An epic story of adventure, abandonment and human tragedy, The Greely Expedition tells of an 1881 scientific mission to the Arctic that ended with death and rumors of cannibalism.
Like everything else about General George Custer, his martyrdom was shrouded in controversy and contradictions.
From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case.
Wyatt Earp came to epitomize the marshal responsible for taming the Wild West.
John D. Rockefeller was the world's first billionaire and the most hated man in America.
Uncover the shocking history of the early 20th-century campaign to breed a “better” American race.
Explore the history of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment.
Explore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment.
Revisit the heyday of America’s traveling circus and meet the showmen who created it.
A preview of The Kennedys, a saga of ambition, wealth, family loyalty and personal tragedy.
In the years before radar had been invented, no one had ever seen a storm like this.
In 1978 over 900 people died in the largest mass murder-suicide in history.
