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
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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
Did Buffalo Bill invent the Wild West?
Buffalo Bill is often accused of having invented a fake Wild West in his shows but TV historian Tony McMahon begs to differ
Terror of Scalping in the Wild West
Scalping by Indian tribes terrified the Wild West but in truth, white settlers were taking scalps as well – for money – Tony McMahon reports
Napoleon and the nose on the Sphinx
The new Ridley Scott movie on Napoleon will revive the idea that his troops shot the nose off the Sphinx as Tony McMahon investigates
Sensational Victorian sex scandals!
The 19th century was full of Victorian sex scandals with many showing an obsession with whipping as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers