Alien contact with humans – fact or myth?
If there has been alien contact with humans – where is the evidence? Historian Tony McMahon examines recent and historic claims.
2021
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Locations for the Garden of Eden
The locations of the Garden of Eden are claimed to be in Iraq, China and Japan as Tony McMahon discovers
The world’s museums of torture!
Chicago has just opened the first medieval torture museum in the United States – so why are these gory places so popular?
The rat that was executed for murder!
Tsar Peter III of Russia is remembered as the man who executed a rat for murder – well, chewing the head off one of his toy soldiers
How a horse became a Roman senator!
The emperor Caligula made his favourite horse Incitatus a Roman senator but was it an act of madness or a political statement?
The shortest war in history – just 40 minutes!
The shortest war in history was between the British Empire and the sultanate of Zanzibar lasting just 40 minutes
The woman who gave birth to rabbits
Mary Toft was a woman who claimed to have given birth to rabbits so how did she fool so many people in 18th century England?
The Pope alleged to be a woman!
One of the greatest scandals to ever befall the Roman Catholic church was the story that a woman was elected to the papacy as Pope Joan – as Tony McMahon investigates.
Should the dead be on display in museums?
Should the dead be on display in museums? This ethical question in vexing museums all over the world as they face growing protests as Tony McMahon reports
Lobotomised and sold into slavery
A court case from 1700 reveals a horrific story of young men lobotomised and sold into slavery in Maryland