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Did NASA fake the moon landing?
On 20 July 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong famously took one giant leap for mankind. The moon landing…
Legends of the Knights Templar
In the early 14th century, the Knights Templar were suppressed, and the 200-year history of this military religious…
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
First published in Russia in 1903, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion purported to demonstrate evidence of…
Was Elizabeth I a man?
In her most famous speech, delivered on 9 August 1588, Queen Elizabeth I declared that she had the…
Was Pearl Harbor an inside job?
On 7 December 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. It’s one of the most notorious surprise…
Season 2 | Trailer
Did NASA fake the moon landing? Did the Knights Templar discover America? And was Elizabeth I really a…
The JFK assassination: Oswald’s second murder
In light of the recent announcement that President Trump has ordered the release of classified files surrounding JFK’s…
The JFK assassination: 95% certain?
In light of the recent announcement that President Trump has ordered the release of classified files surrounding JFK’s…
Who killed JFK?
On 22 November 1963, President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested and…
Introducing History's Greatest Scandals | New Podcast
Poisoned sweets. Criminal misdeeds. And a sex scandal involving… the prime-minister.Listen to HistoryExtra's new podcast History’s Greatest Scandals,…
Did aliens land at Roswell?
In July 1947, some unusual debris was discovered at Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico. Was this…
The lost civilisation of Atlantis
In the fifth episode of our series on history’s most well-known conspiracy theories, we investigate the idea that…
Who wrote Shakespeare’s plays?
Many people don’t believe that William Shakespeare was the real author of the plays attributed to him. But…
Did Anastasia escape her family’s murder?
In the third episode of our series on some of history’s most well-known conspiracy theories, we examine the…
Did aliens build the pyramids?
Could Ancient Egypt’s most iconic monuments have been built with extraterrestrial assistance? In the second episode of our…
Hitler’s escape to South America
Did Adolf Hitler really make it out of the bunker alive at the end of the Second World…
Introducing History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories
Was the moon landing faked? Did Shakespeare actually pen his works? And were the pyramids really built by…