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1811 Ratcliffe Highway Murders: Birth of True Crime
29 April 2024Horror struck the East End of London twice in December 1811. Two brutal sets of murders within a few days of each other. It became ground zero for...
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30:21
The Kamikaze Hunters
28 April 2024Please note, this episode contains discussion of suicide.
In 1945, after lengthy delays, the Royal Navy sent a powerful fleet into the...
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44:38
The Real Hamilton: Founding Father
28 April 2024Who really was Alexander Hamilton, and what do we actually know about his life?
A Founding Father, he fought in the Revolutionary War,...
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28:46
The Kamikaze Pilots
27 April 2024Please note, this episode contains discussion of suicide.
By October 1944, the Japanese were in real trouble. The Allies had made...
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42:58
The Beaker People
27 April 2024The Beaker People were a Bronze Age culture that revolutionised prehistoric Britain. They were responsible for introducing Bronze Age technology...
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41:26
The Witan: England's First Parliament?
26 April 2024Athelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, was a great king who united what was once a collection of petty Anglo-Saxon kingdoms into one vast...
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36:46
Elvis Presley's Sex Life
26 April 2024Elvis Presley embraced sexuality from the start. Rock n roll was not tame music, and neither were his early performances.
So much so that he...
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34:16
President Rutherford B. Hayes: The First Great Depression
25 April 2024Emerging victorious from an electoral quagmire in 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes became the 19th President of the United States.
Professor Mark...
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39:40
The Library of Alexandria
25 April 2024The Library of Alexandria was one of the most important and most celebrated buildings of the ancient Mediterranean. It was a great hub of learning...
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35:31
The Birth of Science in 16th Century Europe
25 April 2024The traditional view of the birth of modern science places it firmly in the 17th century with such huge names as Bacon, Descartes, Newton, and...
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32:28
Cannibalism in Scotland: Legend of Sawney Bean
25 April 2024According to legend, Sawney Bean and Agnes "Black" Douglas raised a clan of cannibals in a remote Scottish cave. They killed and ate unlucky...
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48:26
Rwandan Genocide Explained
23 April 2024Warning: This episode contains some upsetting descriptions of human suffering.
The Rwandan Genocide is a dark and pivotal moment in modern...
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