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Ice Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the Lost Franklin Expedition of 1845 - whose two ships and crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice - with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the incredible discovery of the flagship's wreck in 2014. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was on the icebreaker that led the discovery expedition, tells a fast-paced historical adventure story: Sir John Franklin and the crew of the HMS Erebus and Terror setting off in search of the fabled Northwest Passage.

Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental condemnation and instead sees the Empire for what it was: a series of local fiefdoms administered in varying degrees of competence or brutality by a cast of characters as outsized and eccentric as anything conjured by Gilbert and Sullivan.

True ghost stories since 1997. Castle of Spirits is the internet’s original haunted archive and a weekly paranormal podcast featuring true ghost stories and real, listener-submitted paranormal encounters. Hosted by Vince and Jane Font (The Ghostkeepers), the show explores real-life hauntings, unexplained phenomena, folklore, and other chilling mysteries with smart, often wry discussion. If Radio Rental and Spooked! had a weird ghost baby, this would be it.

Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between "genius" and "idiot" than we've previously known. “As Albert Einstein almost certainly never said, everyone is a genius – but if you judge a fish...

Women Who Carried Ghosts follows fifteen women across twenty-five centuries—from a Roman atrium where a queen's body became the foundation of a republic, to a Nazi concentration camp where a young spy took her secrets to the grave. Between them: a pirate queen who refused to curtsy before Elizabeth I, an opera singer who burned down a convent for the woman she loved, Soviet pilots the Germans called "Night Witches," and the survivors of the siege of Leningrad who kept diaries in the dark while the city starved.

Reveals evidence of advanced ancient technology, anomalous ancient maps, time travel, crystal science, ancient Armageddon, and Atlantis in the Bible Explores the true age of the Sphinx, the Stone Age high-tech found at Gobekli Tepe, the truth of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), the Zep Tepi...

Hometown Ghost Stories dives into the history of haunted locations and investigates why and how these places earned their terrifying reputation. Rob, Dave and Jesse go live every Tuesday night, after a 15-20 minute uninterrupted, documentary-style breakdown on the case. You can even join the show - as many do, during the live broadcasts on YouTube, Tuesday nights at 9pm EST, as we talk ghosts, demons, poltergeists, and the horrifying true tales that led to these hauntings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"In an understated performance, Simon Vance details one of the stunning tragedies arising from the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011...Vance's steady pacing, crisp enunciation, and careful inflection enhance the weight of the story, which moves between reportage and interviews, and ultimately...

Brought to you by Penguin. Coffee is one of the most valuable commodities in the history of the global economy and the world's most popular drug. The very word 'coffee' is one of the most widespread on the planet. Augustine Sedgewick's brilliant new history tells the hidden and surprising story...

An A&E original podcast presented by Rewind Studios, Celebrity Ghost Stories is adapted from the first and only series where celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal, told completely through first-person narratives by the respected actors, musicians, and athletes who experienced these phenomena themselves. From ghosts and angry spirits to real-life haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first-person POV’s from our favorite stars deliver a brand-new way to experience the thrills and chills of the paranormal.Celebrity Ghost Stories is...

Traces the course of Atlantean civilization through its three empires, as well as the colonies and outposts formed by its survivors in Egypt, Göbekli Tepe, India, Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean, and North and South America Shows how pyramids and other megalithic monuments testify to the...

For thirty-one years, the RMS Queen Mary sailed the North Atlantic. It helped defeat Hitler and was the ship of choice for the world's rich and famous. Now in retirement in the Port of Long Beach, the "Stateliest Ship Afloat" plays host to tourists, travelers—and more than six hundred spirits that roam her halls and passageways.

A podcast dedicated to the towns and settlements that no longer exist, Each episode i will choose a new town and discuss when it was founded why it existed and what happened to it.Additionally I will be telling stories of Myths, Legends and Lore surrounding the towns that we discuss.I will be doing bonus episodes directed towards telling stories based on obscure inventions/discoveries (pre 1900s) from the state in which the town is located.Socialshttps://www.instagram.com/ghosttowns_forgottenplaces?utm_source=qr

An extraordinary story of survival and alliance during World War II: the icy journey of four Allied ships crossing the Arctic to deliver much needed supplies to the Soviet war effort. On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy to...

Experience the chilling true maritime history of a merchant ghost ship found adrift with its entire crew vanished. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive historical mystery drops you straight into the perilous world of nineteenth-century Atlantic trade. Feel the suspense build as you...

Step aboard history’s most infamous ghost ship and unravel a chilling true maritime mystery that defies explanation. Perfect for a gripping commute or a late-night true-crime deep dive, this atmospheric investigation reconstructs a fateful 1872 transatlantic voyage. Experience the harrowing...

Drift into deep sleep with soothing maritime history and gentle tales of abandoned ghost ships lost to the ocean mist. If insomnia keeps you awake, let the rhythmic lullaby of calm seas and quiet nautical mysteries wash away your late-night anxiety. Leave the sharp scares behind and embark on a...

Ivory's Ghosts is the first comprehensive, contemporary look at the world's most treasured organic material, ivory. Using a wide range of historical and firsthand reportage, John Frederick Walker tells the astonishing and sometimes savage story of ivory's enormous impact on both human history and that of its most important source: the majestic African elephant.

Jean McKishnie Blewett was a Canadian journalist, author and poet. Blewett published her first novel, Out of the Depths in 1879. In 1896, she won a $600 prize from the Chicago Times-Herald for her poem "Spring". She was a regular contributor to The Globe, a Toronto newspaper and in 1898 became editor of its Homemakers Department. In 1919, assisted by the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, she published a booklet titled Heart Stories to benefit war charities. During this time she regularly lectured on topics such as temperance and suffragism. - Summary by Wikipedia

An occult history of post-war politics, true crime, corruption, and how we got here.