctor Costumes, A Terrifying Sight
One of the most intriguing of the plague doctor images we've found is a painted coat of arms belonging to Theodore Zwinger III (1658-1724), a Swiss doctor and descendant of Theodore Zwinger I (1533-15...
1 Jan 20215min
When Animals Were Punished in Court
In legal history, an animal trial was the criminal trial of a non-human animal. Such trials are recorded as having taken place in Europe from the thirteenth century until the eighteenth. In modern tim...
28 Dec 20209min
When Chocolate was a Drug
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22 Dec 20207min
The Lost Street Cars of New York City | The Story of American trolleys
The story of New York's lost trolley network, a great American crime! Welcome to Tales of Urban Decay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 Dec 202013min
CENTRALIA 🔥 Exploring The Burning Ghost Town
Long history shot = Centralia is a borough and near-ghost town in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population has dwindled from more than 1,000 residents in 1980 to 63 by 1990, to onl...
8 Dec 202015min
Forgotten Tunnels Under Chicago - EXPLORING The History of Chicago Tunnels
Below the sewers and subways of Chicago, are over 60-miles of forgotten 19th and 20th century train tunnels. This mysterious labyrinth, once connecting the majority of the city's most prominent buildi...
4 Dec 202021min
BATTLE OF AGER FALERNUS - remarkable Hannibal's victory
Today you will hear about how Hannibal with his army fell into an ambush and how in unusual way they got out. Will Fabius Maximus - a Roman dictator stop his plan? The Second Punic War is also full of...
30 Jan 20195min
