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When African-Americans rejected the Democrats

Tony McMahon4 days ago4 days ago06 mins

African-Americans are regarded as natural Democrats but up until 1936, many voted Republican as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers

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Cryptids
  • history TV

Cryptids – a guide to strange monsters

Tony McMahon2 weeks ago2 weeks ago09 mins

Cryptids are imaginary creatures that many people believe today actually exist from Mothman to Bigfoot as TV historian Tony McMahon investigates

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suspicious plane death
  • history TV
  • True Crime

Suspicious VIP deaths in a plane crash

Tony McMahon3 weeks ago3 weeks ago020 mins

Many political figures have been killed in a suspicious plane crash – their deaths unexplained to this day as Tony McMahon investigates

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  • history TV
  • Queen Victoria

The Boer War – ten things you didn’t know!

Tony McMahon1 month ago1 month ago034 mins

The Boer War is a forgotten conflict that pitched the British Empire against a group of white settlers in Africa. Tony McMahon investigates.

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  • history TV
  • Tudors

Six Unlucky Wives of Henry VIII

Tony McMahon1 month ago1 month ago039 mins

King Henry VIII had six wives, two of whom were brutally beheaded. What lay behind these multiple stormy marriages? TV historian Tony McMahon investigates.

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  • history TV

Napoleon – plotting an invasion of Ireland?

Tony McMahon2 months ago2 months ago015 mins

Napoleon plotted an invasion of Ireland on several occasions as a way to weaken Britain as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers

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  • history TV

Crazy Cults of the 1920s and 1930s!

Tony McMahon2 months ago2 months ago012 mins

The 1920s and 1930s saw a proliferation of crazy cults that shaped the counter-culture of the 1960s and 1970s as Tony McMahon discovers

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  • history TV

Confederates who fled to Brazil

Tony McMahon2 months ago2 months ago020 mins

Confederates at the end of the American Civil War fled to Brazil where slavery was still legal as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers

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cannibal human flesh
  • history TV
  • True Crime

Cannibalism – the history of eating human flesh

Tony McMahon2 months ago1 month ago027 mins

Cannibalism is the ultimate taboo and Tony McMahon reveals the gruesome history of eating human flesh that still rightly shocks us today

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  • history TV
  • True Crime

Helen Duncan – the last Witch in England

Tony McMahon2 months ago2 months ago018 mins

Helen Duncan was the last person tried under the Witchcraft Act making her the last witch in England as Tony McMahon reports

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