Palmer Raids
At the height of the first Red Scare that followed the First World War and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, the United States witnessed a series of aggressive raids in 1919 and 1920 that targeted a...
25 Mars 202512min
CIA and the Dalai Lama
During the 1950s and 1960s, as part of its broader efforts to counter communist expansion, the CIA supported Tibetan efforts to resist Chinese control following China's 1950 invasion of Tibet. In this...
24 Mars 202512min
Grimaldi Curse: Louis' Unfaithful Wife
CURSE OF THE GRIMALDIS (SERIES 8): In the 17th century, Monaco was ruled by Prince Louis I, a man of ambition, cunning, and scandal. While his reign saw Monaco navigating the turbulent politics of Lou...
23 Mars 202514min
Vietnam War POWs
During the Vietnam War (1955–1975), thousands of American servicemen were captured and held as prisoners of war (POWs) by North Vietnamese forces. Their experiences are a harrowing testament to human ...
22 Mars 202511min
Conversations: The story behind Apple TV's Masters of the Air, w/ Donald L. Miller
Join Peter as he speaks with Prof. Donald L. Miller, the author of Masters of the Air, which has recently been turned into an Apple TV series. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistorySho...
21 Mars 202533min
Teddy's Bear
When President Theodore Roosevelt went to Mississippi in November of 1902 to help settle that state's running border dispute with Louisiana, he took the opportunity to get in a little bear hunting. Sh...
20 Mars 202511min
Killing Houdini
Harry Houdini rose to international fame in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, dazzling audiences with his death-defying stunts, sleight-of-hand tricks, and larger-than-life personality. It thus ...
19 Mars 202512min
The Great Molasses Flood
It wasn't a fire or a flood, in a typical sense. But at 12:30 pm on January 15, 1919, a giant storage of vat at an industrial alcohol company on Commerical Street in Boston ruptured, spilling 2.5 mill...
18 Mars 202513min
