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
201
Presidential Sex Scandals
9 min
202
Hollywood's 1924 Murder Mystery
8 min
203
Got Milk?
8 min
204
Conversations: Martin Dugard
15 min
205
Christopher Columbus (Where are they now?)
10 min
206
Conversations: Harold Holzer
27 min
207
Booth Saves a Lincoln
8 min
208
Bounty Jumpers
7 min
209
Escaping the Confederacy
8 min
210
Bad Day for a Picnic
7 min
211
Wright Brothers (Where are they now?)
10 min
212
Conversations: Matt Seelinger
13 min
213
Annie Oakley Shoots the Kaiser?
8 min
214
WWI German Internment
7 min
215
The Black Chamber
9 min
216
Zeppelins Over London
8 min
217
Paul Revere (Where are they now?)
11 min
218
Conversations: David Sears
22 min
219
Japan's Last Soldier
8 min
220
Bat Bombs
8 min
221
Cherry Blossoms at Night
7 min
222
Killing Tojo
7 min
223
Conversations: Clare Mulley
15 min
224
BONUS: Interview with a D-Day Veteran
32 min
225
Double Life of Josephine Baker
8 min