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.
Dive deeper into these stories on All That's Interesting
Follow our page on Facebook: HistoryRevealed
Follow us on Instagram: @realhistoryuncovered
credits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-credits
Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. History Uncovered is part of the Airwave Media network: www.airwavemedia.com
101
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...
15 min
102
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:...
14 min
103
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...
15 min
104
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...
14 min
105
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...
11 min
106
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...
13 min
107
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...
15 min
108
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...
15 min
109
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
110
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...
13 min
111
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...
16 min
112
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...
14 min
113
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. ...
14 min
114
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 ...
16 min
115
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
116
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...
33 min
117
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
118
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
119
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...
13 min
120
Episode 25 - The Death of Jim Morrison
Sometime in the early morning hours of July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison — the iconic lead singer of The Doors — died of heart failure at the age of just 27. He was found by his girlfriend, Pamela Courson, unconscious in the bathtub of their Paris apartment. ...
12 min
121
Episode 24 - Delphi Murders
February 13, 2017, started as a surprisingly warm winter day in the small town of Delphi, Indiana. But the events of this one day would, in an instant, shatter a sense of calm and safety that its few thousand citizens had always enjoyed. That afternoon, ...
14 min
122
Episode 23 - Bass Reeves
In the second half of the 19th century, in a lawless stretch of land in present-day Oklahoma known as Indian Territory, the name “Bass Reeves” struck terror into the heart of any criminal who was on the run. A deputy U.S. marshal with a quick trigger and...
34 min
123
Episode 22 - The Mysterious Disappearance Of Ho...
On April 13, 2011, Holly Bobo disappeared into the woods behind her family's home in Tennessee, leaving investigators with few clues or leads.Bobo’s disappearance rattled her small community of Darden, Tennessee. But despite having an eyewitness who’d s...
17 min
124
Episode 21 - Tombstone
On October 26, 1881, a group of nine outlaws and lawmen gathered in a narrow alleyway in Tombstone, Arizona. Their showdown was the result of long-simmering tensions that had been building between these two groups — tensions about good and evil, right an...
39 min
125
Episode 20 - The Rise and Fall of Nikola Tesla
On January 7, 1943, Nikola Tesla passed away at the age of 86 from coronary thrombosis. He died alone, and in debt, at a cheap hotel in New York City. His body was only found when a hotel maid ignored the “do not disturb” sign on his door and decided to ...
17 min