Podcast Categories: History

If you have ever had a strange fascination with dark and wild histories, compelling mysteries, and conspiracy theories, then this podcast is for you. Every episode your hosts Skye and Louis will bring a new story to the table. They will ask questions, tell related stories, and give their own opinions, all while learning about the cases.

HEC-TV has produced several gripping programs centered around the Holocaust. George Brady remembers his sister Hana and tells about his experiences as a young boy in a concentration camp. In another program, we were live at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and interviewed two survivors, Ela Weissberger and Mendel Rosenberg. Ela was in the original cast of Brundibar, a children’s opera performed in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ recently presented Brundibar and we bring you discussions with cast members, the stage designer, and the director.

Two freaks explore antiques every week. Updates Wednesday.

Deep dive into a rigorous romp through the history of New Zealand, from its volcanic beginnings, through settlement, wars and social change to the late 20th century.

The American Revolution entailed some remarkable transformations–converting British colonists into American revolutionaries, and a cluster of colonies into a confederation of states with a common cause — but it was far more complex and enduring than the fighting of a war. As John Adams put it, “The Revolution was in the Minds of the people… before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington”–and it continued long past America’s victory at Yorktown. This course will examine the Revolution from this broad perspective, tracing the participants’ shifting sense of themselves as British subjects, colonial settlers, revolutionaries, and Americans.

Survey of American history from its European and Native American origins through Reconstruction. Emphasis on the economic, political, cultural, and social forces that have shaped the American past.

5 Minute History brings you short histories of events, places, companies, products, and all sorts of other things. The show is split into seasons, each of which consists of ten episodes. Each episode, as the title of the show suggests, is only a few minutes long, so you can quickly learn the facts without all of the fluff that maybe you don’t need to know.