History Uncovered Podcast
1) Episode 159 - The Story Of Tom Dooley And The Murder Behind One Of Folk Music's Greatest Classics
In 1958, the Kingston Trio released a hugely popular folk song called "Tom Dooley," which even inspired a 1959 film, but few listeners realized the song was based on a real person — Tom Dula (pronounc...Show More
2) Episode 158 - Dusko Popov: The Real-Life Secret Agent Who Inspired James Bond
Though many spies have been named as the inspiration for James Bond, Dusko Popov actually knew Sir Ian Flemming and gambled with him in between his international espionage escapades. https://allth...Show More
3) Episode 157 - The Unsolved Disappearance Of Child Actor Joe Pichler
When Joe Pichler mysteriously vanished at the age of 18 in 2006, police suspected suicide — but his family remains convinced that foul play was involved. https://allthatsinteresting.com/joe-pichler L...Show More
4) Episode 156 - The Unsolved Mystery Of Rey Rivera's 2006 'Suicide'
Rey Rivera was just 32 years old when he vanished without a trace on May 16, 2006. A week later, he was found dead in Baltimore's Belvedere Hotel. https://allthatsinteresting.com/rey-rivera Learn m...Show More
5) Episode 155 - The Story Behind Slenderman — And The Real-Life Stabbing It Inspired
Slender Man was a popular internet legend created in June 2009. But when two 12-year-olds tried stabbing their friend to death, this mythical creature took on a life of its own. https://allthatsinter...Show More
6) Episode 154 - The Surprising History Of The Christmas Tree
From their roots in ancient pagan celebrations of the winter solstice to their ban in colonial America, the history of the Christmas tree is longer and more complicated than most people realize. http...Show More
7) Episode 153 - The Inside Story Of The Manson Murders
During the Manson murders, Charles Manson's followers gruesomely killed actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles on August 9 and 10, 1969. https://allthatsinteresting.com/manson-murders Lear...Show More
8) Episode 152 - Inside History's Most Chilling Real-Life Frankenstein Experiments
In 1818, Mary Shelley published her classic novel about Dr. Frankenstein and his disturbing experiments with reanimation — but the stories of these seven scientists from history prove that reality ...Show More
Episode 152 - Inside History's Most Chilling Real-Life Frankenstein Experiments
36:08 | Nov 12th, 2025
9) Episode 151 - What Happened To Edgar Allan Poe? Inside The Famous Writer's Mysterious Demise
After suffering from mysterious hallucinations for four days straight, Edgar Allan Poe died of unknown causes in Baltimore at age 40 on October 7, 1849. https://allthatsinteresting.com/how-did-edgar-...Show More
10) Episode 150 - 'Mignonette': A Harrowing Story Of Cannibalism At Sea
Again and again, in desperate times throughout history, people have turned to desperate measures and committed what many societies consider to be the worst of all human sins — cannibalism. Members of ...Show More