How one failed mountain guide and prospector achieved enduring infamy on the 19th century American frontier
Category: History
The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
After a ship on a secret mission was sank, leaving 900 men in the water, they were attacked for almost four days by sharks
François l’Olonnais
One of the most feared buccaneers, this French pirate with a taste for both torture and murder eventually met an end just as grisly as anything he had meted out
Operation Cottage
How the Allies took over 300 casualties invading an island that wasn’t defended
The Battle of Bamber Bridge
How a small village in Lancashire was the site of a running gun battle during the Second World War
The Arthur’s Seat Coffins
In 1836 17 mysterious wooden figurines in miniature coffins were found on Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh. Debate has raged since over who put them there and for what purpose
The Most Haunted Town In America?
The site of a defining battle in American history, the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg has a strong claim to being the most haunted in America
George III – The Truth of Britain’s Own Mad King
George III was seen as a devoted and competent king until a tragic descent into madness
The Dancing Plague
In 16th Century France, as many as 400 people were infected by a strange contagion that caused them to dance for days on end
Cock Beck – the Violent History of Britain’s Bloodiest Stream
Now a small stream in West Yorkshire, Cock Beck has born witness to some of England’s bloodiest battles
