Als koningin-moeder van drie koningen trok Catharina de’ Medici decennialang aan de touwtjes in zestiende eeuws Frankrijk. Ze was de meesteres van intrige, vergiftigingen en manipulatie — althans, zo fluisterden haar vijanden. Maar was ze werkelijk de bloeddorstige ‘Zwarte Koningin’ die Frankrijk in gewelddadige chaos stortte? Of was ze een vrouw die, in een tijd van religieuze waanzin, alles deed om haar familie en haar land te beschermen? Bronnen: Blood, Fire and Gold: The

يستعرض النص أسطورة "ملايين كروغر"، أحد أكثر الألغاز غموضًا في تاريخ جنوب إفريقيا، والمتعلق بكنز ذهبي يُقال إنه فُقد خلال حرب البوير في مطلع القرن العشرين. تبدأ القصة مع رجل الأعمال أثل ستارك، الذي أثار اهتمامه بالكنز بعد لقائه بعائلة من قبيلة الزولو كانت تمتلك بعضًا من عملات "باوند كروغر" النادرة، ما أشعل موجة من حمّى البحث عن الذهب في بلدته هيرمالو. يتتبع السرد محاولات الرئيس بول كروغر تهريب احتياطيات الذهب الخاصة بجمهورية البوير لتأمين تمويل الحرب ضد البريطانيين، ويقدم شخصية فريتز دوكين الغامضة،

In this episode of Solving JFK, we continue our deep dive into organized crime’s potential connection to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Picking up where we left off, we examine the lives and activities of Johnny Roselli and Santos Trafficante—two of the most powerful mob figures with ties to both the CIA and anti-Castro operations. From Roselli’s role as a liaison between the CIA and the mafia, to Trafficante’s empire stretching from Tampa to Havana, the web of connections between

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ultra-green-alex-jones--6600939/support.Subscribe for MORE: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ultra-green-alex-jones--6600939/supportAlex Jones is above Evergreen, he's ULTRA GREEN. Episodes as early as 1997.To discuss/recommend episodes or clips and more AJ talk, join us at www.reddit.com/r/ultragreenalexjpod.

On a cold November afternoon in 1945, a seasoned hunting guide named Middie Rivers walked into the Vermont wilderness and never came back out. He knew every inch of Glastenbury Mountain, yet he vanished as if the earth had swallowed him whole. That disappearance marked the beginning of one of Vermont’s most enduring mysteries—a five-year wave of strange vanishings that turned this quiet stretch of forest into something far darker: the Bennington Triangle.For centuries, the Abenaki people warned that

In the early 1990s the Toronto Blue Jays won back-to-back World Series with legendary players like Joe Carter, Roberto Alomar and John Olerud. Over the next two episodes of History of the 90s we look back at the first Canadian team to win the Major League Baseball championship. Show Info: Instagram: ⁠@that90spodcast⁠ Email: ⁠90s@curiouscast.ca⁠ Tik Tok: ⁠⁠90spodcast Guest Info: Greg Brady, host of Toronto Today on 640 Toronto X: @gregbradyx Instagram: @gregfbrady Learn more about your ad

Margaret continues her talk with Sophie about the philosophers of the celts. Sources: https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/blacksmiths-and-the-supernatural/https://folklorethursday.com/folklore-of-archaeology/ferrous-friend-foe-iron-became-enemy-fairy-folk/https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/28y8zwazfxaq2tsb933b54wf0slfcj https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/05/02/woodhenge-is-just-as-fascinating-and-mysterious-as-its-famous-neighbor-stonehenge/

It's World Series time! So let's talk some badass baseball. In today's episode, Ben is joined by TimeGhost historian and baseball enthusiast Indy Neidell to tell the story of Ted Williams. Williams wasn’t just one of the greatest hitters in baseball history — he was a fighter pilot, a war hero, and a man who could stare down both a fastball and enemy fire without blinking. He lost five prime years of his career to two wars, came back swinging like he never missed a pitch, and still finished with one

https://youtu.be/A37KsYb8Oew Many have claimed the rapture would happen on the Feast of Trumpets — and every date has failed. But Scripture gives us something far better than speculation: a prophetic pattern. In this study, we’ll uncover how the Fall Feasts — Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles — reveal the season of the Second Coming, just as the Spring Feasts foretold Yahusha’s first coming. We’ll connect Matthew 24, the Parable of the Wheat and Tares (Matthew 13), and Revelation 14’s Fi...

"It's personal now ." The CIA's failure at the Bay of Pigs does not end the fight with Cuba; instead, the heat's actually going to get turned up. The Kennedy brothers are now even more committed to defeating Castro. Join Gordon and David as they detail the ongoing assassination attempts on Castro. The mob is back, attempting to use the exact same plan as before: poison pills. Hear the wild stories of near-misses, including the frozen poison pill that burst inside a freezer just before a waiter

From social-media accounts to TV shows and video games, recent decades offer an enormous wealth of material for future historians to explore. But what are the challenges presented by this vast amount of data? And how will historical researchers a hundred years from now make sense of 2025? Matt Elton spoke to historians Jane Winters and John Wills to answer these questions – and find out how the ephemeral digital archives of our current era might differ from the historical sources of previous

How did the executions for witchcraft finally come to an end? What does a community do to reckon with the aftermath of all this violence? Why have the Salem Witch Trials become shorthand for the prosecution of outsiders and dissidents for centuries? Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell for the final chapter in the story of The Salem Witch Trials. Social Producer: Emma Jackson, Harry Balden Producer: Alice Horrell Head of History: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about