The emperor Napolean Bonaparte, the artist Caravaggio, the writer Oscar Wilde, the Roman Empire, the lawman Wyatt Earp, the French revolutionary leader Robespierre, the Watergate scandal…..outrageous individuals and events that have significantly influenced history. You’ll find it hard to believe some of the preposterous, scandalous and excessive behaviors which permeate history. Join journalist Ernest Granson as he interviews historians around the world, delving into some of history’s most outrageous moments. You can’t make this stuff up!
Is there a Fatman atomic bomb resting at the bottom of the Atlantic?
In March of 1951, an extremely tense period of world history, Globemaster cargo plane 49-244 disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean just west of Ireland. The plane and survivors disappeared without a trace. After analyzing thousands of pages of declassified documents and conducting personal interviews associated with that flight, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Tod Robberson asks, what was the real purpose of the flight, what was on board and why were no survivors ever found? Join journa...
2 Feb 2026
The disappearance of the most famous woman of the twentieth century
For most of her life, Anna Rosenberg served the United States at the highest levels of government, a close advisor to four presidents as well as running a successful public and labor relations business. Immigrating with her family from Hungary, she became a media darling at a young age, eventually becoming one of, if not, the most admired female government officials of the 20th century. Among many other accomplishments, she had a direct impact in the implementation of two of the most importan...
15 Apr 2025
The complicated and messy birth of the legendary Jeep
Why is it called the Jeep? Depends on who you ask. Who first designed and developed this workhorse of the US military? Again, not a simple question to answer. Decades after thousands of these historic and vital vehicles were shipped all over the world to transport American soldiers and cargo, its true origins were still shrouded in obscurity. Those shrouds have been lifted by author Paul Bruno, whose comprehensive and illuminating book, The Original Jeeps, should be considered the defin...
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