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A Comanche Story: Cynthia Ann Parker, Part 1
A Comanche raiding party kidnapped Cynthia Ann when she was 9 years old. She lived with Comanche...
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Gertrude Bell: The Uncrowned Queen of Iraq, Part 2
Part 2 of this series follows Gertrude Bell on her adventures after World War I begins. The...
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The True Story of the Chevalier d'Eon: Part 2
Upset with the prospect of a demotion, the Chevalier d'Eon published his diplomatic...
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Gertrude Bell: The Uncrowned Queen of Iraq
Gertrude Bell was the first woman to graduate with a First in Modern History from Oxford. Instead...
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The True Story of the Chevalier d'Eon: Part 1
Recently, London's National Portrait Gallery acquired a portrait of the Chevalier d'Eon, the...
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Johann Dippel and the Elixir of Life
Johann Konrad Dippel was born in 1673 at Frankenstein Castle. Originally a theology student,...
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During World War II, Allied troops often listened to Japanese propaganda, and they nick-named the...
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The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie
In December of 1926, Agatha Christie left her home and vanished: Police found her car crashed and...
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The Case of the Colorado Cannibal
In the winter of 1873, Alferd Packer led gold prospectors into the Rockies, but harsh conditions...
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In the early 1760s, the so-called Cock Lane Ghost haunted a London home, communicating through...
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What really happened in Salem?
In 1692, girls in Salem Village experienced fevers, pains and strange behavior. A doctor deemed...
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Who was America's Lucrezia Borgia?
When Mary Frances Creighton was arrested for poisoning her brother, the tabloids went crazy,...
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Jim Bowie: Blades, Battles and the Alamo
Jim Bowie is known as a hero of the Alamo, but he made his name in a duel-gone-wrong: He came...
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Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare: Part 2
Senator McCarthy's celebrity skyrocketed after he made his name denouncing spies. Fear and...
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Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare: Part 1
Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy had a lackluster career – at least, that is, until he claimed...
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Alan Turing conceived of computers decades before anyone was building one. He also acted as a...
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Codes! Axis Cryptography in World War II
In this special episode co-hosted by TechStuff’s Jonathan Strickland, the focus is on the codes,...
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Between in 1917, hundreds of women got jobs applying radium-treated paint to various products....
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How the Mayan Calendar Works, Revisited
In this classic episode, former hosts Candace and Jane explain how the Mayan long count calendar...
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