On the night that shattered the nation, a dark conspiracy would also devastate a family. At the same time, as assassination attempts go, this assassin went 0 for 5.

A cold-blooded murder in broad daylight. A cover-up that starts at the White House. A scandal that rocks the entire country. You won't believe how this one ends. Or you probably will now, now that I've hinted that it's different than the way you thought it would go. Just listen to it, okay? It's got an action sequence and everything!

Lincoln grows a beard and forces a young lithographer to find a new way to make a lasting impact on American culture. NOTE: this episode comes in an alternate form - this is the main version.

Lincoln grows a beard and forces a young lithographer to find a new way to make a lasting impact on American culture. NOTE: this episode comes in two forms, and this version is an alternate version featuring a few contributions from my two-year-old son. Enjoy!

Founding Father Gouverneur Morris produced some of the lofty language that underpins our most sacred governing document, but we don't talk about him much, maybe because of his...unorthodox self-care methods. NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH. 

He fled the Bolsheviks and the Nazis. He married a Russian aristocrat. And he won the Kentucky Derby. Twice in a row. Why isn't there a biopic in the works?

You may be unlucky, but have you ever been "accidentally started two major wars" unlucky? Some origin stories are downright embarrassing.

Everybody dreams of being President for a day. Turns out, there's a chance one man actually may have been just that.

There's a kind of tragic poetry in the history and creation of the Secret Service, but protecting important politicians wasn't their first line of work. And that's a real shame for a few presidents. 

No foreign enemy has ever dropped a nuclear weapon on American soil. But we have, several times. At least they're all accounted for, right?