When the Vikings 'Discovered' North America
Nearly five centuries before Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic, Norse explorers from Scandinavia may have already reached the shores of North America. Led by figures such as Leif Erikson, thes...
1 Juni 12min
JFK's Missing Brain
Few mysteries surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy are as strange—or as unsettling—as the disappearance of his brain. After Kennedy's assassination in 1963, his brain was removed during th...
31 Maj 14min
The Moon Rock Heist
In 2002, one of the strangest heists in modern history unfolded inside a NASA facility in Houston. A group of young interns and accomplices broke into a space center vault and stole something almost u...
30 Maj 12min
How Do You Repay Those Who Died for Your Freedom? w/ Robert M. Edsel
In this episode of History Shorts Conversations, historian and bestselling author Robert M. Edsel joins us to discuss his powerful new book, Remember Us — a deeply moving story about American sacrific...
29 Maj 38min
The Quest for the Holy Grail
Few objects in history and legend have inspired as much fascination as the Holy Grail—the mysterious cup said to have been used by Jesus at the Last Supper and later tied to miracles, eternal life, an...
28 Maj 13min
The Confederate Gold Mystery
As the American Civil War came to a chaotic end in 1865, rumors began to spread about a missing fortune belonging to the collapsing Confederacy. According to legend, millions in Confederate gold vanis...
27 Maj 12min
Saipan: D-Day in the Pacific
In June 1944, as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in Europe, another brutal invasion was unfolding thousands of miles away in the Pacific. The Battle of Saipan would become one of the mos...
26 Maj 14min
Naked and Unafraid: Did Celtic Warriors Really Fight in the Nude?
To the armies of Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece, the Celtic tribes of Europe seemed wild, fearless, and utterly unpredictable. Among the most enduring stories about them was one especially shocking c...
25 Maj 11min
