History Uncovered
History Uncovered is brought to you by the digital publisher All That’s Interesting, where we explore all things weird and bizarre in the natural world and the world past. Each Wednesday, we take a deep dive into a topic we haven’t been able to stop thinking about.
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Episode 50 - The Amityville Murders
Inside The Real Amityville Horror House And Its Story Of Murder And Hauntings
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Episode 49 - Bloody Mary
The True Story Of Bloody Mary, The Woman Behind The Mirror
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Episode 48 - The Roswell Incident of 1947
What exactly did Brazel come across on his ranch that day in June 1947?
24 min
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Episode 47 - Brian Sweeney's Tragic Voicemail
The Story Behind Brian Sweeney’s Heartbreaking Final Voicemail To His Wife On 9/11
9 min
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Episode 46 - The Tragic Death of Marilyn Monroe
This is the story of Marilyn Monroe's death, from her bizarre final hours to the mystery that's lingered ever since
15 min
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Episode 45 - The Disappearance Of Maura Murray,...
The Nursing Student Who Vanished Without A Trace
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Episode 44 - The Secret Lives of Presidents
There's plenty about the American presidency that’s dignified and elegant. Presidents enjoy a home at the White House, frequent visits from world leaders, opulent state dinners, and more. They’re hardly ever seen with a single hair out of place and the w...
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Episode 43 - Richard Kuklinski, The Iceman
To his family and neighbors in suburban New Jersey, Richard Kuklinski was an all-American husband. To the Mafia and his victims, he was an unscrupulous hitman known as the "Iceman killer."https://allthatsinteresting.com/richard-kuklinskicredits: https:...
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Episode 42 - The Truth About Hitler’s Descendants
It’s hard to believe that a man as monstrous as Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people during the Holocaust and World War II, was born to a mother and a father just like everyone else, that he grew up surro...
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Episode 41 - The Real-Life Gangsters Behind Don...
When The Godfather premiered in 1972, its depiction of the American Mafia both stunned and fascinated audiences who’d never seen anything quite like it ever before. A commercial and critical smash, the film went on to win three Oscars, including Best Pic...
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Episode 40 - Ed Gein, The Butcher Of Plainfield
Most people have seen Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs, all of them classics within the horror genre, anchored by some of the scariest villains in movie history. But what many don't know is that the terrifying killers de...
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Episode 39 - Skinwalkers
In Navajo lore, there's one creature so terrifying that the Navajo themselves rarely dare to even utter its name. That creature is the skinwalker, also called yee naaldlooshii, or ‘with it, he goes on all fours,' and it’s perhaps the most bone-chilling m...
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Episode 38 - The Disappearance of Dennis Martin
In June 1969, Dennis Lloyd Martin walked off to play a prank on his dad and never returned, sparking the largest search effort in the history of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. https://allthatsinteresting.com/dennis-martin credits: https://allth...
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Episode 37 - Natalia Grace: Six-Year-Old Adopte...
Michael and Kristine Barnett of Indiana claim that their adopted daughter Natalia Grace is really a psychotic adult dwarf who tried to kill them — but where does the truth lie? https://allthatsinteresting.com/natalia-barnett credits: https://allthats...
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Episode 36 - Genie Wiley
"Feral Child" Genie Wiley was strapped to a chair by her parents and neglected for 13 years, giving researchers a rare chance to study human development.The story of Genie Wiley the Feral Child sounds like the stuff of fairytales: An unwanted, mistreate...
16 min
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Episode 35 - Dina Sanichar
On a Saturday in February in 1867, a group of hunters in the Bulandshahr district of India came across a shocking sight. After they tracked a lone wolf to a cave in the jungle, they peered inside and saw the last thing they’d ever expect to find: a six-y...
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Episode 34 - Indigenous Boarding Schools
In the summer of 2021, Indigenous people across Canada started visiting the sites of former Indian Residential Schools. With ground-penetrating radar devices in hand, they slowly swept the earth, hoping, with heavy hearts, to confirm a long-held rumor ab...
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Episode 33 - Pocahontas
In 1995, Disney released Pocahontas, a film about a doomed whirlwind romance between a Native American woman, Pocahontas, and an English colonist, John Smith. But although both Pocahontas and John Smith were real people, the film takes some definite libe...
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Episode 32 - The Beast Of Gévaudan
Between 1764 and 1767, something evil stalked the quiet hills of Gévaudan, France. The so-called Bête du Gévaudan, or Beast of Gévaudan, attacked hundreds of people, often tearing out their throats. No one knew what it was — or how to stop it. ...
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Episode 31 - Tamám Shud
On Dec. 1, 1948, beachgoers came across a dead man on Australia’s Somerton beach. Well-dressed, and with no signs of trauma, his identity and cause of death eluded local police. Soon, investigators dubbed him the “Somerton Man.”It looked as though he’d ...
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Episode 30 - Franz Reichelt, ”The Flying Tailor”
On the morning of February 4, 1912, a man named Franz Reichelt stepped out onto the edge of the Eiffel Tower. He paused there for about 40 seconds as if he was gathering his courage. Then, he threw himself into the air. He didn't intend to die — this ...
13 min
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Episode 29 - The Donner Party
In the 1840s, waves upon waves of Americans headed west to forge a new life. Many of these stories had happy endings while some suffered great tragedy -- but then there was the infamous Donner Party. To this day, nearly 200 years later, their torturous j...
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Episode 28 - Beck Weathers
After he was last seen being blown away by gale-force winds in Mount Everest's "Death Zone," Beck Weathers' wife was notified that her husband was dead. What happened next was nothing short of a miracle: Beck Weathers climbed down Everest on two frozen f...
12 min
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Episode 27 - Anneliese Michel
In 2005, The Exorcism of Emily Rose terrified movie audiences around the world as it depicted the aftermath of a fatal exorcism and posed lingering questions about whether or not the character of 19-year-old Emily Rose had truly been possessed by the dev...
14 min
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Episode 26 - Amy Winehouse
On July 23, 2011, British singer Amy Winehouse was found dead inside her London home. Just 27 years old, she joined the tragic club of other music icons, like Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Kurt Cobain, who had died tragically at that same young age. T...
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