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The Airmen and the Headhunters: Watch the Full Episode
Watch this entire episode featuring lost WWII soldiers, the Dayak tribe of Borneo, and the soldier’s eventual rescue conceived by an eccentric British Major.
Mumbai Massacre: Watch a Preview
Timed for broadcast on the first anniversary of the attacks, this episode brings viewers first-hand survivor accounts, closed-circuit footage of the chaos from within the hotels and actual words spoken by both victims and terrorists.
Dogfight Over Guadalcanal: Watch the Full Episode
“Dogfight Over Guadalcanal” examines the showdown between 30-year-old Southerland in his Wildcat, and Saburo Sakai, 25, in his Mitsubishi Zero. Watch the full episode online.
Michelangelo Revealed: Watch the Full Episode
Historians have long wondered about the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, but now, art historian Antonio Forcellino believes he has pieced together evidence of a deep rift between the Church and the esteemed artist.
Killer Flu: Watch the Full Episode
In 1918, a flu pandemic ripped through the global population with such speed and virulence that by the end of the following year an estimated 40 million people would be dead — four times the number of victims eventually claimed …
Blackbeard’s Lost Ship: Watch the Full Episode
300 years after Blackbeard’s reign of terror on the seas, a marine archaeology team believe they have found his legendary sunken flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, off the North Carolina coast.
Executed in Error: Watch the Full Episode
In 1910, an American doctor named Hawley Crippen was convicted in England of poisoning and dismembering his wife. The vicious murder—and execution that followed—made international headlines. But did the prosecutors get it right?
Bombing Nazi Dams: Watch the Full Episode
In the spring of 1943, Allied forces to begin preparations for a top secret Allied raid. Each aircraft carried a top-secret weapon — a newly-invented bouncing bomb — designed to shatter Germany’s major dams.
Bridge on the River Kwai: Watch the Full Episode
Under harsh conditions, POWs, along with thousands of Asian laborers, were ordered by the Japanese to complete a railway linking Thailand and Burma while the US military was developing a new weapon — a “smart bomb.”
Voyage of the Courtesans: Watch the Full Episode
In 1789, more than 200 female thieves, prostitutes, and con artists were shipped off to an Australian penal colony aboard the Lady Juliana. Onboard, The wily women turned their banishment into opportunity and helped guarantee a new world’s future.
Mumbai Massacre: Watch a Preview
Timed for broadcast on the first anniversary of the attacks, this episode brings viewers first-hand survivor accounts, closed-circuit footage of the chaos from within the hotels and actual words spoken by both victims and terrorists.
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