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March 28, 2023
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    Meteorite worship – holy sky objects!

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    The 1990s mania for outing gay men!

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  • America’s Violent Crusade against Alcohol

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  • Hoover LGBT

    J. Edgar Hoover – the LGBT FBI boss?

    2 weeks ago2 weeks ago
  • The life and death of a Highwayman!

    3 weeks ago3 weeks ago
  • Syphilis – a grim and painful history!

    3 weeks ago3 weeks ago
meteorite worship
  • ancient
21 mins ago18 mins ago

Meteorite worship – holy sky objects!

Meteorite worship has been observed in many ancient civilisations as TV historian Tony McMahon investigates these holy rocks

gay outing
  • LGBT
2 days ago2 days ago

The 1990s mania for outing gay men!

From 1990, there was a mania in the LGBT community for outing high profile gay men in politics, business, and entertainment. Why?

  • American history
1 week ago1 week ago

America’s Violent Crusade against Alcohol

At the turn of the 20th century, America experienced a violent crusade against alcohol led by female crusader Carrie Nation

Hoover LGBT
  • American history
2 weeks ago2 weeks ago

J. Edgar Hoover – the LGBT FBI boss?

J. Edgar Hoover was head of the FBI from the 1920s to the 1970s – the hammer of gangsters, communists, and LGBT people. Strange, given he was in a lifelong gay relationship.

  • Werewolf

A real-life werewolf in England

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Fear of nuclear war in the 1980s

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  • Royalty

Diamond Jubilee 1897 – amazing images!

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AIDS and the Soviet disinformation campaign

meteorite worship
  • ancient

Meteorite worship – holy sky objects!

Tony McMahon21 mins ago18 mins ago08 mins

Meteorite worship has been observed in many ancient civilisations as TV historian Tony McMahon investigates these holy rocks

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gay outing
  • LGBT

The 1990s mania for outing gay men!

Tony McMahon2 days ago2 days ago07 mins

From 1990, there was a mania in the LGBT community for outing high profile gay men in politics, business, and entertainment. Why?

Read More
  • American history

America’s Violent Crusade against Alcohol

Tony McMahon1 week ago1 week ago08 mins

At the turn of the 20th century, America experienced a violent crusade against alcohol led by female crusader Carrie Nation

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Hoover LGBT
  • American history

J. Edgar Hoover – the LGBT FBI boss?

Tony McMahon2 weeks ago2 weeks ago07 mins

J. Edgar Hoover was head of the FBI from the 1920s to the 1970s – the hammer of gangsters, communists, and LGBT people. Strange, given he was in a lifelong gay relationship.

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  • True Crime

The life and death of a Highwayman!

Tony McMahon3 weeks ago3 weeks ago010 mins

The life of an 18th century highwayman could be thrilling but also very short – especially if you showed compassion to your victims.

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  • history TV

Syphilis – a grim and painful history!

Tony McMahon3 weeks ago3 weeks ago016 mins

Syphilis has a long and painful history – with one in ten Londoners once infected with this killer disease as Tony McMahon investigates.

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  • American history
  • history TV

US Civil War: how Europe aided the Confederacy

Tony McMahon3 weeks ago3 weeks ago013 mins

How Europe helped the Confederacy during the American Civil War while professing its abhorrence of slavery is an interesting tale of hypocrisy and mendacity in equal measure.

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  • history TV

Aleister Crowley – wickedest man in the world?

Tony McMahon3 weeks ago3 weeks ago015 mins

Aleister Crowley was the High Priest of Satanism but was he really the wickedest man in the world and did he occasionally do something good?

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  • Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper and Walter Sickert!

Tony McMahon3 weeks ago3 weeks ago011 mins

How did the artist Walter Sickert come to be a suspect in the Jack the Ripper killings? TV historian Tony McMahon investigates.

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  • True Crime

The Merstham Tunnel Murder Mystery

Tony McMahon3 weeks ago3 weeks ago216 mins

In 1905, Mary Money was found dead in the Merstham Tunnel believed murdered but events suggested otherwise as Tony McMahon discovers

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