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New York Morgue's Dark Secrets
1 August 2024The unclaimed dead of New York City's streets and rivers were once brought to the notorious New York Morgue. It's a history that has never been...
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Hestia: Goddess of Hearth & Home
1 August 2024As both the eldest and youngest child of the great titan Kronos, and the Greek goddess of hearth and home, Hestia was incredibly important in...
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Henry VII: Rise of the Medieval Tudors
1 August 2024Henry VII was descended from some of the greatest Welsh princes. When word spread that he had a chance of taking the English throne, Welsh...
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36:58
The Warsaw Uprising
31 July 202480 years ago, the Polish resistance rose up against their German occupiers and tried to seize back control of their capital city. For two months a...
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59:51
The Boy Who Hid in the Woods: How I Survived the Holocaust
30 July 2024Warning: this episode contains descriptions of violence.
Maxwell Smart was just a boy when the Nazis came for him and his family. Within...
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The Dark History of Bearded Ladies & the Victorian Freak Show
30 July 2024What would it have really been like to visit a Victorian freak show? Were "freak performers" exploited, or empowered in a world that would likely...
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43:38
Rollo: The First Norman
30 July 2024Rollo was a Viking leader who became the first ruler of Normandy in the early 10th century. His descendants, the Normans, later conquered England...
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A History of Cheating at the Olympics
29 July 2024Dan is joined by the QI Elves James Harkin and Anna Ptaszynski to talk about cheating in sports as the 2024 Olympics get underway. Why do we do it...
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39:23
The Third Presidential Assassination: McKinley
29 July 2024On 6th September, 1901, President William McKinley attended a public reception at the Pan American Exposition, a 6-month-long World’s Fair, in...
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41:41
Hippocrates: The Father Of Medicine
29 July 2024Around 460 BCE, a man was born in Ancient Greece who would change medicine forever. He invented a new scientific approach to medicine that...
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43:17
The Final Days of Marie Antoinette
29 July 2024How did Marie Antoinette, last Queen of France, spend her final days before the guillotine took her head? Did she ever really stand a chance?...
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Vivaldi’s Greatest Protegé
29 July 2024In early 18th century Venice, the Ospedale della Pietà took in abandoned baby girls through a tiny gap in the wall. In addition to ensuring...
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