History Dispatches
Matt and McKinley Breen
History Dispatches is a daily history show hosted by father and son duo Matt and McKinley Breen. The show covers people, places, events and even objects from throughout history. While any topic is fair game, Matt and McKinley hold a soft spot for the offbeat and wacky stories that most people don’t know about.
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Episodes (303)
Gregorian Calendar
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Piasa - Monster of the Mississippi
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Hopewell Earthworks
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El Palo Alto
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The Original Ponzi Scheme
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Indestructible Jack Lucas
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The East German Hot Air Balloon Escape
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War of the Golden Stool
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Milwaukee Bridge War
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Florentine Diamond
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St. Olga of Kyiv
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Cher Ami - the Hero Pigeon
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Ocracoke Island Cemetery
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Haitian Independence Debt
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Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
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Humphrey the Wayward Whale
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Doctor Riots of 1788
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Katyn Massacre
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Johnny Ramensky: the Gentleman Safecracker
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Monet Izabeth – the first American woman to ski solo, and unsupported, to the So...
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Berlin Airlift
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Saint Patrick's Battalion
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Nazca Lines
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Patriot War
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Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues
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Esperanto Language
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The Story of Gunpowder
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Berlin Wall
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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The Birdman of Coorong - John Francis Peggoty
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A Year of Mistakes
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Charles Whitman: The Texas Tower Sniper
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Pyramids of Meroë
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Greensboro Sit-ins
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War of the Worlds Broadcast
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Dolly the Sheep
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Destruction of Melos
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Whisky War
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Pride Flag
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History of the Oreo
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Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare?
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Mansa Musa - the Richest Man in History
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Adolf Hitler's 1923 Beer Hall Putsch
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Kush
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White Squirrels of Olney
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Heirlooms of Dunvegan
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Panmunjom Axe Murder Incident
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Wax Cylinders: The First Commercial Audio Medium
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Emilio Carranza - the Lindbergh of Mexico
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Why Bananas Used to be Better
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