Untangling history’s greatest controversies. Every month, we take a hard look at the historical conf
The Prophet is dead. In 632 AD, the armies of Islam explode out of Arabia, led by a series of aggres
When the Prophet Muhammed died in 632 AD, it triggered a succession crisis amongst his followers. Af
Fake coffee. Rotten meat. Poison milk. This is the story of a few good men and their bitter fight to
Tank battles, Cold War politics, and nuclear alerts. This is the epic conclusion of a two-part serie
The Yom Kippur War of 1973 has been described as the greatest military intelligence failure since Pe
On June 5th, 1864, the Shogun’s secret police raced against time to foil a sweeping terrorist plot i
The Marquis De Sade was a pariah in his time, a monster on the page, and a genius in death. But what
How the US government deliberately sent thousands of mentally-disabled men into combat during the Vi
The 1968 My Lai Massacre shocked Americans, but the true nature of the Vietnam War went far beyond a
In 1945, the German city of Dresden was consumed in a firestorm engineered by the Allies. Many consi
A bonus episode concerning the Praetorian Guard's musical and murderous relationship with Rome's fab
The story of Rome through the eyes of the infamous Praetorian Guard, feared bodyguards who wielded t
Genghis Khan and the Mongols killed millions, but were they actually woke AF? Let's tackle the surpr
Car bombs, hitmen, and hunger strikes. How "The Troubles" tore Northern Ireland apart.SOURCES:Toolis
Wonder and warmth quickly turn to slaughter and horror as Hernan Cortes meets Emperor Moctezuma in t
How a handful of mercenaries, explorers, and pirates destroyed the Aztec Empire and burnt its capita
The story of China’s infamous One-Child Policy, the most ambitious (and catastrophic) social enginee
How a single week in 1967 changed the Middle East, and the world, forever. This is the action-packed
African berserkers, graceful samurai, and deadly Soviet fighter pilots. A three-part, globe-trotting
The Rated-R-for-Russian story of the Red Army’s horrific campaign of vengeance against Nazi Germany.
