Crazy Cults of the 1920s and 1930s!
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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Confederates who fled to Brazil
Confederates at the end of the American Civil War fled to Brazil where slavery was still legal as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
Cannibalism – the history of eating human flesh
Cannibalism is the ultimate taboo and Tony McMahon reveals the gruesome history of eating human flesh that still rightly shocks us today
Helen Duncan – the last Witch in England
Helen Duncan was the last person tried under the Witchcraft Act making her the last witch in England as Tony McMahon reports
Ku Klux Klan – a history of brutal murder
The brutal history of the Ku Klux Klan from its founding in 1865 and its record of murder exposed by TV historian Tony McMahon
Serial Killers of the Wild West!
Serial killers in the Wild West like John “Liver Eating” Johnson got clean away with their crimes as Tony McMahon discovers
Jesse James – war criminal and thug
Jesse James was a war criminal and sadistic thug but transformed into a Hollywood Wild West hero as Tony McMahon explains
Two Black Boxers born into Slavery!
Two black American boxers born into slavery became stars in early 19th century England but were brought down by endemic racism as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
Wyatt Earp – and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
What really happened in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and was Wyatt Earp a hero or a villain? TV historian Tony McMahon investigates
Wild West’s forgotten African-American cowboys
A quarter of cowboys were African-American in the Wild West but Hollywood erased their identities as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers