J. Edgar Hoover – the LGBT FBI boss?
J. Edgar Hoover was head of the FBI from the 1920s to the 1970s – the hammer of gangsters, communists, and LGBT people. Strange, given he was in a lifelong gay relationship.
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Stand and Deliver! The truth about the Highwayman
The life of an 18th century highwayman could be thrilling but also very short – especially if you showed compassion to your victims.
Syphilis – a grim and painful history!
Syphilis has a long and painful history – with one in ten Londoners once infected with this killer disease as Tony McMahon investigates.
US Civil War: how Europe aided the Confederacy
How Europe helped the Confederacy during the American Civil War while professing its abhorrence of slavery is an interesting tale of hypocrisy and mendacity in equal measure.
The Merstham Tunnel Murder Mystery
In 1905, Mary Money was found dead in the Merstham Tunnel believed murdered but events suggested otherwise as Tony McMahon discovers
Weirdest American unsolved murder cases!
Boston has seen many unsolved murders and TV historian Tony McMahon investigates three from the 19th century where the killer was never identified.
Unsolved Victorian Murders: Benjamin Nathan
The unsolved murder of Benjamin Nathan in 1870 revealed the corrupt politics of 19th century New York and underlying class tensions
True Crime – Unsolved 19th Century Murders!
True crime stories from the 19th century with several gruesome unsolved murders investigated by Tony McMahon
The Lavender Scare – America’s LGBT purge
The 1950s anti-Communist McCarthyite Red Scare was accompanied by a lesser known Lavender Scare against LGBT employees in government with terrible consequences
LGBT people arrested in 19th century London
In 1810, a group of 27 LGBT men were arrested at a pub called The White Swan in London and two of them were subsequently hanged