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35:28 | May 30th
Today we have a special guest post for Unknown History listeners. David Crowther hosts the History of England podcast, where he delves into England's history from the end of Roman Britain to present day. This episode focuses on Queen Mary, Lady Eliza...Show More
14:24 | Apr 24th
In the last episode from Season 3 of Unknown History, we learn how the American Troops finally won the beach from German defenders at Omaha Beach. This episode was supported by MagellanTV. For an exclusive two-month free trial of all MagellanTV has t...Show More
14:47 | Apr 17th
Today, we hear from the other side of D-Day—the German colonel tasked with driving the Allied forces off the beaches. Could the panzer tank division and its colorful leader turn the tide on June 6, 1944?
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14:59 | Apr 10th
Upon landing at Sword Beach the morning of June 6, 1944, one group of eite British commandos were accompanied by a Highland bagpiper, who emphasized the greatness of their victory. This episode was supported by MagellanTV. For an exclusive two-month ...Show More
14:33 | Apr 3rd
A group of American Rangers, led by the bold James Rudder, were some of the strongest and bravest soldiers in D-Day battles. Learn how they sabotaged a giant stockpile of German weapons aimed at Normandy beaches.
14:27 | Mar 27th
Two brothers, Charles and Elliot Dalton, fought side-by-side on the morning of June 6, 1944, leading the Juno Beach landings.
15:52 | Mar 20th
If you've seen 'Saving Private Ryan,' you know too well the images of the first flight of men invading and dying on the beach on D-Day—today, we learn the true story of that fateful mission.
15:02 | Mar 13th
As dawn broke on June 6, 1944, Allied forces were conducting their first wave of landings on Utah Beach—and quickly realized that a part of their plan had gone very, very wrong.
15:01 | Mar 6th
A few hours before the beach landings at Normandy, Allied troops invaded the Merville Battery—a giant gun encampment—with instructions to destroy it. However, they had hundreds less soldiers than necessary to complete the mission.
14:45 | Feb 27th
As we lead up to the climax of D-Day, we learn about the early hours of June 6, 1944, and the soldiers who executed a mission so dangerous, they expected death.
15:43 | Feb 20th
Hours before the beach landings on D-Day, a group of men underwent a dangerous nighttime mission in France. What happened in that fateful operation?
14:49 | Feb 13th
On June 5, 1944, the night of what was supposed to be D-Day, the five massive fleets heading for the French coast suddenly stopped and turned around—but why?
15:10 | Feb 6th
In part one of our exciting third-season, D-DAY, we learn about George Lane and his extraordinary undercover mission to Nazi-occupied France.
Learn more about D-Day by reading this episode's full transcript or picking up the book!
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11:14 | Jan 17th
Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill were two of the most famous plainsmen of the American West, and also became trusted friends. How did this friendship come to be?
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11:02 | Jan 10th
Even America Frontier's first and fastest gunslinger had a softer, romantic side—on this episode, we learn about the women that captured Wild Bill Hickok's heart. Tom Clavin tells all in his book Wild Bill.
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11:20 | Jan 3rd
The story of Wild Bill Hickok, a legendary gunslinger from the American Frontier, has been largely untold in modern history. Tom Clavin tells all in his book Wild Bill.
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08:42 | Dec 27th, 2018
In our third installment in the miniseries "The Heroes of Valley Forge," we learn about Baron von Steuben, a conman and spy for the French government whose intense training regimen led Washington's American troops into victory at Valley Forge.
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11:02 | Dec 20th, 2018
In the second installment in our miniseries on the heroes of Valley Forge, we learn about Washington's surrogate sons and the impact they had on the American Revolution. While he didn't have any children of his own, these three young men looked to Wa...Show More
10:03 | Dec 13th, 2018
In the first episode of our miniseries on the Heroes of Valley Forge, we learn that it was during the Valley Forge encampment that Washington was first called the “Father of His Country” because it was there he embodied both the American government a...Show More
11:14 | Dec 6th, 2018
In the final episode of our miniseries on Jack Kelly's The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America, we learn how George Pullman's laborers fought back against his working conditions and wages w...Show More
09:56 | Nov 29th, 2018
In part four of our miniseries on The Edge of Anarchy, author Jack Kelly describes the unfair conditions, significant events, and key people that led to the rise of labor unions in America.
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08:55 | Nov 22nd, 2018
In part three of our miniseries on The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America, author Jack Kelly discusses the short reign of George Pullman and his costly attempt for riches.
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08:42 | Nov 15th, 2018
In part two of our miniseries on The Edge of Anarchy, author Jack Kelly discusses the ways the Industrial Revolution changed American technology and manufacturing forever.
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07:54 | Nov 8th, 2018
In part one of our miniseries on The Edge of Anarchy, author Jack Kelly describes America's love affair with capitalism in the Gilded Age.
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13:51 | Nov 1st, 2018
In Part 5 of our miniseries on Hitler's American Friends from author Bradley Hart, we learn about famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, one of America's biggest celebrities, and his political campaign of anti-Semitism.
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11:09 | Oct 25th, 2018
In Part 4 of our miniseries on Hitler's American Friends from author Bradley Hart, we learn how one of the most recognized names in American industry—Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor company—closely aligned himself with Hitler and the Nazi party in ...Show More
12:56 | Oct 18th, 2018
In Part 3 of our miniseries on Hitler's American Friends from author Bradley Hart, we learn about one of the most infamous radio personalities of all time — Father Charles Coughlin. With his platform, he launched a political party aligned with Nazism...Show More
26:47 | Oct 16th, 2018
Listen to a special bonus clip about history's most insane rulers from our friends at the History Unplugged podcast.
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11:49 | Oct 11th, 2018
Part 2 of our miniseries on Hitler's American Friends from author Bradley Hart, we learn about an American organization that mirrored the Nazi's in ruthlessness, exclusiveness, and terror — The Silver Legions. Embracing lawlessness, violence, and pow...Show More
11:00 | Oct 4th, 2018
In Part 1 of our miniseries on Hitler's American Friends from author Bradley Hart, we learn about the German American Bund, America’s leading organization for German sympathizers and Nazi imitators that could be found goose-stepping and saluting to t...Show More
07:47 | Sep 27th, 2018
In the fifth and final installment of our Frank and Al miniseries, Terry Golway explores how the political ambitions between FDR and Al Smith were set aside during WWII, with the country united behind a common cause.
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09:16 | Sep 20th, 2018
In Part 4 of our Frank and Al miniseries, Terry Golway chronicles how most Democrats were met with defeat in the 1928 election season, most except for one man: Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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08:30 | Sep 13th, 2018
Despite his illness, FDR proved a strong ally for Al Smith, and visa versa. In Part 3 of our Frank and Al miniseries, we see how these two political powerhouses rewrote what it meant to be a Democrat and an American.
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10:52 | Sep 6th, 2018
FDR tried hard to become a New York politician while still working in Washington, battling the powerhouses of Tammany Hall and eventually succumbing to defeat. Part 2 of our Frank and Al miniseries shows how FDR's loss brought about an unlikely ally....Show More
07:02 | Aug 30th, 2018
In the early 20th century, Franklin Delano Roosevelt decided to make his name in New York politics. In Part 1 of our Frank & Al miniseries, understand the context to the unlikely friendship between FDR and Al Smith.
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23:41 | Aug 24th, 2018
Today's episode is a special preview of Case Closed just for Unknown History listeners. The show covers the murder of Rusty Sneiderman, a Georgia man who was shot in broad daylight in the parking lot of his son's preschool. Who killed Rusty and why? ...Show More
10:58 | Aug 16th, 2018
Vermin, a foul stench, public urination, and bacteria everywhere. These are just some of the things you'd come across in a royal palace, as told by Eleanor Herman in part 5 of her Poison Chronicles, inspired by her book The Royal Art of Poison.
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12:09 | Aug 9th, 2018
How dangerous were the cosmetic habits of medieval women? Let's just say you won't find mercury foundation or potions of liquid gold at your nearest Macy's. Welcome to part 4 of Eleanor Herman's Poison Chronicles, inspired by her book The Royal Art o...Show More
12:25 | Aug 2nd, 2018
Eleanor Herman discusses the top treacherous medical treatments and "cannibal cures" from her new book, The Royal Art of Poison.
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14:39 | Jul 26th, 2018
Eleanor Herman describes the role of arsenic in Napoleon Bonapartes's rapid health decline and eventual death while under imprisonment at St. Helen.
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10:43 | Jul 19th, 2018
Welcome to Part 1 of a bonus Unknown History miniseries: The Poison Chronicles. Eleanor Herman, author of The Royal Art of Poison, discusses the history of poison as a political tool used over centuries. In this first segment, Herman explores the use...Show More
13:37 | Mar 29th, 2018
Learn more about Dodge City, the wickedest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Tom Clavin. To view the full transcript, visit here: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-glory-days-of-w...Show More
18:02 | Mar 22nd, 2018
Learn more about Dodge City, the wickedest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Tom Clavin. To view the full transcript, visit here: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-glory-days-of-w...Show More
11:06 | Mar 15th, 2018
Learn more about Dodge City, the wickedest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Tom Clavin. To view the full transcript, visit here: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-life-and-death-...Show More
12:04 | Jul 6th, 2017
Learn more about Dodge City, the wickest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Tom Clavin. Learn more at http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/node/11151
13:36 | Jun 29th, 2017
Learn more about Dodge City, the wickest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Tom Clavin. Visit http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/node/11126 to learn even more.
11:30 | Jun 22nd, 2017
Learn more about Dodge City, the wickest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Tom Clavin. Visit http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/node/11031 to learn more.
14:04 | Jun 13th, 2017
Learn more about Dodge City, the wickedest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Thomas Clavin. Check out the book at www.quickanddirtytips.com/node/10931
09:25 | Mar 16th, 2017
How One Man Deprived Hitler of the Atomic Bomb. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2ny4iz6 Learn more at www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles.
07:30 | Mar 9th, 2017
George Rheam has been called "a large man with a large mind." Learn how he helped Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlmanly Warfare by inventing forms of industrial sabotage. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2mX67IE
08:09 | Mar 2nd, 2017
Of all the people who worked for Winston Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Eric Sykes and William Fairbairn were by far the most extraordinary. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2m90qoy
08:57 | Feb 23rd, 2017
Millis Jefferis joined the top secret guerilla unit, MIR in the spring of 1939. Hear the full story of the Unknown History podcast. Read more at www.quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history. Learn about Giles' books at www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles. R...Show More
08:51 | Feb 16th, 2017
In 1939, tensions across Europe were mounting as the dominance of Hitler and the Nazi Party grew unchecked. But when one man was tasked by William Churchill to devise an innovative strategy for fighting the Nazis, the outcome was a new kind of warfar...Show More
09:57 | Feb 9th, 2017
In the spring of 1939, a seemingly ordinary father and automobile mechanic became vital in the development of lethal weapons to aid the British fight against Hitler's expanding naval forces. Meet Cecil Clarke—and be sure to listen to the full story o...Show More
06:18 | Feb 2nd, 2017
In 1931, a lawyer named Hans Litten squared off against Hitler in court. What was the outcome? Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2cYves2
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15:23 | Jan 27th, 2017
Guy Burgess was arguably the most influential spy of the Cambridge Five, a covert group of Englishmen who traded Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War. And yet, 70 years after the height of his espionage, Burgess' name and leg...Show More
06:00 | Jan 19th, 2017
Nobody expected Warren G Harding to win the presidency of the United States; his candidacy was so unlikely to succeed that he was mocked in the nation's newspapers. So, how did this outsider become president? Read the full transcript here: http://bit...Show More
26:32 | Jan 12th, 2017
Queen Victoria's public legacy is often of the doting grandmother, or the stodgy old woman. Daisy Goodwin—author of Victoria and screenwriter for the PBS Series of the same name—talks to Unknown History's Giles Milton about the misconceptions surroun...Show More
05:56 | Jan 5th, 2017
Learn the story of when Churchill slaughtered sheep this week on the Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2jrVEUy
04:21 | Dec 29th, 2016
When most people think of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, they think of the famous duel that ended in Hamilton's death. But very few people know the duel's extraordinary backstory. In the Unknown History podcast, Giles Milton recounts this tale, r...Show More
05:16 | Dec 15th, 2016
Find out in the Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2hZM2vG For more, visit www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles
04:42 | Dec 8th, 2016
In 1907, a carriage transporting over one million roubles (approximately $9 million) to the new State Bank was robbed. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2hHnr1c
05:48 | Nov 17th, 2016
After a killer whale attack, a family found themselves adrift in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read more at www.quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history. Check out Giles' books at www.qu...Show More
05:38 | Nov 10th, 2016
Hear the whole story of Operation Pastorius in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Visit www.quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history for more. Full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2flYAMQ
05:24 | Nov 3rd, 2016
The USS Pueblo was sent to the North Korean coast to gather intelligence on the country's secret communications. Capture was not part of the plan. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Listen and read more at www.quickanddir...Show More
05:46 | Oct 27th, 2016
Among P.O. Box 1142's high-ranking prisoners was the man who had developed the V1 and V2 rockets that had reduced parts of London to rubble. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/...Show More
06:45 | Oct 21st, 2016
Many lives were lost in what has come to be known as the most spectacular air disaster of the twentieth century. But a 14-year-old boy managed to escape the wreck. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read more at www.quick...Show More
05:23 | Oct 14th, 2016
The Lebensborn program's goal was to produce a stock of children suitable for Hitler's vision for the future of Germany. But what happened to these children? Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript her...Show More
05:31 | Oct 6th, 2016
In August 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia walked out of the Louvre with the Mona Lisa hidden under his jacket. How was the world's most famous painting later recovered? Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read more quirky stories ...Show More
06:32 | Sep 15th, 2016
One night in March 1978, two criminals entered the Corsier-sur-Vevey cemetery and stole Charlie Chaplin's coffin. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2cUE6LY
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05:49 | Sep 8th, 2016
It was just supposed to be a practice drill for D-Day, but it turned out to be much more. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2cnuzu3
05:02 | Sep 1st, 2016
Have you heard the odd tale of the "Emperor of the United States"? Hear the full story in Giles Milton's Unknown History Podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2c2wgN0
02:57 | Aug 18th, 2016
Pastor Archie Mitchell had promised his wife, Elsie, a treat. Both of them were tired of reading newspaper articles about the war in the Far East. On Saturday, 5 May, 1945, Archie suggested a day of escapism, driving up into the mountains of southern...Show More
05:11 | Aug 11th, 2016
Giles Milton, host of the Unknown History podcast, talks with Jack Kelly about his new book, Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal. Below is a short excerpt from the book. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2b80mB2
02:18 | Aug 4th, 2016
Who was the last eunuch of China? Giles Milton explores on the Unknown History podcast. For more visit quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history.
Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2b4Micd
02:41 | Jul 21st, 2016
You already heard about Sergeant Stubby in a previous episode of Unknown History. Hear more about this incredible pup's story during WWI. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/29YeOsi
03:51 | Jul 8th, 2016
His home was a dense area of rainforest and he lived on the wild coconuts that grew in abundance. His principal enemy was the army of mosquitoes that arrived with each new shower of rain. But for Hiroo Onoda, there was another enemy, one that remaine...Show More
08:55 | Jun 30th, 2016
Uncover the story behind Wall Street's first black millionaire, Jeremiah G. Hamilton, in an interview with Prince of Darkness author Shane White on the Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/29JBilV
03:48 | Jun 23rd, 2016
He kept his identity a secret until his dying day. None of his neighbors in Patchogue, Long Island, had any idea that William Stuart Houston was actually born William Hitler.
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03:13 | May 26th, 2016
Here's the story of how one captain went to murderous lengths to make a profit while transporting a ship full of slaves across the Atlantic, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, the basis for the podcas...Show More
03:29 | May 19th, 2016
Here's the story of the first celebrity kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh's son, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, the basis for the podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript here: htt...Show More
03:56 | May 12th, 2016
Where is Lenin’s brain and why was it removed from his corpse? Learn the strange story of what happened after his death and the startling truth scientists concluded about his brain, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain ...Show More
05:55 | May 5th, 2016
Many had tried, but none succeeded in escaping the high security prison. That is, until three criminals disappeared from their jail cells one summer evening. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1WZrEeo
06:14 | Apr 28th, 2016
It’s not everyday that someone confesses to a murder they most certainly did not commit. Who was Prince Felix Yusupov covering up for? Find out in this story, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, the ba...Show More
04:54 | Apr 21st, 2016
Here's the story of how one dog rose to the rank of sergeant in the United States Army during World War I, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, the basis for the podcast, Unknown History. Read the full ...Show More
04:17 | Apr 14th, 2016
How one woman successfully hid her identity and joined the fight during World War I, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, which is the basis for a new podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript ...Show More
04:42 | Apr 6th, 2016
Learn the bizarre story of Hitler’s physician, Theodor Morell, and the vast array of drugs he prescribed the infamous dictator, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, which is the basis for our new podcas...Show More
04:26 | Apr 6th, 2016
Agatha Christie might be known for writing great mysteries, but none are quite as perplexing as her own 11-day disappearance—as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, which is the basis for a new podcast, Un...Show More
05:39 | Apr 6th, 2016
How did one Titanic crew member survive the icy ocean water, all thanks to his favorite drink? Learn this story, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, which is the basis for our new podcast, Unknown Hist...Show More
00:06 | Feb 1st, 2016
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