Kathryn Anne Fiscus was only 3-years-old when she fell down a well in San Marino, CA, and though the rescue effort that followed her accident failed to save her life, the implications of it are profound and far-reaching. Today's episode aims to explore those effects, both on the community and on the future of media as we know it. The discourse surrounding little Kathy's historical impact may be relatively new, but one thing is already for certain: after the incident had reached its conclusion, the world would never again be the same.

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There are so many questions surrounding the life of this Siberian mystic that it's hard to know where to begin. Did he have mystical healing powers? Were he and the Empress enjoying a scandalous affair? How much influence did he actually enjoy over the Tsar? What was the real cause of his death? On this episode, we're attempting to answer all of these and more through a rigorous examination of the evidence. Though we may not be able to definitively dispel every single myth, we will take a significant step toward learning how much of the legend is true...and how much of it is false.

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The world of flight has no shortage of legendary names, some of which have gone under-explored for far too long. On today's episode, we're thrusting one such figure, Bessie Coleman, into the limelight, and asking how she used her unique identity as the first woman-of-color pilot to lift up fellow Black people at a critical point in their race's history.

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Today, most people's impressions of Joseph Smith depend heavily on whether they've read The Book of Mormon, or whether they've seen The Book of Mormon. So this week, we're attempting to take a more unbiased look at the man behind the faith.

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In this bonus episdoe, David expands upon his thoughts on P.T. Barnum, particularly with regards to historical revisionism and The Greatest Showman (2018).

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Recent media depictions of P.T. Barnum have painted him as an innovative, albeit flawed, circus magnate concerned with just one thing: putting on the greatest show. But digging deeper into his troubling past, one might discover that there's a lot more to the man than meets the eye.

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Most of us know that women in Shakespeare's day were not allowed on stage. But in 1660, after decades of political turmoil that included both war and multiple regime changes, the first British actress made her debut.

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When Alfred Russel Wallace discovered evolution by natural selection, he must have expected to enter the biology Hall of Fame. Turns out, he had another thing coming.

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Fred Korematsu was a Civil rights figurehead best known for fighting Japanese-American internment in front of the Supreme Court. His legacy, like that of Martin Luther King, implores us to push for justice and equality, even when doing so is far from popular.

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Welcome to 20 Minute History and its very first season, History's Most Captivating Actors! Over the next ten episodes, we hope to introduce you to historical figures who are either relatively unknown or whose lives are so often shrouded in misinformation.

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