The Assassination of President Garfield

March 25, 1807. The British Parliament abolishes the slave trade in the British West Indies. This episode originally aired in 2022. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com fo ... Show More

March 24, 1953. The discovery of bodies in London leads to the arrest of serial killer John Christie and the terrible revelation that an innocent man was executed for some of his crimes. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. History Daily is a co-pro ... Show More

March 23, 1857. Elisha Otis installs the first commercial passenger elevator in New York, setting the stage for the modern skyscraper. Support the show! Join Into History for ad-free listening and more. History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.Go to HistoryDaily.com ... Show More

<p>On 6th September, 1901, President William McKinley attended a public reception at the Pan American Exposition, a 6-month-long World’s Fair, in Buffalo, New York. He was at the height of his power, having been re-elected at the beginning of the year. But one of the people who s ... Show More

<p>On April 14th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln died hours later, shocking the war-torn nation and becoming the first President to be assassinated in office. But he would not be the last.</p><p><br></p><p>Sixt ... Show More

<p>Sworn in after the death of President Harding by the light of a kerosene lamp, the 30th President of the United States led the country through 6 years of the prosperous roaring 1920s.</p><br><p>Coolidge polled more than 54% of the popular vote in 1924, so what was so good abou ... Show More

<p>In a groundbreaking investigation into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, journalism group Bellingcat exposed previously unknown details of the Salisbury Poisonings that blew the case wide open. Journalist and Bellingcat founder Elliot Higgins and host Charlie Higson explore whe ... Show More

<p>It’s 1940 and Serbian playboy Duško Popov hopes to sit out World War Two in Belgrade. But when his best friend, Johnny Jebsen shows up at his door to call in an old debt, Popov finds himself sucked into the wartime spy game – as an agent for both Nazi Germany and Britain’s MI6 ... Show More

<p>In this episode we talk to author Garrett Felber about his book <em>Those Who Know Don't Say: The Nation of Islam, The Black Freedom Struggle, and the Carceral State</em> which is out today, January 13th. 2020. The book is a political history of the Nation of Islam which cente ... Show More

Peeling a banana uncovers much more than a tasty fruit, it reveals a fraught history riddled with violent coups, espionage, political assassinations and international wars. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use ... Show More

<p>Krzysztof Kosior was thirty when he first felt ready to visit Auschwitz. But since childhood, he had heard stories of his great-grandfather’s time there, and of his journey from unknown soldier to one of Poland’s greatest heroes. Talking to actor and spy novelist Charlie Higso ... Show More

[SPONSORISÉ] Le 9 avril 1865, la bataille d'Appomattox en Virginie met fin à la guerre de Sécession. C’est l’élection d’Abraham Lincoln à la présidence des États-Unis, qui a mis le feu aux poudres en 1861 et provoqué la Sécession de dix états du Sud dits confédérés. Lincoln est c ... Show More

<p>On Sunday, October 26th, 2025, Nate DiMeo of this here show, The Memory Palace, and his friends and colleagues at his fellow Radiotopia show, This Day, will be holding a good, old-fashioned teach-in in defense of history and museums currently targeted by the Trump Administrati ... Show More