History Shorts

Each day, award-winning historian and author Peter Zablocki shares his research into the little-known and hidden-in-plain-sight historical curiosities you probably never heard of. All in the little time you probably do not have.

History
176
Trivia: Infamous Cults in History
3 min
177
Mysteries: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
10 min
178
Conversations: Patrick K. O'Donnell
12 min
179
Who Cracked the Liberty Bell?
8 min
180
Native American Leaders
8 min
181
The First American Novel Scandal
9 min
182
The Amber Room Mystery
8 min
183
Trivia: Deaths of Famous People
5 min
184
Mysteries: Betraying Anne Frank
9 min
185
Conversations: Dan Carlin
20 min
186
Chocolate
8 min
187
First Female Presidential Candidate
9 min
188
1605 Demolition Men
9 min
189
Emperor's Ransom
9 min
190
Trivia: The Great Depression
6 min
191
Mysteries: Sunken Civilizations
10 min
192
Conversations: Roger Crowley
23 min
193
Hitler Diaries
8 min
194
Bloody Angle NYC
8 min
195
Mummifying Lenin
7 min
196
Teapot Dome Scandal
8 min
197
Trivia: The Movies
7 min
198
Mysteries: Marilyn Monroe
10 min
199
Conversations: James R. Benn
18 min
200
Confederados
8 min