Henry VIII’s health report – obesity and impotence
Henry VIII began his reign as a picture of athletic health and ended it as a health disaster as Tony McMahon discovers
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Five Top Nazi Mysteries
There are many mysteries surrounding the Nazi Third Reich as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
American conservatives and Portuguese fascist Salazar
The Portuguese fascist dictator Antonio Salazar is receiving favourable reviews from some American conservative publications – Tony McMahon reports
Are We Alone? Unveiling Human-Aliens Relationship
If there has been alien contact with humans – where is the evidence? Historian Tony McMahon examines recent and historic claims.
Where Was the Garden of Eden Located?
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?