Daring Prison Escapes | Escape from Leavenworth | 3
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1909, a young convicted train robber named Frank Grigware began a life sentence at the United Sta...
Daring Prison Escapes | Fleeing the Rock | 2
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Located amid the treacherous waters of the San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was desi...
Daring Prison Escapes | Bastille of the Confederacy | 1
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In February 1864, more than 100 Union Army officers broke out of Libby Prison, an infamous Confedera...
FAN FAVORITE: California Gold Rush | Digging Deeper | 4
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1850s, as people continued to flood West, California’s booming cities experienced rap...
FAN FAVORITE: California Gold Rush | Battlelines | 3
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For white settlers, the Gold Rush offered a chance for fortune, but for California’s Native inhabi...
FAN FAVORITE: The Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Treason on Trial | 4
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1807, Richmond, Virginia hosted the most sensational trial in the young nation’s ...
FAN FAVORITE: California Gold Rush | The Forty Niners | 2
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In early 1849, thousands of gold-hungry Americans began pouring into California from the eastern Uni...
FAN FAVORITE: The Insurrection of Aaron Burr | The Severance of the Union | 3
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In August 1806, Aaron Burr began the final preparations for his mysterious expedition to the western...
FAN FAVORITE: California Gold Rush | The First Strike | 1
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848, hundreds of thousands of prospectors poured ...
FAN FAVORITE: The Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Gathering Forces | 2
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr was wanted for the murder of Alexander Hamilton. Th...
FAN FAVORITE: The Insurrection of Aaron Burr | An Affair of Honor | 1
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In July 1804, Aaron Burr faced political rival Alexander Hamilton on the cliffs of Weehawken, New Je...
Evolution on Trial | Live and Let Live | 4
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Scopes ""Monkey"" Trial was set against the backdrop of the roaring twenties, a time of both cul...
Listen Now: Lawless Planet
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous he...
History Daily: Henry VIII’s Fifth Wedding
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
July 28, 1540. King Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, 32 years his jun...
Evolution on Trial | Duel to the Death | 3
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On July 20, 1925, the trial of John Scopes continued in the stifling heat of the overcrowded county ...
Evolution on Trial | Monkeytown | 2
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the sweltering morning of July 10, 1925, 200 newspaper reporters, newsreel film producers, and ra...
Listen Now: Flesh and Code
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Travis never thought he’d meet someone like Lily Rose. She was kind, passionate, beautiful. The wo...
History Daily: The Lincoln Hospital Takeover
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
July 14, 1970. A group of Puerto Rican activists stage an occupation demanding better health care at...
Evolution on Trial | A Clash of Giants | 1
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1925, the famous politician and presidential contender William Jennings Bryan returned to the lim...
Typhoid Mary | Cook, Carrier, Captive | 3
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1906, a New York health department investigation into an outbreak of typhoid fever led to the dis...
Typhoid Mary | Destroying Angel | 2
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After spending two years in forced isolation on a remote island in the East River, Mary Mallon fough...
Listen Now: Liberty Lost
Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In Evangelical homes across the United States, sex outside of marriage is a sin against God. So, whe...
Typhoid Mary | An Invisible Menace | 1
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the fall of 1906, a mysterious outbreak of typhoid fever struck a wealthy New York family vacatio...
History Daily: The First Woman In Space
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
June 16, 1963. After months of rigorous training, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the ...
The Progressive Era | In the Arena | 6
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As president, Theodore Roosevelt pursued a progressive agenda. He worked to break up the monopolies ...
The Progressive Era | Wilson's War on Tariffs | 5
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1913, Woodrow Wilson entered the White House, ready to fulfill his promise of a “New Freedom.”...
Wondery Presents: How to Survive Against the Odds
Tue, 03 Jun 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Inspired by Wondery’s hit podcast Against the Odds—learn how to survive whatever nature can thro...
History Daily: The Killing of Benno Ohnesorg
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
June 2, 1967. Benno Ohnesorg, a West German student, is killed by a police officer while attending a...
The Progressive Era | A Bruising Fight | 4
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1909, William Howard Taft entered the White House, pledging to preserve and expand the Progressiv...
The Progressive Era | The Crisis | 3
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt discharged 167 soldiers of the all-Black 25th Infantry station...
History Daily: England Becomes a Republic
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
May 19, 1649. After the English Civil War, an Act of Parliament makes England a Republic.You can lis...
The Progressive Era | The Shame of Cities | 2
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1900s, a new generation of crusading writers and journalists captured the nation’s at...
Listen Now: Oh What A Time...
Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
It’s time to embark on a journey through history with "Oh What A Time…" a comedy history podcast...
The Progressive Era | Power to the People | 1
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the late 1890s, Theodore Roosevelt emerged as a hero of the Spanish-American War and embarked on ...
History Daily: The Battle of Puebla on Cinco de Mayo
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
May 5, 1862. Following the French invasion of Mexico, Mexican soldiers succeed in defending the town...
The Carter Years | 444 Days | 4
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On November 4th, 1979, Iranian students overran the U.S. embassy in Tehran intending to stage a shor...
Listen Now: Death County, PA
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Lamont Jones leaves Dauphin County Prison for the last time, a free man ready to move on with his li...
The Carter Years | Homecoming | 3
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his final year in office, President Jimmy Carter was forced to navigate crisis after crisis, as A...
History Daily: The Loch Ness Photograph
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
April 21, 1934. The Daily Mail publishes an alleged photo of the Loch Ness Monster, sparking an inte...
The Carter Years | Crisis of Confidence | 2
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1979, after two years in office, President Jimmy Carter faced a series of crushing challenges: a ...
Introducing: Law & Crime’s LUIGI
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
When Luigi Mangione allegedly gunned down UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, the media called it a senseless ...
The Carter Years | "Jimmy Who?" | 1
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1976, as America struggled to recover from the twin traumas of the Watergate scandal and the war ...
History Daily: The Execution of Dick Turpin
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
April 7, 1739. In York, England, the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin is hanged for stealing horses....
ENCORE: The Fight for Women's Suffrage | The 19th Amendment | 5
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As America entered World War I, the suffrage movement split into a two-pronged attack. Alice Paul an...
Listen Now: Don’t Cross Kat
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Kat Torres has the insta-perfect life. She is rich, gorgeous and not ashamed to share it. Her posts ...
ENCORE: The Fight for Women's Suffrage | Silent Sentinels | 4
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In March 1913, thousands of suffrage activists converged on Washington, D.C. for a new form of prote...
History Daily: The Death of Queen Elizabeth I
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
March 24, 1603. After a reign of 44 years, Queen Elizabeth I of England dies, bringing the Tudor dyn...
ENCORE: The Fight for Women's Suffrage | Passing the Torch | 3
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the 20th century dawned, a new generation of women rose to take control of the suffrage cause. Th...
ENCORE: The Fight for Women's Suffrage | The Trial of Susan B. Anthony | 2
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Election Day 1872, Susan B. Anthony walked into a polling place in Rochester, New York and boldly...
Listen Now: Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Monica Lewinsky has been a major reference in pop culture since she was 24 years old when a scandal ...
History Daily: Alexander Graham Bell Makes the First Telephone Call
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
March 10, 1876. Inventor Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call in history,...
ENCORE: The Fight for Women's Suffrage | Created Equal | 1
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On July 19th, 1848, 300 female and male delegates gathered in a church in Seneca Falls, New York for...
Buffalo Soldiers | Suffering in Silence | 4
Wed, 26 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Between 1870 and 1899, only twelve Black cadets were admitted to the US military academy at West Poi...
Buffalo Soldiers | Suffering in Silence | 4
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Between 1870 and 1899, only twelve Black cadets were admitted to the US military academy at West Poi...
Listen Now: Scam Factory
Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
You know those messages that you get all the time, the ones that pop up out of nowhere? They could b...
History Daily: The Battle of Karnal
Mon, 24 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
February 24, 1739. The Persian leader Nader Shah wins a decisive victory in India at the Battle of K...
History Daily: The Battle of Karnal
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
February 24, 1739. The Persian leader Nader Shah wins a decisive victory in India at the Battle of K...
Buffalo Soldiers | The Last to Leave | 3
Wed, 19 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On an April morning in 1880, West Point cadet Johnson Chestnut Whittaker failed to appear at 6 a.m. ...
Buffalo Soldiers | The Last to Leave | 3
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On an April morning in 1880, West Point cadet Johnson Chestnut Whittaker failed to appear at 6 a.m. ...
Introducing: Blood Vines
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:30:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Get ready for a whole new vintage of true crime podcast with Blood Vines, available exclusively on W...
Buffalo Soldiers | Cadets of Courage | 2
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In May 1870, James Webster Smith arrived in West Point, New York, in the hopes of becoming the first...
History Daily: David Bowie Becomes Ziggy Stardust
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
February 10, 1972. When his music career begins to stagnate, David Bowie reinvents himself with an a...
Buffalo Soldiers | The Brass Letters | 1
Wed, 05 Feb
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In the spring of 1865, with the Civil War finally over, American lawmakers began to debate whether B...
Buffalo Soldiers | The Brass Letters | 1
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the spring of 1865, with the Civil War finally over, American lawmakers began to debate whether B...
The Irish Famine Relief Mission | Ship of Hope | 1
Wed, 29 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In the winter of 1846, Irish immigrants in America began to hear troubling news from their home coun...
The Irish Famine Relief Mission | Ship of Hope | 1
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the winter of 1846, Irish immigrants in America began to hear troubling news from their home coun...
Listen Now: We Came to the Forest
Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Vienna is working a delivery job when she hears about Cop City, a massive police training facility p...
History Daily: The End of the Siege of Leningrad
Mon, 27 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
January 27, 1944. Soviet forces defeat the German army outside Leningrad, ending an 872-day siege.Yo...
History Daily: The End of the Siege of Leningrad
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
January 27, 1944. Soviet forces defeat the German army outside Leningrad, ending an 872-day siege.Yo...
The Wright Brothers | Controlling the Skies | 4
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before the Wright Brothers made their historic flight at Kitty Hawk in December 1903, other air enth...
The Wright Brothers | Coming Down to Earth | 3
Wed, 15 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
In the summer of 1908, Wilbur Wright amazed crowds in France with his aerobatic flying demonstration...
The Wright Brothers | Coming Down to Earth | 3
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1908, Wilbur Wright amazed crowds in France with his aerobatic flying demonstration...
History Daily: The Sole Survivor of the Retreat from Kabul
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
January 13, 1842. William Brydon is the last man standing after a disastrous British army retreat du...
The Wright Brothers | Fliers or Liars | 2
Wed, 08 Jan
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
By 1903, inventors and adventurers in Britain and France were launching their own experimental aircr...
The Wright Brothers | Fliers or Liars | 2
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
By 1903, inventors and adventurers in Britain and France were launching their own experimental aircr...
The Wright Brothers | The Art of the Bird | 1
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the late-1890s, two brothers from Ohio, Wilbur and Orville Wright, became obsessed with what Wilb...
History Daily: Winston Churchill’s Famous “Some Chicken” Speech
Mon, 30 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
December 30, 1941. In a rousing speech to the Canadian Parliament, British Prime Minister Winston Ch...
History Daily: Winston Churchill’s Famous “Some Chicken” Speech
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
December 30, 1941. In a rousing speech to the Canadian Parliament, British Prime Minister Winston Ch...
Listen Now - History That Doesn't Suck: America Enters WWI
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
History That Doesn't' Suck is a seriously researched survey of American history told through enterta...
Encore: Boston Molasses Disaster | A Deadly Deluge | 1
25 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On January 15, 1919 a giant storage tank holding more than two million gallons of molasses collapsed...
Transcontinental Railroad | The Iron Road | 5
Wed, 18 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Chinese laborers did much of the toughest work building the Central Pacific Railroad. That included ...
Transcontinental Railroad | The Iron Road | 5
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese laborers did much of the toughest work building the Central Pacific Railroad. That included ...
History Daily: Rugby Union’s “Match of the Century”
Mon, 16 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
December 16, 1905. Rugby Union’s "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and the undefeated...
History Daily: Rugby Union’s “Match of the Century”
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
December 16, 1905. Rugby Union’s "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and the undefeated...
FDR & Churchill: A Friendship For the Ages with History Hit's Dan Snow | 1
Wed, 11 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Great Britain and the United States have always enjoyed a special bond, and nowhere has that been mo...
FDR & Churchill: A Friendship For the Ages with History Hit's Dan Snow | 1
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Great Britain and the United States have always enjoyed a special bond, and nowhere has that been mo...
Listen Now - Hollywood & Crime: The Cotton Club Murder
Mon, 09 Dec
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
On June 10th, 1983, the decomposing body of a well-dressed man was found in a desolate canyon near L...
Transcontinental Railroad | The Golden Spike | 4
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In January 1869, leaders of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met in Washington, D.C. to discuss...
Transcontinental Railroad | Hell on Wheels | 3
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In early 1866, Central Pacific workers were stalled in California, facing the monumental task of bla...
Listen Now - REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
Behind the closed doors of government offices and military compounds, are hidden stories and buried ...
Transcontinental Railroad | Dancing with a Whirlwind | 2
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1863, an unscrupulous businessman named Thomas Durant gained control of the Union P...
History Daily: Introducing Mickey Mouse
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
November 18, 1928. Mickey Mouse makes his big screen debut in Walt Disney’s Steamboat Willie.You c...
Transcontinental Railroad | Work of Giants | 1
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In October 1860, railroad engineer Theodore Judah looked out across California’s Sierra Nevada ran...
Listen Now: American Criminal
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0000
Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset
The true crime history podcast American Criminal takes you inside the minds of our most no...
Jamestown | Chief Opechancanough | 5
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many people are familiar with Powhatan, the Paramount Chief who ruled over a vast network of more th...
Jamestown | The Great Reforms | 4
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In April 1613, years of bloody warfare culminated in the kidnapping of the paramount chief Powhatan’...
Jamestown | The Starving Time | 3
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the summer of 1609, a hurricane struck a large English fleet bound for Virginia on a rescue missi...
Jamestown | A Hell of Darkness | 2
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In January 1608, fire blazed through the English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. Nearly every bui...
History Daily: Breaking the Sound Barrier
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
October 14, 1947. US Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the ...
Jamestown | Land of Milk and Honey | 1
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In December 1606, three ships carrying 104 settlers left England and set sail for Virginia’s Chesa...