Halloween – the mysterious ancient origins!
Halloween has become one of the most popular festivals of the year. Appealing to both…
Halloween – the mysterious ancient origins!
Halloween has become one of the most popular festivals of the year. Appealing to both children and adults with its emphasis on horror and just being generally creeped out. But where does it come from? Well, the roots of Halloween have ancient origins. And there are many different theories. The Halloween craze as we know…
An 18th century transgender couple
I’m an avid collector of old – and I mean very old – newspapers. From the year 1766, I own a copy of The London Chronicle with the most extraordinary front page article. It recounts the story of a “female husband” – a woman who donned male apparel and lived openly as the ‘husband’ of…
Jack the Ripper – most likely suspects!
In the closing months of the year 1888, the Whitechapel district of London was gripped with terror as a serial killer known as Jack the Ripper stalked the streets killing women in an incredibly grisly manner. Not just strangled or stabbed, but eviscerated with their organs removed. This mass murderer was never caught. But there’s…
Hegra – lost civilisation in the Arabian desert!
This month, I gazed upon the remains of a two thousand year old civilisation lost for centuries in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. The second city of the Nabatean civilisation, famous for the tombs built at Petra in what is now the kingdom of Jordan. This was a Nabatean city that rivalled Petra for wealth…
When African-Americans rejected the Democrats
African-Americans are regarded as natural Democrats but up until 1936, many voted Republican as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
Cryptids – a guide to strange monsters
Cryptids are imaginary creatures that many people believe today actually exist from Mothman to Bigfoot as TV historian Tony McMahon investigates
Suspicious VIP deaths in a plane crash
Many political figures have been killed in a suspicious plane crash – their deaths unexplained to this day as Tony McMahon investigates
The Boer War – ten things you didn’t know!
The Boer War is a forgotten conflict that pitched the British Empire against a group of white settlers in Africa. Tony McMahon investigates.
Six Unlucky Wives of Henry VIII
King Henry VIII had six wives, two of whom were brutally beheaded. What lay behind these multiple stormy marriages? TV historian Tony McMahon investigates.
Napoleon – plotting an invasion of Ireland?
Napoleon plotted an invasion of Ireland on several occasions as a way to weaken Britain as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
