Articles by Stuff You Missed in History Class

The story of Zona Heaster Shue’s death and subsequent appearances to her mother as an apparition are often referred to as the only case in [Read more]

This 2012 episode is from previous hosts Sarah and Deblina. In the early 1760s, the so-called Cock Lane Ghost haunted a London home, communicating through [Read more]

The Catacombs contain the bones of an estimated 6 to 7 million people. Their history is really two interconnected stories of mines and human remains, [Read more]

Murnau is most well known for directing the first vampire film, but the German-born creator went on to make a number of influential films before [Read more]

We’re revisiting a 2015 episode on a very fascinating corpse. Saponification is the process of turning to soap, and in certain conditions, cadavers do it. [Read more]

Blue is the most popular color in many parts of the world, and it can seem like it’s everywhere. . But many ancient languages didn’t [Read more]

Baret was the first woman known to circumnavigate the globe. But her experience wasn’t just about the travel – she was working, and her work [Read more]

It’s an unsettling 2012 episode! In the winter of 1873, Alferd Packer led gold prospectors into the Rockies, but harsh conditions soon set them off [Read more]

In this episode, we’ll go from the international agreement that prepared for a global airline industry up to the deregulation of U.S. commercial aviation in [Read more]

Since the possibility of air travel became a reality, many entrepreneurs were trying to figure out a way to make flight into a business. This [Read more]