Many lives were lost in what has come to be known as the most spectacular air disaster of the twentieth century. But a 14-year-old boy managed to escape the wreck. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read more at www.quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2egva4J Learn more about books by Giles Milton at www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles.

The Lebensborn program's goal was to produce a stock of children suitable for Hitler's vision for the future of Germany. But what happened to these children? Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2eqSprk

In August 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia walked out of the Louvre with the Mona Lisa hidden under his jacket. How was the world's most famous painting later recovered? Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read more quirky stories at www.quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2dDqKHG

One night in March 1978, two criminals entered the Corsier-sur-Vevey cemetery and stole Charlie Chaplin's coffin. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2cUE6LY

It was just supposed to be a practice drill for D-Day, but it turned out to be much more. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2cnuzu3

Have you heard the odd tale of the "Emperor of the United States"? Hear the full story in Giles Milton's Unknown History Podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2c2wgN0

Pastor Archie Mitchell had promised his wife, Elsie, a treat. Both of them were tired of reading newspaper articles about the war in the Far East. On Saturday, 5 May, 1945, Archie suggested a day of escapism, driving up into the mountains of southern Oregon and having a picnic. They didn't realize it would quickly blow out of control. Read more here: www.quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2bpZaqv

Giles Milton, host of the Unknown History podcast, talks with Jack Kelly about his new book, Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal. Below is a short excerpt from the book. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2b80mB2

Who was the last eunuch of China? Giles Milton explores on the Unknown History podcast. For more visit quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history.

You already heard about Sergeant Stubby in a previous episode of Unknown History. Hear more about this incredible pup's story during WWI. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/29YeOsi