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A preview of my brand new book, Dinner with King Tut! 

Nazism was a society-wide catastrophe for Germany, but some professions deserve more blame than others. In particular, there was a surprisingly large percentage of doctors and engineers among the Nazis. Sociologists and historians have now worked out why. 

When Charles Dickens published Bleak House in 1852, he included a scene where one character spontaneously combusts. 🔥 🔥 🔥 Readers loved it, but one of Dickens’s good friends—a former scientist—blasted Dickens for his scientific ignorance. It ignited one of the strangest contro ... Show More

Jack Parsons was a rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher responsible for astonishing breakthroughs in his field. However, Parsons had a double life -- a private passion for the occult that led him to eventually join Aleister Crowley's new Thelemite religion, attempt th ... Show More

How did the Battle of Cannae - one of the most important battles of all time for Ancient Rome, with a whole Empire at stake, and a reputation that had reverberated across the centuries - in 216 BC, unfold? What brilliant tactics did Hannibal adopt in order to overcome the Roman k ... Show More

Who was Hannibal, the flawed but brilliant Carthaginian general? What makes Rome vs Carthage in the third century BC one of the most totemic ancient rivalries of all time? How did Hamilcar, father of Hannibal, restore the fortunes of Carthage following their devastating defeat to ... Show More

Graham Hancock is a researcher, best-selling author and unconventional thinker who raises controversial questions about humanity's past. Most recently, he wrote 2015's The Magicians of the Gods, a book exploring the possibilities of lost ancient civilizations. His works have sold ... Show More

Comme Laïka, Youri Gagarine ou encore Neil Armstrong, Félicette est aussi une pionnière dans l'histoire de la conquête spatiale ! Cette brave chatte française est la première à avoir voyagé dans l'espace... et à en être revenue vivante ! Découvrez son histoire dans ce nouvel épis ... Show More

In 1963, the FDA raided the headquaters of a budding new and esoteric religion - The Church of Scientology. In response to this and similar incidents to come, the church's founder - an eccentric science fiction author named L. Ron Hubbard - would go on to lead the single larg ... Show More

To mark Guy Fawkes night in England, Noiser brings you this episode from the archive of Short History Of…The Gunpowder plot is an epic tale of adventure and murderous revenge, a detective story complete with secrets, aliases, even an anonymous letter of betrayal. But who was real ... Show More

Dans cet épisode du podcast "Mystères & Inexpliqués", voyagez en 1938 avec Egon Kragel, ufologue reconnu. Il revient sur le premier canular radiophonique de l'Histoire. Orson Welles et sa troupe du Mercury Theater, interprète "La guerre des mondes", adapté du roman éponyme. Cette ... Show More

What are the origins of one of history’s most glittering, and for a time, most powerful families in Europe; the Medici? How were they able to seize supreme power in the Republic of Florence , one of the most dazzling cities in the world, during the 15th century, at the height of ... Show More

In Cairo, an eccentric British army officer draws on magic tricks learned from his grandfather in order to fool the Nazis. Will the enemy fall for his illusions? Helena Bonham Carter shines a light on extraordinary stories from World War Two. Join her for incredible tales of dece ... Show More