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 17: An Aircraft Carrier Made of Ice
Desperate to overcome German submarines in World War II, Britain entertained a strange plan.
episode 16: A Very Popular Sack of Flour
Nevada mining merchant Reuel Gridley used a single sack of flour to raise $250,000 for wounded Union soldiers during the Civil War.
episode 15: The Flannan Isles Mystery
In 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished from a remote Scottish island.
episode 14: The Unsinkable Violet Jessop
Stoic stewardess Violet Jessop escaped disaster on three successive ocean liners in the 1910s.
episode 13: An Ingenious Escape From Slavery
Georgia slave Ellen Craft traveled 1,000 miles posing as a white man -- and bringing her husband William as a servant.
episode 12: The Great Race, Grace Kelly's Tomahawk, and Dreadful Penmanship
Six teams undertook an impossible task in 1908 -- to drive westward from New York to Paris.
episode 12: The Great Race, Grace Kelly's Tomahawk, and Dreadful Penmanship
Six teams undertook an impossible task in 1908 -- to drive westward from New York to Paris.
episode 11: A Woolf in Sheikh's Clothing
In 1910, as a practical joke, Virginia Woolf donned a false beard and turban and toured a British battleship.
episode 10: A Baboon Soldier, Lighthouse Rescues, and a Parliament of Owls
When Albert Marr joined the South African army in 1915, he brought his baboon with him.
episode 9: The Monkey Signalman, Racetrack ESP, and Toxic Dumps
Meet Jack the baboon, who served as assistant signalman on a South African railway in the 1880s.