From India at the time of the Mughal Empire to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Koh-i-Noor, the Neo-Assyrian Stele and more.
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Dan takes a look behind the Arundel Castle and the infamous Earls of Arundel. He examines how its knights would've fought in the Hundred Years' War, as well as how they would've prepared the castle for Queen Victoria's visit in 1846.
Dan Jones visits Lancaster Castle to explore its grisly history of crime and punishment, including the infamous Lancashire Witches trials and the martyrdom of the Jesuit priest Saint Edmund Arrowsmith.
Dr Alice Roberts joins a team of archaeologists as they attempt to restage a Roman cavalry tournament.
Dr Alice Roberts explores the biggest collection of Roman writing tablets. A fort scattered with human skulls provides evidence of Caesar's invasion.
In 6 minutes, 6 inmates kicked a hole through a toilet fixture, with 11 others watching, and high tailed it out of the joint for a Christmas-on-the- run. The inmates needed little time to kick down concrete and escape through a 20 inch wide hole.
The Kennedy assassination, Pizzagate, Coronavirus - conspiracy theories are booming, thanks in part to the internet. But they are not a modern phenomenon.
Alice reveals the history of Belfast, the UK's most Victorian city. She visits the shipyards that built the Titanic and gets locked up in the notorious Crumlin Road gaol.
From ancient Egypt - when the Pharaohs ruled - to Anglo-Saxon England, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Bust of Nefertiti, the Staffordshire Hoard and more.
From the Austro-Hungarian Empire to Britain in the early Middle Ages, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Franz Ferdinand's car, Lindow Man and more.
From a hidden tomb in Turkey to a death bed in Norway, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Karun Treasure, Edvard Munch's The Sick Child paintings and more.
From revolutionary Russia to ancient Egypt, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Fabergé Eggs, the Unlucky Mummy and more.
From Nazi Germany to mid-west America during the cretaceous period, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Gurlitt Collection, Stan the T-Rex and more.
From India at the time of the Mughal Empire to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Koh-i-Noor, the Neo-Assyrian Stele and more.
From rural Spain in the 1800s to Russia during World War II, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Goya's Black Paintings, the Amber Room and more.
From revolutionary Russia to ancient Egypt, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Fabergé Eggs, the Unlucky Mummy and more.
From Nazi Germany to mid-west America during the cretaceous period, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Gurlitt Collection, Stan the T-Rex and more.
From India at the time of the Mughal Empire to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Koh-i-Noor, the Neo-Assyrian Stele and more.
From rural Spain in the 1800s to Russia during World War II, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Goya's Black Paintings, the Amber Room and more.
From the time of the Knights Templar to pre-historic Spain, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Turin Shroud, the Cave of Altamira and more.
From an Anglo-Saxon Burial ground to the caves of the Judean Desert and Siberia in the Ice Age, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Sutton Hoo, Lyuba and more.
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