Forgotten stories from the pages of history. Join us for surprising and curious tales from the past and challenge yourself with our lateral thinking puzzles.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 8 hours
episode 166: A Dangerous Voyage
During World War II, two Americans set out to sail 3,000 miles from the Philippines to Australia.
episode 164: Vigil on the Ice
Augustine Courtauld was marooned at a remote weather station in Greenland in 1930.
episode 163: Enslaved in the Sahara
Twelve Americans were enslaved in Africa after an 1815 shipwreck.
episode 161: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
High school student Juliane Koepcke survived a two-mile fall into the Peruvian rain forest.
episode 160: The Birmingham Sewer Lion
In 1889 an African lion escaped into the sewers of Birmingham, England.
episode 159: The Mozart of Mathematics
The rootless, gigantically prolific life of mathematician Paul Erdős.
episode 158: The Mistress of Murder Farm
Belle Gunness lured lonely suitors to her Indiana farm, robbed them, and killed them.
episode 157: The Brutal History of Batavia's Graveyard
In 1629, Dutch castaways on a tiny island faced a desperately murderous leader.