The Spanish Inquisition – what was it really like?
Tony McMahon visited a Spanish Inquisition prison to find out what really happened to heretics behind those walls
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Berlin museums shut because of Coronavirus, however…
Tony McMahon visited the Pergamon Museum in Berlin just before it shut because of the Coronavirus and captured amazing footage of this Roman gateway
Are you missing Game of Thrones?
Tony McMahon saw the Game of Thrones live concert experience in 2018 and shares his film and memories with you
Nuns go into religious ecstasy at the site of the crucifixion
Tony McMahon visited Jerusalem in 2012 and saw Russian nuns going into ecstasy before the site where Jesus was crucified
Coronavirus – and panic in history
In history we see episodes of huge panic as we’re now witnessing with Coronavirus and we saw with terrorism and the threat of nuclear war in the past
Rethinking Museum Visits: Beyond the Mona Lisa
Going to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre has become an ordeal as Tony McMahon discovered and filmed
Your family tree – join me on Ancestry.com
BeardyHistory blogger Tony McMahon appeals to Ancestry.com users to share their experience of tracing their family trees
Rob Riggle Global Investigator!
Rob Riggle Global Investigator is a new Discovery TV series including a search for the Holy Grail with Templar expert Tony McMahon
Covid today – Tuberculosis yesterday
Covid 19 is the new virus threatening our way of life but in the past, tuberculosis had a very similar impact on society as Tony McMahon discovers
Ancient bog body murder mystery
Bog bodies are the well preserved remains of sacrificial victims placed in peat bogs by our ancestors