Go behind the scenes at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to uncover the dark, hidden histories of world-famous artifacts.

The German Enigma machine was meant to be unbreakable, but a team of brilliant minds at Bletchley Park - led by figures like Alan Turing - deciphered its secrets. Their intelligence, codenamed Ultra, provided the Allies with a constant, critical advantage...

Learn more about Shirley Chisholm and her long-lasting impact on politics on the 50th anniversary of her run for the presidency.

Explore the Victorian obsession with death and the resulting spiritual panic - the Age of Doubt. With scientific discoveries like Darwin’s evolution theory shaking the foundations of belief in the afterlife, Victorians sought answers in the macabre.

Nestled in a small Indiana town since 1895, Whispers Estate embodies a true paranormal haunting. Turning skeptics into believers, this house proves that its walls do more than just talk. Hear the chilling testimonies of the home owner, the staff, and nume...

In the heart of Burgundy, the small town of Cluny holds a secret. The abbey standing tall in the city center is a mere fragment of what the 11th-century Maior Ecclesia once was, the biggest church ever conceived at the time, a feat that was accomplished i...

75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque tourist destination, by its unique history is the epicenter of the Gullah culture and the foundation of African A...

Merlin is the archetypal wizard, Welsh and Celtic in origin but with connections across the water in Cornwall and middle Europe, and, of course, the Arthurian legends.

Documentary presented by Professor Simon Schaffer which charts the amazing and untold story of automata - extraordinary clockwork machines designed hundreds of years ago to mimic and recreate life.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND is said to be the most quoted book in print, second only to The Bible, with a passionate army of fans who regularly congregate around the world to celebrate its rich and playful world. But what of its creator, the mild-mannered and una...

Archaeologist Agnes Hsu-Tang, director of New York-based China Institute, goes on a quest to answer three of ancient China’s most beguiling mysteries.

Four hundred years ago, hundreds of innocent people were killed as an obsession to stamp out Satanism swept the British Isles. Dr Suzannah Lipscomb investigates the events of this dark period in our history.

The team investigate a possible fifth century cemetery in a ploughed field, where they find a metal shield boss. One male skeleton is holding a drinking vessel.

The team delve deeper into the secrets of the skilled communities who built medieval castles. The stonemasons working on the castle walls are dependent on blacksmiths, whose metalwork was magical to the medieval mind-set.

Alexandria, a royal Greek city in the land of the Pharaohs. Along the sandy banks of the Nile delta on the African Mediterranean coast, the most powerful metropolis of its time rose from virtually nothing. The Hellenistic culture mingled with the legacy o...