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    In Texas in the 1960s, Rollin King had a crazy idea. He wanted to create a no-frills airline service that served San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. All he and his lawyer had to do was convince the Federal Regulations Bureau that they had no juris
    We continue our study of fascist insurrections with the most famous of them all: Hitler's disastrous beer hall putsch.Footnotes: https://famous-trials.com/hitler/2524-the-hitler-beer-hall-putsch-trial-an-account https://www.spiegel.de/interna
    Depending on which stories you read, Juana of Castile is either a woman who went mad after the death of her husband, or a maligned figure who was manipulated by the men in her life so they could rule Spain in her place. Her life is a perfect ex
    The great love of King Edward II's life was a man named Piers Gaveston. As one contemporary wrote, “I do not remember to have heard that one man so loved another... and our king was incapable of moderate favor." But favoritism has its price. An
    Greg, Wayne, Josh, and Cameron discuss warning shots, Lamborghinis, Batman, Josh's recent date, and the sudden appearance of a 60ft Virgin Mary in Clearwater, Florida.
    Many of us have seen pictures of the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng. But their story is so much more than a medical case study. Mo travels to Mount Airy, North Carolina - the inspiration for Andy Griffith's Mayberry and the real life ho
    The Lodging houses of Victorian London held no shortage of scandal and intrigue for the more imaginative Londoners in the 19th Century. The Maids and their masters, the comings and goings of a transient household and the very concept of strange
    “There were a lot of people who wanted Kennedy dead, a lot of powerful people. There are secrets still being held and I never bought for a minute that Oswald operated alone.”The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on 22nd Nov
    Continuing on the deep ocean of pirate lore to cover the last half-millennia of history related to the scourges of the sea. What led to the uptick of pirate activity in the Caribbean? Why were so many pirates former privateers for the kings and
    Pirate lore is so expansive, we lose some of the common factors that link ancient societies and actions to a thing that we mostly associate with people like Jack Sparrow. What is the history of piracy? How far back does it go and how did it sha
    No guests this week, fans, just pure, undiluted H4 with Alex and Bryan. Enjoy the stories of two self-proclaimed monarchs in two different centuries and very different realms. With Daddy ...
    Phenomenal Historian Professor Buzzkill joins Alex and Bryan to discuss a modern military missile mishap, debunk some myths and teach us much that we didn’t know about the history (Cross-Atlantic ...
    WW2 heroism takes center stage as Alex tells of The Georgian Uprising and Special Guest Nir Yarden shares with our spellbound NYC audience the unbelievable true story of his father’s ...
    The guys take in ghost stories from New York’s most haunted street at the Von Bar (the official bar of the Hidden History Happy Hour) and discuss 295 Bowery – ...
    Argghh! Join Alex & Bryan on the next step of their great adventure: the first of four live episodes from the divinely haunted @vonbarnyc. Live Special Guest Myke Cole comments ...

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