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 57: Jules Verne's Lost Novel
Eight decades after Jules Verne's death, his great-grandson opened a family safe and discovered an unpublished manuscript.
episode 56: Lateral Thinking Puzzles
Here are six new lateral thinking puzzles -- play along as we try to understand some puzzling situations.
episode 55: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
On February 1, 1959, something terrifying overtook nine student ski-hikers in the northern Ural Mountains.
episode 54: Escape From Stalag Luft III
In 1943, three Allied pilots found an ingenious way to escape from a German POW camp.
episode 53: The Lost Colony
What became of the 100 English colonists who vanished from North Carolina's Roanoke Island in the 1580s?
episode 52: Moving Day in New York
By tradition, apartment leases in New York City used to expire together on May 1.
episode 51: Poet Doppelgängers
At least five notable poets have appeared before human witnesses when their bodies were known to be elsewhere.
episode 50: The Great Tea Race
In 1866, a quintet of clipper ships raced from China to London with the season's first tea.
episode 49: Can a Kitten Climb the Matterhorn?
In 1950, newspapers around the world reported that a 10-month-old kitten had climbed the Matterhorn, one of Europe's highest peaks.
episode 48: The Shark Arm Affair
In 1935, a tiger shark in an Australian aquarium vomited up a human forearm.