The Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes

The Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes

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The Cu Chi tunnels of the Vietnam War

During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese VietCong guerrillas built a vast network of tunnels in the south of the country as part of the insurgency against the South Vietnamese government and their American allies. The tunnel network was a key base and shelter for the North Vietna ...  عرض المزيد

The playboy spy who inspired James Bond

During the 1940s, a playboy spy became one of wartime’s most successful double agents, as well as the reported inspiration behind James Bond. A gambler and womanizer who spoke several languages, Dusko Popov was approached by a friend working for the Abwehr, Germany’s military int ...  عرض المزيد

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The New Orleans Godfather and the JFK Assassination: Carlos Marcello
The Underworld Podcast

Carlos Marcello went from a small time produce hustler to heading up the New Orleans Mafia with a massive gambling empire and a hand in every pie in the city's notorious underworld. He even found himself in business with the heavyweights from New York's five families. And though ...  عرض المزيد

Charles Chapin’s Complicated Life, Part 2
Stuff You Missed in History Class

Chapin's successful journalism career crumbled as stress chipped away at his mental health, and he committed a terrible crime. But there were still surprises left to his story. 

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<ul> <li>“Of the Dynamite Explosion in Russell Sage’s Office ...  عرض المزيد

Murder in the Amazon
Witness History: Archive 2013

In December 1988 the Brazilian environmental campaigner, Chico Mendes, was shot dead by cattle ranchers. The 44-year-old leader of the rubber tappers union had become a powerful symbol of the struggle to save the Amazon. We hear from those closest to Mendes at the time of his dea ...  عرض المزيد

Charles Chapin’s Complicated Life, Part 1
Stuff You Missed in History Class

Chapin built a life people envied, and had a great deal of power. His entire biography is full of noteworthy achievements and awards. As a newsman, he covered many of the key moments of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

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<ul> <li>“Of ...  عرض المزيد