Stuff You Missed in History Class

One of the worst mining tragedies in history, the explosion that sent fire through the Courrières mine tunnels claimed more than a thousand lives. It [Read more]

In 1888, a blizzard so sudden and severe hit the American Midwest and claimed the lives of hundreds, some of whom died just outside the [Read more]

The second part of our episode on the Australian diva focuses on her career in the early 1900s, her charity work and her belief that [Read more]

Born Helen Porter Mitchell in Melbourne, Australia in 1861, Nellie Melba would rise to fame as a singer. Her life was everything you’d expect from [Read more]

April has two books out about fashion history, one featuring historical fashion plates, and another on the pochoir technique used to create fashion illustrations in [Read more]

More of the 2015 news items of historical significance! The second part of this topic includes firearms, letters, blackboards, sculpture and of course, mass graves [Read more]

As has become an annual tradition on the show, we’re capping off 2015/starting 2016 with a roundup of things that have been unearthed, either figuratively [Read more]

Resistance to excise taxes levied against U.S. whiskey distilleries in the 1790s led to violence and rebellion. Tensions finally came to a head on Christmas [Read more]

In addition to the characters we talked about on our last episode, there are even more colorful holiday traditions that may be a bit surprising [Read more]

Krampus has become really popular in recent years, but there are many holiday characters from various cultures around the world that all have fascinating histories. [Read more]