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Extinct Beasts of Medieval Britain
25 August 2026Why have wolves often been the villains of British history? What happened to them and some of the other remarkable creatures that once roamed...
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Sex and Scandal on the Titanic
25 August 2026It's the most famous sunken ship in history, but its story is surrounded by a lot of myth.
Were the working classes locked below deck and...
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Why Did Reconstruction Fail?
24 August 2026Over the course of this series, we've discussed the extraordinary promise of Reconstruction, as well as the relentless attacks these efforts came...
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Medieval Krakow
24 August 2026In the Middle Ages, Krakow was one of Central Europe’s greatest cities: a thriving crossroads of kings, merchants and legends, crowned by a...
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Manhattan’s Most Notorious Couple
24 August 2026Who were the scandalous, defiant couple on the margins of Dutch society who became part of the founding story of New York?
Professor...
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The Brutal Murder of Catherine Howard
24 August 2026Today we're delving back into the After Dark vaults to revisit our classic episode on the death of the short-lived Tudor queen.
In 1540...
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Terror Birds
23 August 2026What kind of predator needs no teeth to terrify its prey? The terror birds were enormous flightless hunters that ruled South America for millions...
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Edgar Ætheling: The King Who Never Was
21 August 2026What if you were proclaimed King of England but never sat on the throne? In 1066, Edgar Ætheling possessed the strongest bloodline claim to the...
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History's Deadliest Women: The Evil Stepmother
21 August 2026In 1909, the third and final woman hanged in Western Australia was executed. She had murdered three of her step children.
What drove Martha...
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Athens vs Sparta: The War That Changed History
21 August 2026The unforeseen consequences of this war led to the first scientific history book, the birth of philosophy. and the rise of Alexander the Great....
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18th Century France's Most Outrageous Spy
20 August 2026The Chevalier d’Éon was one of France’s most daring spies... until they began making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Armed with...
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The Fire That Changed New York
20 August 2026On March 5 1911, 146 people died in a fire that lasted just 18 minutes. This event was to change the history of New York, and has an ongoing...
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