Episodes

  • Aral Sea Disaster

    Aral Sea Disaster
    Oct 16 2026
    Once called the Jewel of Central Asia, the Aral Sea was the third largest lake in the world, and supported a unique ecosystem, and millions of people. But after irrigation projects in the 1960s began diverting water, the Aral Sea started to shrink. Today it is almost completely gone, replaced by desert, in one of the greatest ecological catastrophes of modern times. Sources https://www.columbia.edu/~tmt2120/introduction.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aral_Sea https://growtheflowutah.org/2025/08/27/overview-of-the-aral-sea-disaster/ Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ship_in_the_Aral_Sea,_Mo‘ynoq.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • Ötzi the Iceman

    Ötzi the Iceman
    Oct 14 2026
    In 1991, two German tourists spotted something in the Alps at an elevation of more than 10,000. It was the remains of a human being. But not just any human - this was a man who had died a violent death more than 5,000 years ago. This is the story of Ötzi the Iceman. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96tzi https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/otzi-the-iceman/ Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ricostruzione_di_Ötzi_-_Particolare_del_volto.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    18 mins
  • Dorothy Molter - The Root Beer Lady

    Dorothy Molter - The Root Beer Lady
    Oct 12 2026
    In the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, in some of the most pristine and untouched wilderness in the world, lived Dorothy Molter, the last permanent resident of the region. She lived alone for decades, and was called the loneliest woman in America. Except she wasn't quite alone - considering she was visited by thousands of tourists every year to drink her world famous root beer. Sources https://www.rootbeerlady.com/dorothy/ Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Molter#/media/File:DorothyMolterWelcome.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • Margery Booth - Opera Singer and Spy

    Margery Booth - Opera Singer and Spy
    Oct 9 2026
    Margery Booth was a British opera singer who became popular in Germany in the 1930s - and was even a favorite of Adolf Hitler. She married a German man, and became a naturalized German citizen. In WWII, she continued her career as best as she could - but also, she became a spy for her native land. This is the story of the daring - and often overlooked - exploits of Margery Booth. Sources https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a73538836/margery-booth-spy-hitler/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margery_Booth https://www.wiganlocalhistory.org/articles/margery-booth-the-operatic-spy Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Margery_Booth.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • The Brazen Bull - One of the cruelest torture devices in history

    The Brazen Bull - One of the cruelest torture devices in history
    Oct 7 2026
    What goes around comes around is often a saying to make someone feel better - but in the case of the Brazen Bull it was apt. The Brazen Bull was a legendary and cruel torture device from the ancient world. And its first victim was the man who created it. Sources https://www.livius.org/articles/person/phalaris/bull-of-phalaris/ https://www.livius.org/articles/person/phalaris/ Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pierre_Woeiriot,_The_Brazen_Bull_of_Phalarus,_NGA_54032.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    17 mins
  • Rikers Island Salvador Dali Art Heist

    Rikers Island Salvador Dali Art Heist
    Oct 5 2026
    Rikers Island - the New York City jail complex - was the home for nearly 40 years to a painting by surrealist master Salvador Dali. He donated the painting to Rikers in 1965, and it hung in the facility until 2003 - when it disappeared - and has never been found. This is the story of the Rikers Island Art Heist. Sources https://www.insideedition.com/how-a-salvador-dali-drawing-was-stolen-from-rikers-island-58539 https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2004/jul/15/warden-sentenced-for-stealing-dali-painting-from-rikers-island-jail/ https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a22854081/rikers-island-stolen-salvador-dali-painting/ Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salvador_Dali_NYWTS.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    23 mins
  • The SS Eastland Disaster: The worst disaster in Great Lakes history

    The SS Eastland Disaster: The worst disaster in Great Lakes history
    Oct 2 2026
    The deadliest day in on the Great Lakes was not a ferocious storm far out to sea. But rather a calm day in a Chicago harbor. That is when a passenger steamer listed and rolled into the lake, claiming 844 lives. This is the story of the SS Eastland Disaster. Sources https://eastlanddisaster.org/ Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastland_disaster#/media/File:Eastland_Postcard_-_View_of_Eastland_taken_from_south_side_of_river_shortly_after_accident.png History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 mins
  • Loving Day - The story of Richard and Mildred Loving

    Loving Day - The story of Richard and Mildred Loving
    Sep 30 2026
    In 1958, Richard Loving - a white man - married Mildred Jeter - a black woman. The newlyweds would be arrested a year later in Virginia - where mixed race marriages were illegal. Eight years and countless court cases later, the Supreme Court - on June 12, 1967 - would strike down that law. This is the story of Richard and Mildred Jeter - and Loving Day. Sources https://time.com/archive/6916188/loving-day/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_and_Richard_Loving Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mildred_and_Richard_Loving_1967_by_UPI.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins