W. C. Minor: Madness, Murder and a Dictionary, Part I
In the first part of this episode, we look at the early days of William Chester Minor. Minor originally studied medicine and served and practiced surgery in the Union Army. Eventually he was committed...
2 Jan 201218min
Unearthed in 2011: Part 2
In part two of this episode, we continue to uncover some of the most interesting historical discoveries of 2011, from the world's oldest winery to France's oldest brewery. Tune in to learn more about ...
28 Dec 201131min
Unearthed in 2011: Part 1
In this two-part episode, we take a look at some of the most interesting historical finds of 2011, from one of Captain Henry Morgan's pirate ships to a rare portrait of Jane Austen discovered by Briti...
26 Dec 201129min
The Christmas Truce
During the first Christmas of World War I, British and German soldiers laid down their weapons and celebrated the holiday together. They sang carols, traded insignia and buried their dead. How did the...
21 Dec 201125min
The Halifax Explosion
The Halifax Explosion was one of history's worst man-made, non-nuclear explosions. The disaster killed about 2,000 people, and part of the city was completely leveled. So how and when did Halifax begi...
19 Dec 201124min
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's Dark Lady
The men who are usually credited with discerning DNA's structure won the Nobel Prize in 1962, but they used Rosalind Franklin's research. In 1952, she captured the best DNA image available at the time...
14 Dec 201127min
The Kaiser's Chemist: Fritz Haber
Fritz Haber has a mixed legacy. The Nobel-Prize-winning Father of Chemical Warfare was responsible for fertilizers that fed billions, as well as poisonous gasses used during World War I. Tune in to le...
12 Dec 201123min
Civil War Medicine: Angels of the Battlefield
Women weren't initially welcome in the Civil War armies, but thousands eventually ended up serving as nurses. We feature five here. Listen in to learn about nurses like Sally Louisa Tompkins, whose ho...
7 Dec 201129min
