Forbidden History

The walls of Jericho are said to have fallen after seven days of marching and trumpet blasts – but what does the archaeology actually reveal? Historian Tony McMahon joins Forbidden History to investigate one of the Bible’s most dramatic stories, the ruined city beneath modern Jericho, and its strange customs and of course the enduring mystery of what really brought its walls down.

Cast List

Eric Meyers: Narrator

Tony McMahon: Author & Historian

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In 1872, the Mary Celeste was discovered drifting across the Atlantic, cargo intact, but every person aboard mysteriously missing. Historian and author Dominic Selwood joins us to examine the evidence, unravel the myths and ask what really happened to history’s most famous ghost ship.

Cast List:

Eric Meyers: Narrator

Dominic Selwood: Historian and Author
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During the blackouts of the Second World War, serial killer Paul Ogorzow stalked the darkened trains of Nazi Berlin. In this episode of Forbidden History, we uncover the S-Bahn Murders, and reveal how wartime chaos and Nazi censorship helped the so-called S-Bahn Murderer hide in plain sight.

Cast List:

Eric Meyers: Narrator
Paul Ogorzow: Archive footage
Ivan Moy: Dr Waldemar Weimann
Jens Dobler: Police historian
Sven Hartwig: Forensic pathologist
Nigel Jones: Author
Jim Maidment: Wilhelm Lüdtke
Frank McDonough: Historian
Linda Papadopoulos: Psychologist
Robert M. Stafford: Georg Heuser

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The discovery of two female skeletons aboard the magnificent Oseberg ship has puzzled historians for more than a century. Who were these mysterious women, and what does their extraordinary burial reveal about Viking life, death and ritual?

Cast List:

Eric Meyers: Narrator
Louise Loe: Archaeologist
Neil Price: Archaeologist and Viking historian
David Score: Archaeologist
Tim Sutherland: Archaeologist and host

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We explore the CIA’s covert involvement in Chile, the fall of Salvador Allende and the rise of Augusto Pinochet.

Cast List:

Eric Meyers: Narrator

Lindsay Morran: Former CIA Officer
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