Please be advised that this episode contains discussion of sexual abuse of children

David Reimer’s parents just wanted to do the right thing for him.

What was supposed to be a routine circumcision in 1965 turned into a life-altering nightmare for the Reimer family when the doctor performing his surgery accidentally singed the infant’s penis.

The damage was irreparable. Concerned that their son’s injury might cause him mental anguish as an adult, Reimer’s parents consulted with famed sexologist Dr. John Money after seeing him on television.

Money consequently suggested that Reimer undergo sex reassignment surgery and instead be raised female. Desperate, Reimer’s parents took his advice and changed their son’s name from “Bruce” to “Brenda.”

David Reimer had never felt comfortable as Brenda, and even after he learned the truth and embraced who he truly was, the damage was done, and the story unfortunately ended in tragedy.

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It’s the end of June 2023 and we’ve handpicked a few of our favorite history stories from this month. Today, we’ll be talking about…

Traces of a ritualistic drink containing human blood discovered inside a 2,000-year-old Egyptian vase…

 …The discovery of a Bronze Age sword in Germany so well-preserved it still gleams…

…How one mayor became the most "hated man in France" for authorizing the removal of stones which were, perhaps, 7,000 years old…

…The discovery of a "vampire graveyard" with 450 bodies in Poland…

…and why researchers in Germany believe they found the long-lost city of Rungholt, known as the "Atlantis of the North Sea"...

…as well as a number of historical anniversaries, including the coronation of Anne Boleyn, the assassination of Robert Kennedy, and the death of Anthony Bourdain

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Just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, there lies a vast labyrinth of underground tunnels that have been sealed shut for almost 15 years. Once a popular attraction for cave explorers and other thrill-seekers, Nutty Putty Cave is, today, only a tomb, the grave of a doomed explorer named John Edward Jones who got trapped inside and died in 2009. 

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On May 10, 1940, the Nazis invaded the Netherlands. And life for Corrie ten Boom, a 48-year-old watchmaker in the Dutch city of Haarlem, would never be the same. 

With the help of the Dutch resistance, Corrie and her family constructed a tiny, secret room in Corrie's bedroom, a room they used to offer shelter to neighbors, customers, and anyone else who asked, eventually saving some 800 people from the Nazis. Not only did the ten Boom family offer a "hiding place" and hope of escape, but they also fostered an atmosphere of love, music, and fellowship, providing refugees a sanctuary from the horrors of the war. 

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As one of the most prolific snipers of the Vietnam War, Chuck Mawhinney was a lethal sharpshooter who racked up the most confirmed kills in the history of the United States Marine Corps and the second-most confirmed kills of any American soldier in the country’s history. In one incident alone, Mawhinney had 16 confirmed kills in a mere 30 seconds — all of them headshots.

But when the war ended, Chuck Mawhinney simply retired from the Marine Corps and spent his days working in the U.S. Forest Service, telling no one — not even his wife — about his career in Vietnam. This is the amazing true story of Chuck Mawhinney, the legendary sniper who was as deadly as he was humble.

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It’s the end of May 2023 and we’ve handpicked a few of our favorite history stories from this month. Today, we’ll be talking about…

The 98-year-old Frenchmen who revealed the secret massacre of German POWs during WWII…

…the 7,000-year-old tomb discovered by archaeologists in Oman…

…how an Italian historian claims to have identified a bridge in the Mona Lisa…

…the stone age dagger discovered by an eight-year-old in Norway…

…why severed hands may have been seen as spoils of war in ancient Egypt…

…as well as a number of historical anniversaries, including the first reported Loch Ness Monster sighting, the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, and the first men to scale Mount Everest

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Over the past five episodes, we’ve taken a close look at the tragedy of the RMS Titanic, from its construction to its destruction, and the stories of the crew members and passengers on board in those final, fateful days. And though the journey of the Titanic itself came to an end over one hundred years ago, on April 15, 1912, its story did not.

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Soon after the Carpathia's dramatic rescue of the survivors, the world began to hear about the Titanic for the first time. Thousands of people awaited the ship's arrival in New York, hoping for good news about their loved ones, and millions around the world listened with shock and fascination as stories poured in out about both the heroism and tragedy in the ship's final moments.

From the rescue to the media frenzy to the contentious inquest, the events that unfolded after the Titanic sank are some of the doomed ship's most dramatic and poignant.

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The Titanic was infamously touted as the “unsinkable” ship, a title that unfortunately came to be bitterly ironic. But in the wake of its sinking, that title came to be associated not with the ship itself, but with one of its most famous passengers: The Unsinkable Molly Brown. 

And Molly Brown was just one of the passengers on the Titanic who proved, in the face of unimaginable dread, to be a hero – a designation she shares with people like second officer Charles Lightoller, first-class passenger Noël Leslie, head chef Charles Joughin, first-class passenger Colonel Archibald Gracie IV, head engineer Joseph Bell, telegraphist Jack Phillips, first-class passenger Lucille Carter, and even the members of the Titanic’s band, who famously played on till the bitter end. 

Today, we’ll be taking a closer look at their stories and the moments of unfathomable bravery that unfolded in the ship’s final, harrowing hours.

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In the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, as word began to spread that something had happened to the Titanic during its maiden voyage, the White Star Line released a reassuring statement. "While we are not in direct communication with the Titanic," the company's New York-based vice president P.A.S. Franklin told the press, "we are perfectly satisfied that the ship is unsinkable."

By that point, the ship was already at the bottom of the sea.

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