History Shorts

Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during World War II, gained worldwide fame posthumously for her diary, which she wrote while in hiding from the Nazis. But did you know that there are actually four versions of Anne Frank's diary, each with its own significance?

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We finish our Where Are They Now series with the man who, although dead for centuries, remains ever present today. An international group of genetics scientists studying Y-chromosome data found that there are over 16 million Khan descendants living today!

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Mr. Brady Carlson is a reporter, author of Dead Presidents, on-air NPR host, and podcast producer and host of the Cool, Weird Awesome podcast.

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Following Ulysses S. Grant's dismal presidency and failed investments in later life, the former president fought against death itself to ensure his wife was financially taken care of after he was gone - the help to make that possible came from the most unlikely place, the renowned American novelist, Mark Twain.

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Did you know that apart from their sophisticated cities, monumental architecture, and complex social systems, the Mayan civilization was also known for believing in the realm of the dead, accessible through a cave in modern-day Belize?

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President LBJ took a deep breath, looked up, and spoke very slowly: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your president." The road to the tumultuous National Democratic Convention had begun.

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In 1860, posters went up in Sacramento: Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over 18, Must be expert riders… orphans preferred. Pony Express was about to become a reality - or was it just a fad?

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Did you ever wonder what happened to John Smith, Pocahontas, and her true love, John Rolfe, after the events often presented in history and popular culture? I'll give you a hint—it does not really end all that well.

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James C. Nelson has written five books about the American experience in World War I. His newest release, The York Patrol: The Real Story of Alvin York, has been called one of the most realistic depictions of a man most Americans recognize only from the silver screen.

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Not many maritime mysteries are equal to the mystery of Mary Celeste, an American merchant brigantine who was discovered adrift and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in December 1872. Was it piracy, mutiny, weather… or perhaps a curse?

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