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Uncommon history with an unconventional pair. Join married hosts Rebecca Robbins (a Broadway actress) and Kim Kimmel (her college history instructor) as they delve into topics that run the h...
Legend has it that there once was a King named Arthur who allegedly lived in the late 5th and early 6th centuries and who, with his many com...
It was a political scandal that rocked France to its core and proved to be a watershed event for European antisemitism. A French officer, Al...
There have been many impostors throughout history and in this 48th episode we deal with six of them, two related to English history and four...
After a six-week hiatus, we’re back and with a fast-paced adventure story that rivals even the best of Hollywood. It’s the story of Hannibal...
Imagine being hung three times… unsuccessfully. That’s exactly what happened to Englishman, John “Babbacombe” Lee in 1885. Or in the case of...
“Let them hate me, so they but fear me.” ~ Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula) Caligula, the third Julio-Claudian emperor of the...
South Africa has a fascinating, complex, and often tragic history. From the migration of the Bantu to the settlements by the Dutch and Briti...
What do Georgetown University, St. Joseph’s University, and Loyola University have in common (besides basketball)? They were all founded by...
The Protestant Reformation was one of the single greatest events in the history of Western Civilization. Led by Martin Luther, this protesta...
"Into the valley of death rode the six hundred." Here in Episode 41, we take a closer look at the events that inspired Lord Alfred Tennyson...
Lawrence of Arabia is the stuff of legend. There have been numerous books written and films made about him, but who was T.E. Lawrence actual...
Many diseases throughout history have wiped out entire families, villages or even towns, but nothing even comes close to the death and destr...
Imagine sitting in a 97-degree court room in the middle of July while you’re being prosecuted for a crime you’re not even sure you committed...
Napoleon, was he hero or villain? An enlightened genius or supreme egotist? Superb diplomat or an immoral usurper? All of the above? Continu...
Are great leaders made or just born that way? It seems that in the case of Napoleon, he truly was born to lead. It is said that his troops w...
“A leader is a dealer in hope.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Here in Episode 35, we take a closer look at two perhaps lesser-known great leaders in...
There are a handful of people in history who seem to have had an uncanny ability to escape death. Whether evading a lone assassin, dodging f...
The Restoration period is known as probably the most bawdy era in English history. And who was it that ushered in this remarkable age? Why,...
The years 1692-1693 were some of the darkest times in American history. They were the years when mass hysteria ruled the land and young girl...
During the late summer and fall of 1888, a district in East London was being terrorized by an unknown Victorian serial killer. In a Septembe...
Everyone has their favorite holiday, but do you know how your favorite holiday came into being? The answers may surprise you. For instance,...
Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a fascinating figure- resourceful, brave, insightful, reflective, but it’s his inordinate ambition that leads to hi...
Almost six centuries have come and gone and we’re still talking about an illiterate peasant girl who only lived to be nineteen years old. Wh...
In October of 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on an island in the Caribbean Sea and christened it “Juana” in honor of Prince Don Juan, son...
Spy: (noun) “A person employed by one nation to secretly convey classified information of strategic importance to another nation.” When some...
Imagine being the most renowned woman in the world only to face a French firing squad for simply repeating the latest gossip, or having ever...
You may have heard the phrase, “Marxism in theory has a lot of merit,” or “True Marxism has never really been tried.” Well, here in Episode...
“Keep Cool with Coolidge” was one of the presidential campaign slogans for the 1924 election. What was so cool about Coolidge? Here in Episo...
The Korean War is the fifth most deadly war in American history, and it ranks among the top ten of any war in human history for the most cas...
In 1932, a newly minted phrase was on the lips of most Americans… “The New Deal.” It was first uttered by Franklin D. Roosevelt to an audien...
Economic depression, social unrest, a general discontent among the population – these are just a few of the reasons why Hitler happened. Cha...
Lately, there have been headlines and comments among celebrities, news commentators and politicians to the effect – “This is how Hitler got...
Tet: a word which has two very different meanings depending on who you ask. To the Vietnamese, it means the festival celebrating the Lunar N...
What do John Ford, Moe Berg, Julia Child and Nelson Eddy have in common? They all stepped away from their respective careers during WWII and...
The Supreme Court agrees to hear about 100-150 of the more than 7,000 cases that it is asked to review each year. Decisions made by the 9 Ju...
Alcoholism, depression, suicide… you think you know the Adams family? There’s a few details about this family that you may not have heard in...
Do you know which president holds the record for presidential pardons? The answer may not be as clear cut as you might think. How about whic...
Maverick: (noun) an unorthodox or independent minded person. Most people know him as our 26th president and the man who uttered the phrase,...
Don’t take candy from strangers! That phrase came into being in 1874 because little Charley Ross, age 4, took candy from two men in a horse-...
When a German Zeppelin burst into flames over Lakehurst, New Jersey, speculation began almost immediately that it was sabotage, but was it?...
History is full of winners and losers, but rarely do you come across an individual who is a winner 100% of the time. Sometimes faced with in...
Imagine being uninvited to perform at a presidential inauguration because of whom you just married or buying a baby carriage for an infant w...
Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum was invented by one of Hollywood’s greatest beauties. An Associate Justice of the Minnesota State Supreme...
Warren G. Harding did what in a White House Closet? Who was FDR with when he died? JKF had how many women while he was president? These are...
From the very founding of the United States to the Whisky Rebellion to John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry, Americans have always had a vora...
Since its very inception, America has always had to be on the lookout for spies not just from foreign adversaries, but also from its own cit...
You can find quotes in most places these days, on cards, shirts, magnets, hanging in offices or you may even have one hanging over your fire...
Everyone knows the Hollywood Cleopatra, but what about the woman trying to preserve her family’s 275-year-old dynasty, the woman trying to k...
If you think politics has never been as controversial as it is today, wait until you hear this episode. For example, in the 1876 election 20...
Oliver Cromwell died on September 3, 1658, but his head didn't reach its final resting place until March 25, 1960. Where was it during...