Stuff You Missed in History Class

New theories have emerged that make it the right time to once again go back to an old favorite, the Voynich Manuscript. Since our Voynich [Read more]

While many have admired heiress Casati over the years for her life led entirely based on her aesthetics, when you examine her biography, you find [Read more]

When people say the Wright Brothers were first to fly, they’re talking about a very particular set of circumstances. There are other contenders to the [Read more]

We’re revisiting the murder of Mary Ann Bickford on Oct. 27, 1845. Her paramour Albert J. Tirrell was eventually charged with murder. Tirrell hired Rufus [Read more]

As Louis XVI’s time as king was less and less stable in the face of the French Revolution, Léonard stepped away from the royal family [Read more]

Marie Antoinette’s hairdresser set the styles of France during King Louis XVI’s reign. But when he first arrived in Paris, he had almost nothing. Just [Read more]

We’re revisiting the story of large numbers of emus making their way through Australia, severely damaging wheat farms. The military tried to help, but may [Read more]

The story of the H.L. Hunley really begins with the Union blockade of the Confederacy during the Civil War, which was ordered less than a [Read more]

The reason Emmett Till’s murder played such a consequential role in the Civil Rights movement is because of choices of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. For [Read more]

This episode revisits the biggest shipping disaster in Cayman Islands history, in which 10 ships went down together one night in 1794. Why would so [Read more]