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Meeting of the Supreme Command, Allied Expeditionary Force, London, 1 February 1944

What does D-Day stand for? And other facts about the Normandy landings
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The Tulsa Massacre: The single worst moment of racial violence in US history
Curse of Skinwalker Ranch

The Curse of Skinwalker Ranch S2: Episodes
Dr Travis Taylor

Dr Travis Taylor
'Sex: Lessons From History' - Dr Fern Riddell

'We’re all sex-obsessed': Fern Riddell on her new book
Crystal ball and fortune teller hands. Divination concept. The spiritual seance. Future reading.

Prophet Warnings: 9 intriguing predictions from history
King James I and VI - Portrait attributed to John de Critz, c. 1605

Popery, puritans and witches: The reign of King James I and VI
FDR

The most famous people involved in the Oak Island mystery
Secrets of the Runestone

The Kensington Runestone: A Viking mystery
Lagertha

Fiercest female Viking warriors
Peter Stormare

'It was like a calling': Peter Stormare on 'Secrets of the Viking Stone'
The Battle of Waterloo

Was the British Empire a force for good?
A Beltane bonfire

The Wheel of the Year: the calendar of pagan festivals explained
Leiv Eirikson discovering America

Three of the greatest Viking explorers that ever set sail
A photograph of the Mary Rose ship in Portsmouth

Listen to The Mary Rose and the People of Tudor England

Curse of the Lost Amazon Gold: Episodes
Henry VIII and Henry VIII

The lives of Henry VII and Henry VIII: Never the twain shall meet

When Germans and Americans fought side by side in WW2
The Hindenburg disaster - three air disasters caught on camera

Crash and burn: three air disasters caught on camera
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries by Jacques-Louis David

Napoleon: The biggest myths debunked
A man wearing headphones in front of the Flag of Russia

Russian spies pose as all-American family

The fatal design flaw in Hitler's D-Day defences
Civil War

What did this secret society have to do with lost Civil War gold?

Guilty or innocent?: The crimes of Anne Boleyn
Stockholm City Hall - Inside the arch there is a marble sculptural composition "Punishment of Loki", 1923

Loki’s most mischievous tricks in Norse mythology
Margaret Thatcher giving a speech in 1991

The 7 longest serving British Prime Ministers
Peasants enjoying a simple meal

The weirdest food in history: From fish bladder jam to beaver tails
Model of Leonardo's tank

9 wacky medieval war machines
Portrait of Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell: Dictator or democrat?
A portrait of Charles I 'In Three Positions'

A brief history of the 'Wars of the Three Kingdoms'

Gary finds a piece of jewellery

The moment Britain almost made peace with Hitler

Win a copy of Victoire by Roland Phillips
Big Ben collapses

How world-famous landmarks would collapse if people disappeared
Pawn Stars - Pawn It Out of the Park (Season 20, Episode 1). 

Watch full episode of Pawn Stars 'Pawn It Out of the Park'
The Duke of Wellington's Funeral

12 'commoners' who had ceremonial state funerals