Six Unlucky Wives of Henry VIII
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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Napoleon – plotting an invasion of Ireland?
Napoleon plotted an invasion of Ireland on several occasions as a way to weaken Britain as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
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
How Confederates continued slavery in Brazil after the Civil War
Confederates at the end of the American Civil War fled to Brazil where slavery was still legal as TV historian Tony McMahon discovers
Secret history of the Ku Klux Klan – terrifying insights
The brutal history of the Ku Klux Klan from its founding in 1865 and its record of murder exposed by TV historian Tony McMahon
How Serial Killers operated in plain sight in the Wild West!
Serial killers in the Wild West like John “Liver Eating” Johnson got clean away with their crimes as 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 create the myth of 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
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