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The HistoryNet Podcast episodes
- The mysterious death of Johnny Ringo
The gunman’s body was found beneath a tree, pistol in hand—but was it suicide?
16 min - Minié ball: The Civil War bullet that changed history
What's a Minié ball, and why was this type of bullet—which is actually conical—used extensively during the American Civil War?
11 min - What if the Marines had skipped Iwo Jima
What would have happened if the U.S. hadn't sent men to take this small atoll, site of that iconic photo? Would it have cost the war?
9 min - This German baroness dodged cannonballs during the American Revolution
Hessian officer's wife Frederika von Riedesel and her children were nearly shot during the battle of Saratoga.
9 min - 'Weary of So Much Suffering': Letters from the Sheridan Field Hospital
Nurse Jane Boswell Moore wrote poignant letters about her interactions with the patients of this Winchester, Va., hospital.
20 min - 'Medicine Flower' Brought the West East
Ethnologist Frank Cushing embraced Zuni culture right down to his Indian name.
9 min - Kidnapped during World War II, these German corpses proved a headache for the U.S. Army
Four dead Germans traveled on a wild journey, resulting in what the Monuments Men called "Operation Bodysnatch".
14 min - This Supreme Court ruling on prayer in public schools made America go nuts
On June 25, 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court declared prayer in public schools unconstitutional.
8 min - Robert E. Lee endured a precipitous reset in Maryland
Though the Lost Orders forced the Confederate commander to fight on unfavorable ground at Sharpsburg, he survived the bloody clash with his army intact.
28 min - Meet the man who sent the world's largest flying machine to its doom
Christopher Birdwood Thomson was determined to fly the R101 airship to India, whether it was ready for the trip or not.
11 min
About The HistoryNet Podcast
From the publisher's feed
The HistoryNet Podcast features some of the greatest stories from HistoryNet.com's archive of over 25,000+ features. From ancient Rome to the Middle Ages, from the 18th century to the edge of recent memory, we zero in on the people and events that made the world what it is today. Vividly written by expert authors, thoroughly edited and fact-checked by magazine professionals, these stories bring history to vibrant life.
The narrators of this podcast, however, are not human beings but AI voices created by our partner, Instaread.co. Say what you will about AI, but in this case the voices are surprisingly real, capturing well the nuances of the articles they're reading aloud.
To read those stories in their original form, please go to historynet.com.
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