Unknown History with Giles Milton

While we put the finishing touches on the next season of Unknown History, here's one more special bonus episode for you from our friends at Macmillan Audio. This week, you'll hear a special excerpt from the audiobook The Nine by Gwen Strauss. The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great-aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris. This heart-stopping story is a moving tribute to the power of humanity and friendship in the darkest of times. Get your copy today here or wherever books or audiobooks are sold.

Unknown History's next season is still in the works, but this week, we're sharing another bonus clip. This episode is a special excerpt from the audiobook The Long Gray Line by Rick Atkinson. It tells the 25-year saga of three graduates of the West Point class of 1966. You'll follow them from their boisterous cadet years to the fires of Vietnam to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. Get your copy today here or wherever books are sold.

In today's exclusive bonus episode, hear a special excerpt from the audiobook Blood and Treasure by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. Blood and Treasure tells the explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody struggle for America's frontier. Authored by two bestselling authors at the height of their writing power, Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, it's a thrilling true historical account you won't want to miss. Get your copy today here or wherever books are sold.

How did flag burning become a protected act of free speech? Did the United States v. Nixon determine that the President can't, basically, act like a king through executive privilege? Are corporations people? Let's take a look at some U.S. Supreme Court cases that changed America in profound ways.

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The three branches of the U.S. federal government—executive, legislative, and judicial—keep each other in line through a system of "checks and balances." What roles do each play? And who puts the brakes on the POTUS?

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How do you get involved in U.S. Democracy? Here's a crash course on next-level civic participation. Yep, we're talking about putting your money or your giant poster board sign where your mask-covered mouth is.

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Who's responsible for the Electoral College? (Hint: There's a wildly popular Broadway musical about him.) We'll dish on that and everything you need to know about the U.S. election process in the inaugural episode of our Unknown History miniseries, A User's Guide to Democracy.

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Newspapers mocked his candidacy. Opponents underestimated him. And yet, he came to occupy the Oval Office as a U.S. President. Who is he? Not who you think!

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Today we have a special guest post for Unknown History listeners. David Crowther hosts the History of England podcast, where he delves into England's history from the end of Roman Britain to present day. This episode focuses on Queen Mary, Lady Elizabeth, and their strained relationship in 1500's England. Listen to learn about the queen's attempt to "remove a thorn" from her rule.

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In the last episode from Season 3 of Unknown History, we learn how the American Troops finally won the beach from German defenders at Omaha Beach. This episode was supported by MagellanTV. For an exclusive two-month free trial of all MagellanTV has to offer, visit magellantv.com/unknownhistory

Today, we hear from the other side of D-Day—the German colonel tasked with driving the Allied forces off the beaches. Could the panzer tank division and its colorful leader turn the tide on June 6, 1944?

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Upon landing at Sword Beach the morning of June 6, 1944, one group of eite British commandos were accompanied by a Highland bagpiper, who emphasized the greatness of their victory. This episode was supported by MagellanTV. For an exclusive two-month free trial of all MagellanTV has to offer, visit http://magellantv.com/unknownhistory

A group of American Rangers, led by the bold James Rudder, were some of the strongest and bravest soldiers in D-Day battles. Learn how they sabotaged a giant stockpile of German weapons aimed at Normandy beaches.

Two brothers, Charles and Elliot Dalton, fought side-by-side on the morning of June 6, 1944, leading the Juno Beach landings.

If you've seen 'Saving Private Ryan,' you know too well the images of the first flight of men invading and dying on the beach on D-Day—today, we learn the true story of that fateful mission.

As dawn broke on June 6, 1944, Allied forces were conducting their first wave of landings on Utah Beach—and quickly realized that a part of their plan had gone very, very wrong.

A few hours before the beach landings at Normandy, Allied troops invaded the Merville Battery—a giant gun encampment—with instructions to destroy it. However, they had hundreds less soldiers than necessary to complete the mission.

As we lead up to the climax of D-Day, we learn about the early hours of June 6, 1944, and the soldiers who executed a mission so dangerous, they expected death.

Hours before the beach landings on D-Day, a group of men underwent a dangerous nighttime mission in France. What happened in that fateful operation?

On June 5, 1944, the night of what was supposed to be D-Day, the five massive fleets heading for the French coast suddenly stopped and turned around—but why?

In part one of our exciting third-season, D-DAY, we learn about George Lane and his extraordinary undercover mission to Nazi-occupied France.



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Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill were two of the most famous plainsmen of the American West, and also became trusted friends. How did this friendship come to be? 



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Even America Frontier's first and fastest gunslinger had a softer, romantic side—on this episode, we learn about the women that captured Wild Bill Hickok's heart. Tom Clavin tells all in his book Wild Bill.



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The story of Wild Bill Hickok, a legendary gunslinger from the American Frontier, has been largely untold in modern history. Tom Clavin tells all in his book Wild Bill.



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In our third installment in the miniseries "The Heroes of Valley Forge," we learn about Baron von Steuben, a conman and spy for the French government whose intense training regimen led Washington's American troops into victory at Valley Forge.



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In the second installment in our miniseries on the heroes of Valley Forge, we learn about Washington's surrogate sons and the impact they had on the American Revolution. While he didn't have any children of his own, these three young men looked to Washington as a father, and he to them as sons. 



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In the first episode of our miniseries on the Heroes of Valley Forge, we learn that it was during the Valley Forge encampment that Washington was first called the “Father of His Country” because it was there he embodied both the American government and the fight for independence. When he was among his troops, which was every day, freezing and going hungry with him, they became inspired not to dissolve or disperse but to survive and fight beside this towering figure.



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In the final episode of our miniseries on Jack Kelly's The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America, we learn how George Pullman's laborers fought back against his working conditions and wages with The Pullman Strike.



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In part four of our miniseries on The Edge of Anarchy, author Jack Kelly describes the unfair conditions, significant events, and key people that led to the rise of labor unions in America.



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In part three of our miniseries on The Edge of Anarchy: The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labor Uprising in America, author Jack Kelly discusses the short reign of George Pullman and his costly attempt for riches.



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In part two of our miniseries on The Edge of Anarchy, author Jack Kelly discusses the ways the Industrial Revolution changed American technology and manufacturing forever.



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In part one of our miniseries on The Edge of Anarchy, author Jack Kelly describes America's love affair with capitalism in the Gilded Age.



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In Part 5 of our miniseries on Hitler's American Friends from author Bradley Hart, we learn about famed aviator Charles Lindbergh, one of America's biggest celebrities, and his political campaign of anti-Semitism.



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In Part 4 of our miniseries on Hitler's American Friends from author Bradley Hart, we learn how one of the most recognized names in American industry—Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor company—closely aligned himself with Hitler and the Nazi party in the late 1930s.



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In Part 3 of our miniseries on Hitler's American Friends from author Bradley Hart, we learn about one of the most infamous radio personalities of all time — Father Charles Coughlin. With his platform, he launched a political party aligned with Nazism, and his voice dangerously commanded the attention of millions.



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Listen to a special bonus clip about history's most insane rulers from our friends at the History Unplugged podcast.



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Part 2 of our miniseries on Hitler's American Friends from author Bradley Hart, we learn about an American organization that mirrored the Nazi's in ruthlessness, exclusiveness, and terror — The Silver Legions. Embracing lawlessness, violence, and power, The Silver Legion's "Chief" William Dudley Pelley dangerously aligned himself with Hitler's goals and attempted to seize power in the United States.



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In Part 1 of our miniseries on Hitler's American Friends from author Bradley Hart, we learn about the German American Bund, America’s leading organization for German sympathizers and Nazi imitators that could be found goose-stepping and saluting to their leader, Fritz Kuhn.



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In the fifth and final installment of our Frank and Al miniseries, Terry Golway explores how the political ambitions between FDR and Al Smith were set aside during WWII, with the country united behind a common cause.



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In Part 4 of our Frank and Al miniseries, Terry Golway chronicles how most Democrats were met with defeat in the 1928 election season, most except for one man: Franklin Delano Roosevelt.



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Despite his illness, FDR proved a strong ally for Al Smith, and visa versa. In Part 3 of our Frank and Al miniseries, we see how these two political powerhouses rewrote what it meant to be a Democrat and an American.



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FDR tried hard to become a New York politician while still working in Washington, battling the powerhouses of Tammany Hall and eventually succumbing to defeat. Part 2 of our Frank and Al miniseries shows how FDR's loss brought about an unlikely ally.



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In the early 20th century, Franklin Delano Roosevelt decided to make his name in New York politics. In Part 1 of our Frank & Al miniseries, understand the context to the unlikely friendship between FDR and Al Smith.



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Today's episode is a special preview of Case Closed just for Unknown History listeners. The show covers the murder of Rusty Sneiderman, a Georgia man who was shot in broad daylight in the parking lot of his son's preschool. Who killed Rusty and why? Keep listening to hear episode one of this story. If you're hooked and want to hear the rest, you can find all 14 episodes exclusively on Stitcher Premium. For a free month, go to stitcherpremium.com/caseclosed.

Vermin, a foul stench, public urination, and bacteria everywhere. These are just some of the things you'd come across in a royal palace, as told by Eleanor Herman in part 5 of her Poison Chronicles, inspired by her book The Royal Art of Poison.



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How dangerous were the cosmetic habits of medieval women? Let's just say you won't find mercury foundation or potions of liquid gold at your nearest Macy's. Welcome to part 4 of Eleanor Herman's Poison Chronicles, inspired by her book The Royal Art of Poison.



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Eleanor Herman discusses the top treacherous medical treatments and "cannibal cures" from her new book, The Royal Art of Poison.



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Eleanor Herman describes the role of arsenic in Napoleon Bonapartes's rapid health decline and eventual death while under imprisonment at St. Helen.



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Welcome to Part 1 of a bonus Unknown History miniseries: The Poison Chronicles. Eleanor Herman, author of The Royal Art of Poison, discusses the history of poison as a political tool used over centuries. In this first segment, Herman explores the use of poison throughout Russian history.



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Learn more about Dodge City, the wickedest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Tom Clavin. To view the full transcript, visit here: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-glory-days-of-wild-west-outlaws

Learn more about Dodge City, the wickedest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Tom Clavin. To view the full transcript, visit here: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-glory-days-of-wild-west-outlaws

Learn more about Dodge City, the wickedest town in the American west, on this new Unknown History miniseries hosted by author Tom Clavin. To view the full transcript, visit here: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/history/the-life-and-death-of-ed-masterson-in-dodge-city

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How One Man Deprived Hitler of the Atomic Bomb. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2ny4iz6 Learn more at www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles.

George Rheam has been called "a large man with a large mind." Learn how he helped Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlmanly Warfare by inventing forms of industrial sabotage. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2mX67IE

Of all the people who worked for Winston Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Eric Sykes and William Fairbairn were by far the most extraordinary. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2m90qoy

Millis Jefferis joined the top secret guerilla unit, MIR in the spring of 1939. Hear the full story of the Unknown History podcast. Read more at www.quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history. Learn about Giles' books at www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2mbN9NI

In 1939, tensions across Europe were mounting as the dominance of Hitler and the Nazi Party grew unchecked. But when one man was tasked by William Churchill to devise an innovative strategy for fighting the Nazis, the outcome was a new kind of warfare the world had never before been seen. Read on to meet the founder of guerilla warfare Collin Gubbins - and be sure to tune into the full episode on the Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2mqHjbD

In the spring of 1939, a seemingly ordinary father and automobile mechanic became vital in the development of lethal weapons to aid the British fight against Hitler's expanding naval forces. Meet Cecil Clarke—and be sure to listen to the full story on the Unknown History podcast. For more visit www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2kmavvy

In 1931, a lawyer named Hans Litten squared off against Hitler in court. What was the outcome? Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2cYves2

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Guy Burgess was arguably the most influential spy of the Cambridge Five, a covert group of Englishmen who traded Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War. And yet, 70 years after the height of his espionage, Burgess' name and legacy still remain widely unknown. Today on Unknown History, Giles Milton hosts author and historian Andrew Lownie, who spent 30 years uncovering Burgess' enigmatic life in Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2kIrqfo

Queen Victoria's public legacy is often of the doting grandmother, or the stodgy old woman. Daisy Goodwin—author of Victoria and screenwriter for the PBS Series of the same name—talks to Unknown History's Giles Milton about the misconceptions surrounding Victoria's personality, her younger years, and her love affairs. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2gUlmg8 For more of Giles' books, visit www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles. Check out VICTORIA at us.macmillan.com/books/9781250045461

Learn the story of when Churchill slaughtered sheep this week on the Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2jrVEUy

When most people think of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, they think of the famous duel that ended in Hamilton's death. But very few people know the duel's extraordinary backstory. In the Unknown History podcast, Giles Milton recounts this tale, ripe with money, fame, and a decomposing human corpse. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/28PVUsC

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In 1907, a carriage transporting over one million roubles (approximately $9 million) to the new State Bank was robbed. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2hHnr1c

After a killer whale attack, a family found themselves adrift in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read more at www.quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history. Check out Giles' books at www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2gUgbgA

Hear the whole story of Operation Pastorius in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Visit www.quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history for more. Full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2flYAMQ

The USS Pueblo was sent to the North Korean coast to gather intelligence on the country's secret communications. Capture was not part of the plan. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Listen and read more at www.quickanddirtytips.com/unknown-history. Or check out Giles' books at www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles. Full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2g0Akj0

Among P.O. Box 1142's high-ranking prisoners was the man who had developed the V1 and V2 rockets that had reduced parts of London to rubble. Hear the whole story in Giles Milton's Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2eOf031 Read more and check out Giles Milton's latest books at www.quickanddirtytips.com/giles

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

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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.

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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

His home was a dense area of rainforest and he lived on the wild coconuts that grew in abundance. His principal enemy was the army of mosquitoes that arrived with each new shower of rain. But for Hiroo Onoda, there was another enemy, one that remained elusive. Unaware that the Second World War had ended 29 years earlier, he was still fighting a lonely guerrilla war in the jungles of the Philippines. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/29L4MwX

Uncover the story behind Wall Street's first black millionaire, Jeremiah G. Hamilton, in an interview with Prince of Darkness author Shane White on the Unknown History podcast. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/29JBilV

He kept his identity a secret until his dying day. None of his neighbors in Patchogue, Long Island, had any idea that William Stuart Houston was actually born William Hitler.

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Here's the story of how one captain went to murderous lengths to make a profit while transporting a ship full of slaves across the Atlantic, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, the basis for the podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1r6eCz2

Here's the story of the first celebrity kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh's son, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, the basis for the podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1WaSxx7

Where is Lenin’s brain and why was it removed from his corpse? Learn the strange story of what happened after his death and the startling truth scientists concluded about his brain, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, the basis for the podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1U6Md3e

Many had tried, but none succeeded in escaping the high security prison. That is, until three criminals disappeared from their jail cells one summer evening. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1WZrEeo

It’s not everyday that someone confesses to a murder they most certainly did not commit. Who was Prince Felix Yusupov covering up for? Find out in this story, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, the basis for the podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1WAGckm

Here's the story of how one dog rose to the rank of sergeant in the United States Army during World War I, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, the basis for the podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/23hch0T

How one woman successfully hid her identity and joined the fight during World War I, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, which is the basis for a new podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1Z0KzEo

Learn the bizarre story of Hitler’s physician, Theodor Morell, and the vast array of drugs he prescribed the infamous dictator, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, which is the basis for our new podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1qIKZEs

Agatha Christie might be known for writing great mysteries, but none are quite as perplexing as her own 11-day disappearance—as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, which is the basis for a new podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/23w5x4D

How did one Titanic crew member survive the icy ocean water, all thanks to his favorite drink? Learn this story, as excerpted from When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain by Giles Milton, which is the basis for our new podcast, Unknown History. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/23w5q9f