Episode list

Did Genghis Khan really kill 1,748,000 people in one hour?

The Elizabeth Bathory Episode: Was a Hungarian countess the world's most prolific serial killer?

Fact or Fiction: Is D.B. Cooper still alive?

Ergot and the Salem Witchtrials

The Cursed Tomb of King Tut

What was in Peter the Great's cabinet of curiosities?

How the First Olympics Worked

What was the Christmas Truce?

Why was Davy Crockett king of the wild frontier?

Did Nero really play the fiddle while Rome burned?

Why did England and Spain fight over an ear?

Why was tax evasion the only thing pinned on Al Capone?

What's Mutual Assured Destruction?

How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Work

How the Berlin Wall Worked

How the Donner Party Worked

Vlad Tepes: Who was the real Count Dracula?

How the Great Train Robbery Worked

Did the ancient Greeks get their ideas from the Africans?

How King Arthur Worked

Did the Great Chicago Fire really start with Mrs. O'Leary's cow?

What happened to the two other men on Paul Revere's ride?

How did Rasputin really die?

Could Noah's ark really have happened?

Who was America's first murderer?

How Thomas Jefferson Worked

Why is there an underground city beneath Beijing?

How the Symbols of U.S. Political Parties Work

Did Marie Antoinette really tell French peasants to eat cake?

The History of Presidential Debates

Did someone really escape from Alcatraz?

Does my vote count?

What was America's first terrorist threat?

How Presidential Pardons Work

Was an Irish monk the first European to find America?

Do political parties influence the First Lady's duties?

What happened to the lost colony at Roanoke?

How can a corpse be incorruptible?

Why did Lady Godiva take a naked horse ride?

How the Swing States Works

How Presidential Salaries Work

How the Louisiana Purchase Worked

What was Australia's Stolen Generation?

How the Crusades Worked

How the French Revolution Worked

How Easter Island Works

How the Rosetta Stone Works

Who was Rosie the Riveter?

How the Boston Tea Party Worked

How Henry VIII Worked