History Uncovered

On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis had just completed a top-secret drop off at Tinian Island in the Philippine Sea. Her crew of 1,195 believed their part in World War II had ended and now they cou...

In this episode, we talk about some of the darkest elements of our otherwise revered Founding Fathers, and talk with Alexis Coe about her biography of George Washington, You Never Forget Your First. Y...

In early 1346, Mongol forces were already three years into their siege of the Crimean port city of Kaffa when their soldiers started coming down with a deadly disease. The sick fell quickly, suffering...

On July 14, 1518, a woman identified only as Frau Troffea stepped out of her house in Strasbourg, Alsace -- in what is now France -- and started to dance. After many hours, drenched in sweat and twitc...

In the spring of 1945, as the Allies approached victory over the Axis powers, Japan considered launching a terrifying attack on the U.S. mainland. Though the plan’s codename, "Operation Cherry Blossom...

On September 15, 2007, villagers in the remote Peruvian town of Carancas saw a glowing fireball soar toward Earth — then felt the meteorite crash into the ground.  Not only was the meteorite able to r...

In 1845, two ships carrying 134 men set sail from England in order to explore an unnavigated stretch of the arctic waters between Canada and Greenland in search of the long sought after Northwest Pass...

In January of 1959, nine Soviet college students died under mysterious circumstances while hiking through the Ural Mountains in what's now known as the Dyatlov Pass incident. https://allthatsinteresti...

On June 22, 1983, 15-year-old Vatican resident Emanuela Orlandi went missing and was never heard from again. Her disappearance has been linked to the Pope, Turkish insurrectionists, Italian mobsters, ...

History Uncovered is brought to you by the digital publisher All That’s Interesting, where we explore all things weird and bizarre in the natural world and the world past. Each Wednesday, we take a de...