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175 episodes
Updated July 22

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Sep 30, 2021 · 14 min
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 ...
Sep 17, 2021 · 34 min
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...
Aug 31, 2021 · 13 min
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...
Aug 12, 2021 · 15 min
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...
Jul 22, 2021 · 13 min
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...
Jul 1, 2021 · 13 min
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. ...
Jun 25, 2021 · 14 min
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, ...
Jun 15, 2021 · 35 min
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...
May 27, 2021 · 17 min
Episode 22 - The Mysterious Disappearance Of Holly Bobo
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...
May 5, 2021 · 39 min
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...
Apr 9, 2021 · 18 min
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 ...
Apr 1, 2021 · 13 min
Episode 19 - Maud Wagner
At the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, an aerialist named Maud Wagner struck a deal with a tattoo artist. She would go on a date with him — if he taught her how to tattoo. Thus began the two most important love affairs of Wagner’s life: the tattoo artist...
Mar 28, 2021 · 24 min
Bonus: Amy Lynn Bradley - Facebook Live Discussion
On March 12th 2021, History Uncovered went live on Facebook to discuss the disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley. Listen to episode 18 for more of the backstory, and make sure to follow us on Facebook book to catch our next Facebook live discussion. https:...
Mar 5, 2021 · 13 min
Episode 18 - The Baffling Disappearance Of Amy Lynn Bradley
On March 24, 1998, 23-year-old Amy Lynn Bradley disappeared— a Royal Caribbean cruise ship en route to the island of Curacao.The easiest explanation is that Bradley fell overboard and vanished beneath the ocean waves. But Bradley was a strong swimmer. S...
Feb 12, 2021 · 31 min
Episode 17 - The Disturbing Death of Elisa Lam
On February 19th, 2013, the naked corpse of a young woman was found floating in the water tank atop downtown L.A.’s Cecil Hotel.The hotel’s maintenance workers had gone to check on the rooftop tank after guests complained that their water tasted funny. ...
Jan 15, 2021 · 15 min
Episode 16 - The Day Malcolm X And Martin Luther King Finally Met
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. are two of the most iconic figures of the 1960s American civil rights movement. But they only met each other once — briefly, and almost by accident — in 1964. https://allthatsinteresting.com/malcolm-x-and-mlk-meetin...
Dec 21, 2020 · 14 min
Episode 15 - DB Cooper
On November 24, 1971, a man who identified himself as Dan Cooper bought a one-way ticket from Portland to Seattle on Northwest Orient Airlines flight #305. He paid for his ticket in cash and made his way to seat 18C. Shortly after take-off, he summone...
Dec 15, 2020 · 17 min
Episode 14 - The Christmas Truce of 1914
In the midst of the unrelenting violence of World War I, a ceasefire suddenly swept across areas of the Western front in 1914. Massive amounts of life had already been extinguished, but there was one circumstance that halted the brutality and bloodshed....
Nov 25, 2020 · 26 min
Episode 13 - Trail of Tears
Throughout the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson ordered the forced removal of tens of thousands of Native Americans from their homelands east of the Mississippi River. This perilous journey to designated lands in the west, known as the Trail of Tears, was...
Oct 28, 2020 · 13 min
Episode 12 - The Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, the quiet Puritan settlement of Salem, Massachusetts descended into madness when its residents suddenly began accusing each other of witchcraft. Now known as the Salem witch trials, this phenomenon would go on to be the largest witch hunt in Ame...

History Uncovered

Episode 30 - Franz Reichelt, ”The Flying Tailor”

Episode 29 - The Donner Party

Episode 28 - Beck Weathers

Episode 27 - Anneliese Michel

Episode 26 - Amy Winehouse

Episode 25 - The Death of Jim Morrison

Episode 24 - Delphi Murders

Episode 23 - Bass Reeves

Episode 22 - The Mysterious Disappearance Of Holly Bobo

Episode 21 - Tombstone

Episode 20 - The Rise and Fall of Nikola Tesla

Episode 19 - Maud Wagner

Bonus: Amy Lynn Bradley - Facebook Live Discussion

Episode 18 - The Baffling Disappearance Of Amy Lynn Bradley

Episode 17 - The Disturbing Death of Elisa Lam

Episode 16 - The Day Malcolm X And Martin Luther King Finally Met

Episode 15 - DB Cooper

Episode 14 - The Christmas Truce of 1914

Episode 13 - Trail of Tears

Episode 12 - The Salem Witch Trials