Coming Soon: Unknown History Season 4

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Coming Soon: Unknown History Season 4

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On the new season of Unknown History, Giles Milton tells the tales of post-war Europe and the brave men who kept the west from tumbling into chaos - but also sowed the seeds of the Cold War. Tune in weekly on Thursdays starting the 15th of July for the whole thrilling story.

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Jul 8, 2021

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Unknown History provides you with surprising, quirky, and remarkable tales from the past, so you can pretend you paid attention in history class. Hosted by renowned author Giles Milton. To download podcast episodes not shown here, visit QuickandDirtyTips.com

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15 S1 -The Dog Who Barked for Victory: Learn even more about Sergeant Stubby. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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8 S1 - The Secret Fate of Lenin's Brain: What happened to Lenin's brain, and why? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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12 S1 - Who Was William Hitler?: Did you know Hitler had an American nephew? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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10 S1 - Insurance Fraud on The Good Ship Zong: Listen to Giles Milton tell a sinister story about insurance fraud on the Zong. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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13 S1 - Jeremiah G. Hamilton: Wall Street's 'Prince of Darkness': Who was Wall Street's "Prince of Darkness"? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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5 S1 - Sergeant Stubby: How Did One Dog Become a Decorated War Hero?: How did this canine help win WWI? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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17 S1 - God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal: An interview with Jack Kelly by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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40 S2 - Churchill's Extraordinary Killing School: Who were Eric Sykes and William Fairbairn? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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18 S1 - The Story of Japan's Deadly Balloon Bomb: A story about a picnic gone wrong. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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24 S2 - What Happened When the Mona Lisa Was Stolen?: Who stole the Mona Lisa, and what happened after that? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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27 S2 - The Secret Nazi Prisoners of Virginia: Among P.O. Box 1142's high-ranking prisoners was the man who had developed the V1 and V2 rockets that had reduced parts of London to rubble by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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9 S1 - The First Celebrity Kidnapping: Baby Charles Lindbergh: Who kidnapped baby Charles? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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4 S1 - How Dorothy Lawrence Disguised Herself as a Man to Fight in WWI: What happens when a woman pretends to be a man to join WWI? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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16 S1 - Who Was the Last Eunuch of China?: Hear the surprising story behind the last eunuch of China. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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2 S1 - How to Survive the Sinking of the Titanic: How did one man survive the Titanic's sinking with a bottle a whiskey? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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29 S2 - What Was Operation Pastorius?: Have you heard of Hitler's plan to take Long Island? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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20 S2 - How Did One D-Day Rehearsal Go Terribly Wrong?: Rehearsal or real attack? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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19 S1 - Emperor of the United States?: Did the US really have an Emperor? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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14 S1 - Hiroo Onoda: The Japanese Soldier Who Wouldn't Surrender: Who was Hiroo Onoda? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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7 S1 - How Did Three Men Escape from Alcatraz?: How did they pull off this impossible getaway? Find out from Giles Milton. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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32 S2 - When Stalin Robbed a Bank: Hear the story of when Stalin robbed the new State Bank. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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25 S2 - What Happened to the Children Bred for the Hitler Regime?: Have you ever heard of the Lebensborn program? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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69 Labor Special - The 1894 Pullman Strike: Part 5: How George Pullman's laborers fought back. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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31 S2 - The Real Queen Victoria: A Conversation with Author Daisy Goodwin: Q&A with Daisy Goodwin by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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54 Poison Special - The Gross Reality of Royal Life: Part 5: Royal palaces were full of vermin, foul stenches, and public urination. by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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26 S2 - How One Boy Survived the Hindenburg Crash: How did a 14-year-old escape the wreck? by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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Launching the Airlift: The Berlin Airlift saved the city from starvation during the Russian blockade of 1948. But supplying over two million people for over a year via airplane was a Herculean feat that almost didn't happen. Unknown History delves deeper into the American solution. Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytips https://twitter.com/quickdirtytips by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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The Siege: Could the Berlin Airlift Save Berlin?: When the Soviets cut off all supply routes to western Berlin in 1948, they didn't anticipate the ingenuity and tactical planning skills of Army Brigadier General Frank Howley. Could the Berlin Airlift really keep the entire city alive during the siege? Read the transcript. Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows. Subscribe to the Unknown History podcast. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Links: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/ https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/subscribe https://www.facebook.com/quickdirtytips https://twitter.com/quickdirtytips by Unknown History with Giles Milton
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Coming Soon: Unknown History Season 4

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