August 25th: Ramil Safarov Born (1977)
One event can alter the course of a person’s entire life. On August 25th 1977 a young man was born and, pretty early in life, was subject to a war between his country and another. A war that lost him family members, forced his move, and altered the course of his life so much he claimed it was the reason he picked up an ... Show More
Oct 2022
Ulrike Meinhof: German ‘terrorist’ or Post-War Victim?
Ulrike Meinhof - one half of the infamous Baader-Meinhof gang that robbed, bombed, kidnapped and killed their way across Germany in the early 1970s. In hindsight, was she a deranged terrorist who took her own life to evade justice, or a misunderstood victim of a tumultuous, mid-2 ... Show More
46m 57s
Apr 2022
Who killed my grandfather?
Beirut, 1974. It is the height of the Cold War. A prominent Yemeni politician is shot dead in his car. Some say, had he lived, Yemen would be a different country today. The killer was never caught, the assassination never investigated.Political assassinations in the Middle East a ... Show More
1h 1m
Mar 2022
28. Dancing on the Grave : Shakereh Khaleeli - India
From being buried alive, to death penalties, to self proclaimed swamis (godmen), this case has it all. This is the story of the granddaughter of the Dewan of Mysore whose glorious life came to a crashing end in a way that can only be described as people’s worst nightmare. This is ... Show More
45m 42s
Jan 2020
Broken Arrow Killings - 358
<p>July 22-23, 2015. Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 at 11:30 pm a call came in to 911. The caller was twelve year old David Bever who reported that his brother was killing his family. This disturbing call from a nice suburb prompted an immediate response to th ... Show More
51m 14s
Aug 2022
Bedross Der Matossian, "The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century" (Stanford UP, 2022)
In April 1909, two waves of massacres shook the province of Adana, located in the southern Anatolia region of modern-day Turkey, killing more than 20,000 Armenians and 2,000 Muslims. The central Ottoman government failed to prosecute the main culprits, a miscarriage of justice th ... Show More
1h 9m