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Alida Lopes and her classmates
The moving true story of a Jewish girl and her friends in occupied Amsterdam

The Holocaust
1899 underwater photo of oceanographer Emil Racoviță (left), Edmond Halley's diving bell (right)
A brief history of diving

Sport
The executioner Franz Schmidt executing Hans Fröschel
Hang 'em High: 7 of history's most famous executioners
A helmet once owned by Heinrich Himmler
The Nazi hunt for holy treasure from Thor's Hammer to the Holy Grail

Lost Relic Hunters
KIng William
Surprising facts about England's lesser-known kings and queens

Kings and Queens
Germaine Delapierre
The 1921 Women's Olympiad: 100 years of women's sport

Women's history
60 years of space travel: From Yuri Gagarin to the Mars Rover

Science and Technology
'Sex: Lessons From History' - Dr Fern Riddell
'We’re all sex-obsessed': Fern Riddell on her new book

Not What You Thought You Knew
History of Liverpool

Popular Culture
Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe: The tennis star who broke boundaries on and off the court

Sport
The fictitious Major Martin's naval ID
Operation Mincemeat

Espionage
How America nearly nuked the moon

Science and Technology
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Navajo Yebichai dancers
Skinwalkers and other Native American myths and legends
8 Famous Botched Executions

Medieval History
Margaret Pole
That takes guts: 7 gory execution methods from Tudor England
Les Vainqueurs De La Bastille Devant L’hôtel De Ville, Le 14 Juillet 1789 (1830-1838)
is July the busiest month for declaring independence?

Modern History
Technology Used in Large-scale Treasure Hunts

The Curse of Oak Island
What if the von Stauffenberg plot had succeeded

Conspiracies
The Council of Nicaea
The Council of Nicaea: Resolving the crisis in early Christianity
Dr Butcher and Mr Humble
The unbelievable story of world’s first successful head transplant

Science and Technology
Curse of the Lost Amazon Gold: Episodes
What's coming up in Curse of the Lost Amazon Gold
What's coming up in Curse of the Lost Amazon Gold

Curse of Lost Amazon Gold
The Ghostly Bowmen of Mons
The Angel of Mons and other supernatural stories from WWI

WW1
The Anarchy is the medieval civil war you've probably never heard of
9 facts about 'the Anarchy': England's dark period of lawlessness and war

British History
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Would Henry V have conquered all of France, had he lived?

British History
Beau exploring the River Avon and a scene depicting the Battle of Tewkesbury from a Ghent manuscript
The Battle of Tewkesbury and the River Avon

River Hunters
Tsar Nicolas II (left) and George V (right) were first cousins
The Kaiser, the Tsar and King George V - cousins at war in WW1
The German kings and queens of England

Al Murray Why Does Everyone Hate the English
The legendary adventures of Thor in Norse mythology
Debunking the monsters
Monster myths debunked: From Bigfoot to the Loch Ness monster

Mysteries
Brandon Fugal and Dr Travis Taylor: Curse of Skinwalker Ranch interview

Curse of Skinwalker Ranch
Curse of Skinwalker Ranch
The Curse of Skinwalker Ranch S2: Episodes

Curse of Skinwalker Ranch
The unlikely escapades of Oliver Cromwell's head

British History
Dr Travis Taylor
Dr Travis Taylor

Curse of Skinwalker Ranch
Alan Turing
6 influential LGBTQ+ figures from British history