In the 1940s Dr. Walter Freeman gained fame for perfecting the lobotomy, then hailed as a miracle cure for the severely mentally ill.
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.
The polio crusade was a time when Americans banded together to conquer a terrible disease.
Like everything else about General George Custer, his martyrdom was shrouded in controversy and contradictions.
Watch Chapter 1 of Custer's Last Stand.
A behind the scenes look at Custer's Last Stand.
Hear some of the background on this story from the film's Director/Producers.
From a small-town Texas murder emerged a landmark civil rights case.
A selection of scenes that were deleted from A Class Apart.
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.
Watch the opening scene of The Rockefellers.
