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Five Biggest History Conspiracy Theories

Tony McMahon12 months ago12 months ago022 mins

TV investigative historian Tony McMahon looks at history’s five biggest conspiracy theories from the JFK assassination to the death of Hitler

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  • Rome

Pius XII – the Pope who exploded!

Tony McMahon12 months ago4 months ago013 mins

The embalming of Pope Pius XII in October 1958 was so botched by his doctor that this pope exploded while on public view in the Vatican

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Did the Vatican steal the ancient Menorah?

Tony McMahon12 months ago8 months ago025 mins

One of the strangest conspiracy theories circulating today is that the Vatican is in possession of the ancient Menorah fashioned by the prophet Moses at the direct command of God. This is the seven-branched candelabrum that the Israelites carried with them during the Exodus from Egypt and later installed in the Temple of Solomon in…

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  • Ancient Egypt
  • history TV

Abusing the Mummies of Ancient Egypt

Tony McMahon12 months ago12 months ago011 mins

Mummies from Ancient Egypt weren’t just unwrapped in the past but featured in ballets, dinner parties, and abused in many ways

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  • history of horror
  • history TV

Werewolves explained – from ancient legends to Hollywood!

Tony McMahon12 months ago8 months ago010 mins

As the horror genre revives in the movies and streaming TV series – it’s time that werewolves were explained being a hugely popular monster!

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  • culture

Rembrandt The Night Watch – being restored!

Tony McMahon1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

The Rembrandt 1642 masterpiece The Night Watch has been undergoing a massive restoration and is being hanged out of its frame in the Rijksmuseum

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  • history of horror

Werewolves explained – a terrifying history!

Tony McMahon1 year ago1 year ago111 mins

The history of werewolves goes back thousands of years to ancient Greece, Hindu mythology and countless stories of werewolf attacks

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  • LGBT

Getting arrested for cross dressing in history!

Tony McMahon1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

As gender and sex identity becomes a heated topic – let’s look back at cross dressing in history as it’s nothing new as Tony McMahon reports

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  • history TV

Frankenstein – from Mary Shelley to the movies!

Tony McMahon1 year ago1 year ago110 mins

Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein in the early 19th century and it’s gone through some big changes at the hands of the movies

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  • history of horror

Vampires explained – the history and horror!

Tony McMahon1 year ago1 year ago24 mins

Vampires have a long history from ancient Greece through medieval Europe to several, notably Irish, Gothic horror novelists!

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