Send us a text Support the show Gretel le Maître likes to look for the beauty and curiosities in life, one day at a time. She shares with you snippets from books about history, art and literature and regularly takes you on adventures to new locations, to explore churches, cathedrals and architecture. Gretel invites you to accompany her as she navigates the world a day at a time; the podcast is unscripted, it’s ad-free. Gretel loves the world and history, architecture, literature and peopl...

On July 23, 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 was in route from Montreal to Edmonton when the plane - astonishingly - ran out of fuel midway through the flight. The crew would thus have to glide the Boeing 767 - and their 61 passengers - from an altitude of 41,000 feet - to an emergency landing at an old Air Force base in Manitoba - which had recently been converted to a racetrack - and was hosting an event at the time of the emergency landing. This is the story of the Gimli

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Tucked deep in the hills between Cookeville and Monterey, Tennessee, there’s a narrow, graffiti-covered bridge locals say you shouldn’t cross after dark. It’s called Crazy George’s Bridge, and according to legend, the spirit of an old railroad worker still wanders there—lantern swinging, searching for his missing head.They say if you whisper his name three times, you might just see him. Some claim their cars won’t start when parked on the bridge at midnight. Others say it isn’t George haunting the

حضارة المايا القديمة ازدهرت في أمريكا الوسطى، وتميّزت بإنجازات مبهرة في العمارة والرياضيات والفلك. عاش ملوك المايا في مدن عظيمة مثل كوبان وبالينكي، حيث شيّدوا المعابد والأهرامات وزيّنوا جدرانها بالنقوش والرموز الهيروغليفية التي خلدت سيرهم. تكشف الأبحاث الحديثة باستخدام تقنيات الليدار وتصوير الميون عن شبكات مدن ضخمة ومقابر ملوك مفقودين كانت مدفونة تحت الغابات الكثيفة. أظهرت الاكتشافات أن اليَشْم كان رمزًا مقدسًا للسلطة والخلود، وارتبط بطقوس الدفن الملكي، فيما لا يزال الغموض يحيط بأسباب انهيار تلك

La Guardia Suiza Pontificia, creada en 1506 por el papa Julio II, es el cuerpo militar activo más pequeño del mundo, con apenas 135 miembros. Sus guardias, exigentes en formación física, fe católica y servicio militar previo, combinan funciones ceremoniales con protección moderna del pontífice y el Vaticano. Su característico uniforme renacentista contrasta con la eficacia de su entrenamiento actual.Y descubre más historias curiosas en el canal National Geographic y en Disney +. Learn more about

Nat Turner, leader of the deadliest slave rebellion in U.S. history, was captured on 30th October, 1831. For over two months, he’d hidden out in the woods of Virginia, having led a violent uprising that terrified white Southerners and electrified the enslaved population. When finally caught, by farmer Benjamin Phipps, Turner was armed only with a sword and a few branches.Born into slavery in 1800, Turner was marked from birth - literally - with mysterious symbols on his chest that his family

Her i 2025 fejrer Royal Copenhagen 250 år som en af Danmarks ældste designvirksomheder. En vigtig del af denne historie er de blå-hvide juleplatter, der siden 1908 er produceret som små nationalromantiske fortællinger om dansk jul. De i alt 118 juleplatter, der er produceret af Royal Copenhagen siden 1908, er fra 2. november samlet i Riddersalen på Frederiksborg og iscenesat af den prisvindende scenograf Julian Toldam Juhlin. Det fortæller han om i næste uges episode - hvor du også kan møde k...

The North American celebration of Halloween marks the day before the Western Christian feast of All Saints’ (or All Hallows') Day and initiates the season of Allhallowtide, which lasts three days and concludes with All Souls' Day. s360. Everything Everywhere Daily podcast available at https://amzn.to/3XHj20A History of Halloween books at https://amzn.to/48sOODT Halloween items available at https://amzn.to/48mYfF3 Check out the YouTube version of this episode at

Who was Michel de Nostredame — better known as Nostradamus? A physician, astrologer, and prophet whose cryptic verses would echo through the centuries. In this episode of History Unpacked, we journey to 16th-century France to uncover the man behind the myths. Was Nostradamus truly gifted with foresight, or simply a keen observer of human nature and history’s cycles? From plague-ridden streets to royal courts, his story intertwines faith, fear, and fascination. Join us as we explore the strange

How 'unready' was King Æthelred?Credits – Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfdqIyqJ4g&list=LL&index=5&ab_channel=Hr%C5%8D%C3%B0mundW%C5%8Ddening Social Media - Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anglosaxonengland Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Anglo-Saxon-England-Podcast-110529958048053 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anglosaxonenglandpodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Die Schlacht ohne Gegner: als ein Heer aus Angst vor sich selbst floh... Mach's dir bequem und kuschel dich ein! Dieser Podcast wird durch Werbung finanziert. Infos und Angebote unserer Werbepartner: https://linktr.ee/EinschlafenMitPodcast Hier geht's zum Wikipedia-Artikel. Der Artikel wurde redaktionell überarbeitet: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rückzug_von_Karánsebes CC BY-SA 4.0

Au Cœur de l’Histoire est un podcast Europe 1. - Auteur et présentation : Jean des Cars - Production, diffusion et édition : Timothée Magot - Réalisation : Jean-François Bussière Ressources bibliographiques : - Bram Stoker, Dracula, Traduction de Jacques Finné (Le Livre de Poche, 1979) - Céline du Chéné & Jean Marigny, Dracula, prince des ténèbres (Larousse, 2009) - Dorica Lucaci, Dracula, le mal aimé de l’Histoire (Editions de l’Opportun, 2019)

Au Cœur de l’Histoire est un podcast Europe 1. - Auteur et présentation : Jean des Cars - Production, diffusion et édition : Timothée Magot - Réalisation : Jean-François Bussière Ressources bibliographiques : - Bram Stoker, Dracula, Traduction de Jacques Finné (Le Livre de Poche, 1979) - Céline du Chéné & Jean Marigny, Dracula, prince des ténèbres (Larousse, 2009) - Dorica Lucaci, Dracula, le mal aimé de l’Histoire (Editions de l’Opportun, 2019)

In the last week of October, 1775, the Continental Army under General Richard Montgomery breaks the British siege at St. Johns, capturing most of the British Regulars in Canada. As Montgomery prepares to march on Montreal and Quebec City, Colonel Benedict Arnold emerges from the Maine wilderness, just north of Quebec City.For more details on these events, check out Episode 72 and Episode 76 of the American Revolution Podcast https://blog.amrevpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

One of the most popular forms of fiction today involves zombies. There are TV shows, movies, and books that all envision life during a zombie apocalypse. Zombie stories are a relatively new form of fiction. However, zombies didn’t come out of nowhere. They have a basis in legend, religion, and fact….. well, sort of fact. Learn more about zombies, their origins, and how they have been portrayed in media on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go

Head east out of Washington, Georgia, and you’ll find a lonely little grave surrounded by a moss-covered stone wall — the final resting place of Captain Abram Simons, a Revolutionary War veteran, tavern keeper, and horseman known for living life on his own terms.Local legend says that when the Captain died in 1824, he was buried standing upright, musket at his side, so he could “meet the Devil face to face.” Some say that’s just how a man like Simons would’ve wanted it — proud, defiant, and ready

Barney Riggs was one of the Old West’s most notorious and controversial gunfighters. Born in Arkansas in 1856, Riggs moved to Texas as a child, where violence quickly became a family tradition. At just 18, he killed a friend in what was called an accidental shooting. By his twenties, Riggs was in Arizona, working as a cowboy, stealing horses, and allegedly committing multiple murders. After being convicted of murder and sentenced to life at Yuma Prison, Riggs won a full pardon by saving the warden’s

Follow witchcraft from Enlightenment skepticism to Romantic fairy tales, Wicca, feminist reclamations, and today’s WitchTok revival. See how witches transformed from persecuted outcasts to cultural icons and spiritual innovators.Like and Subscribe: Apple SpotifyIHeartAudibleThis episode of The Strange History Podcast was lovingly crafted with the help of ElevenLabs.io — the magical technology that gives Amy her time to sleep, eat, work and spend time with her dog Jack. While some might say she

Travel beyond Europe to meet witches of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas—jinn masters, Yoruba healers, Indian chudails, Chinese fox spirits, Navajo skinwalkers, and Caribbean obeah workers—all shaping unique witchcraft traditions.Like and Subscribe: Apple SpotifyIHeartAudibleThis episode of The Strange History Podcast was lovingly crafted with the help of ElevenLabs.io — the magical technology that gives Amy her time to sleep, eat, work and spend time with her dog Jack. While some