Stuff You Missed in History Class

This document — a treaty between the British the Maori — established New Zealand as a nation. The spirit of the agreement was to see [Read more]

Sept. 1, 1923 changed Japan forever when a devastating earthquake obliterated Yokohama and much of Tokyo, killing more than 140,000. Learn more about your ad-choices [Read more]

This episode breaks our rule of thumb about covering fairly recent history. In 1988, the appointment of a hearing president at Gallaudet University sparked a [Read more]

In 1883, a mysterious beast was spotted in Arizona and trampled a woman. First described a a demon, the creature turned out to be a [Read more]

Joseph Oller was an entrepreneur with an incredible head for business. He revolutionized gambling practices as a young man, and also opened the most famous [Read more]

Between 1854 and 1929, about 250,000 children in the U.S. were taken to new families by train. Except … they weren’t called “orphan trains” at [Read more]

Many forensic investigation standards of today have roots in the work of a Chicago heiress who was more interested in crime scenes than high society. [Read more]

The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, which killed somewhere between 20 million and 50 million people, started just as World War I was winding down. Nobody [Read more]

Our ongoing update series covers a more recent topic: Even though our Voynich Manuscript episode was just a little more than a year ago, the [Read more]

Since the 2009 episode on Blackbeard, a lot of new information has come to light about the life of the infamous pirate. We’ll catch you [Read more]