Artifacts. History for Curious Minds.

How the monsters on screen —from early silent shocks to modern nightmares—reflect the anxieties of their time . More than jump scares and creatures in the dark, horror becomes a funhouse mirror for history: war, social upheaval, repression, technology, disease, and the uneasy feeling that something is changing faster than we can understand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

They screamed so loudly the Beatles couldn’t hear their own guitars. When four young men from Liverpool landed at JFK in February 1964, America didn’t just welcome a band, it detonated. Thousands of fans stormed the airport. Reporters shouted questions. Girls fainted, sobbed, surged against barricades. This is the story of how America lost its mind , and how four Beatles changed what music, fame,...

Before Pearl Harbor, before 9/11, a massive explosion rocked New York Harbor, shattered windows miles away, and damaged the Statue of Liberty. It wasn’t an accident. The Black Tom sabotage was one of America’s first great terror attacks — and almost no one remembers it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How did this show we love so much get started? Join the fascinating journey from Japan to America to the World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Wooden Decks to Nuclear Supercarriers -- how the aircraft carrier developed and evolved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.