In 1967, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt walked into the surf at Cheviot Beach and was never seen again. No body, no clues, no closure. This episode speaks about the mystery that stunned a nation, the theories that followed, and how one disappearance reshaped Australian political memory.

In 1943, British intelligence used a single dead man to deceive Hitler and change the course of World War II. This episode uncovers the incredible true story behind Operation Mincemeat, a plan so bold, so unbelievable, that it worked.

In January 1919, Boston was struck by one of the strangest disasters in history, a massive tank burst, sending a 15-foot wave of boiling molasses pouring through the streets. Buildings collapsed, people were swallowed alive, and rescue efforts unfolded like something out of a nightmare. This is the story of the day sweetness turned deadly.

In the glittering nightlife of 1920s Paris, behind the jazz clubs, the poets, and the artists flowed a quiet epidemic. Heroin wasn’t seen as a poison, but a luxury. A muse. A fashionable escape. This episode uncovers the rise of a drug that shaped culture, ruined lives, and left a mark on the City of Light.

He fought in the Boer War, World War I, World War II, survived being shot in the face, losing an eye, losing a hand, and escaping a POW camp. And still, he asked to return to the front. This is the unbelievable life of Adrian Carton de Wiart a soldier who simply refused to die.

Victor Lustig wasn’t just a con artist, he was a master of persuasion who sold dreams, illusions, and even the Eiffel Tower itself. In this episode, we uncover the life of the world’s most charming liar, the man who fooled gangsters, governments, and millionaires with nothing but confidence and a smile.

The guns fall silent, but the scars remain. In this final part, we return to the human cost of the Iran–Iraq War, the homes, the families, and the years that could never be returned. Through my father’s memories as a soldier and my mother’s experience as a civilian, we reflect on survival, loss, and what it means to rebuild when the war finally ends.

The war has begun, and the desert becomes a graveyard of youth. Cities burn and soldiers fall in a conflict neither nation could escape. Part two explores the brutal reality of the Iran–Iraq War with personal reflection from my father’s experience, offering a grounded human perspective.

In the shadow of revolution, a border clash ignited a conflict that would scar a generation. Iraq and Iran marched into a war fueled by pride, fear, and destiny. This is how it began and why it could not be stopped.

Victory is never the end. In part two of the Spanish-American War, the flags are lowered, the treaties are signed, and a new world begins to take shape, one that will define the century to come.