339 Episodes

  1. Was the Civil War Won by Chance?

    Published: 12/16/2024

  2. President Calvin Coolidge: The Roaring 20s' Quiet Leader

    Published: 12/12/2024

  3. Waco: A Cult, the FBI and a Fiery Ending

    Published: 12/9/2024

  4. Pearl Harbor: The Man Who Spied For Japan

    Published: 12/5/2024

  5. UFOs in the US

    Published: 12/2/2024

  6. The Mayflower: What Was Life Like At Sea?

    Published: 11/28/2024

  7. The Mayflower: Why Did the Pilgrims Leave Europe?

    Published: 11/25/2024

  8. President Warren G. Harding: Scandals, Affairs & Cabinet Selections

    Published: 11/21/2024

  9. The Spanish-American War

    Published: 11/18/2024

  10. A CIA Man in China: 20 Years Imprisoned

    Published: 11/14/2024

  11. Nazis in America: Fascism in the 1930s

    Published: 11/11/2024

  12. Presidents' Private Lives

    Published: 11/7/2024

  13. Elections Explained: A History of Rigged Elections

    Published: 11/4/2024

  14. New York Morgue's Dark Secrets

    Published: 10/31/2024

  15. Elections Explained: The Man Who's Lost The Most

    Published: 10/28/2024

  16. The Doolittle Raid: WW2 Bombing of Japan

    Published: 10/24/2024

  17. Elections Explained: How FDR Won Four Times

    Published: 10/21/2024

  18. The Battle of Bull Run

    Published: 10/17/2024

  19. Elections Explained: A History of Voting

    Published: 10/14/2024

  20. Outlaws: John Dillinger | Public Enemy Number One

    Published: 10/10/2024

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