History Shorts

Today's guest is Mr. Rick Beyer, a New York Times best-selling author, award-winning documentary producer, and co-host of the History Happy Hour podcast.

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Did you know that although the Egyptian Supreme Court for Antiquities has officially recognized over 140 search attempts, no one has yet found the current location of Alexander's tomb and body?

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, one of the most iconic and enduring literary characters. But did you know that in 1906, the famed author traded in his typewriter for a detective hat and helped solve an actual crime?

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Billions of people have read the Christian Bible over centuries, and countless scholars, rabbis, ministers, and priests have spent their entire lives studying it. But did you know that despite the book's inarguable influence, to this day, nobody can quite agree as to its origins?

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Mr. Raphael is one of the United States' foremost authorities on the subject of the American Revolution and an author of twenty books. Howard Zinn called his A People's History of the American Revolution "The best single-volume history of the Revolution I have ever read."

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King Charles II, also known as the "Merry Monarch," was a significant figure in English history, particularly during the Restoration period. But did you know that on the morning of February 2, 1685, the King fell to the floor in his bathroom because of potentially having poisoned himself by accident?

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Specialist 5th Class Clarence Eugene Sasser served in Vietnam as an Army Medic. Through numerous wounds and excruciating pain, he continuously administered aid to fellow soldiers for 20 hours as his company was attacked in Vietnam.

To hear more of Sasser's story listen to his episode on our other show; Warrior In Their Own Words.

You can read Sasser's Medal of Honor Citation on the National Medal of Honor Museum website.

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Leaving the argument of which is better, Pepsi or Coca-Cola, for another time, did you know that the most popular soft drink in the world, Coca-Cola, was invented quite by accident in 1866 by an American pharmacist named John Pemberton trying to create a pain killer?

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The story of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin's death is perhaps as much an enigma today as it was when shared with the world by the Russian propaganda machine in 1953. But did you know that Stalin's chances of living may just have been greater had he not waged war against his nation's most skilled doctors shortly before suffering the stroke that killed him?

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The affair between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra is one of history's most famous and intriguing love stories. But did you know that it also produced Caesar's only male heir? Caesarion was destined to be both a Roman Emperor and an Egyptian Pharaoh. In the end, it was this very destiny that led to his premature death at the age of 17.

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