Lost Colony of Roanoke: Mystery of England's ...

"It's like the Titanic, except you've never heard of it. And in a way, it's even weirder."So says today's guest, Cautionary Tales' host, Tim Harford, about the disastrous story he's taking Anthony and Maddy through.Airships were the ocean liners of the skies, and in the 1920s, Br ...  Show more

Sound the trumpets! The day has finally arrived: Maddy Pelling is back on After Dark!To welcome her back into the coven, we're playing a game of historical 'Would You Rather?'. Listen on to hear Anthony and Maddy decide between the many awful scenarios in history they would rathe ...  Show more

The mystery of what became of the first English colonists has baffled historians for centuries. But over the past decade, archaeologists have uncovered some compelling clues, including parts of a 16th century gun, and fragments of English pottery at a place called “Site X,” both ...  Show more

Have archaeologists finally solved the 400 year mystery of the lost American colonists? Who orchestrated historical hoaxes in the 1930s and did they get away with it? How has the history of the Roanoke Colony been reappropriated by the right-wing? Anita and William are joined by ...  Show more

So... we still don't know what happened, you guys. BUT 420ish years ago, a bunch of white people tried to form a colony in present-day North Carolina. It didn't go great. The dude whose idea it was LEFT, and when he came back, everyone was gone. We have no idea what happened to t ...  Show more

So... we still don't know what happened, you guys. BUT 420ish years ago, a bunch of white people tried to form a colony in present-day North Carolina. It didn't go great. The dude whose idea it was LEFT, and when he came back, everyone was gone. We have no idea what happened to t ...  Show more