Cruising Through History

Detective stories, real or fictional, have captured the imaginations of people everywhere, but who was the first real detective. Scott and Zander discuss who first created the ideas and practices of detective work that are still relevant today in fiction and reality. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Heavier than air flight was an elusive yet sought after technology that forms how we know of flight and aviation today. Scott and Zander explore the history of aviation and the Wright brothers in this second part on human flight. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Humanity has always had an interest in flying. Scott and Zander begin part one of exploring the history of flight starting with lighter than air flight. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

In 1866, a cholera outbreak took place in London's East End. Luckily, a man by the name of John Snow was there a learned a few new tricks to help track and identify how cholera spread. Scott and Zander discuss the incident Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Nikola Tesla is often overshadowed by the historical electricity giant, Thomas Edison, but why is that the case? Scott and Zander review the history of Tesla, his visionary aspirations, and how he came to be a lesser historical figure. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

World War 2 was full of strange operations, fear, and sometimes odd partnerships. Operation Underworld is one of these strange occurrences where the U.S. navy partnered the Mafia! Scott and Zander explore this strange relationship Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Alexander The Great is known as a conqueror, but he has many  names across many regions of the middle east as his empire spread far and wide. Scott and Zander review how he became so well known across cultures and how he came to fall. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

The Mongolian Empire was one of the most far reaching and most unlikely empires to have dominated Russia, North Africa, China, and more. What were its origins and how did Genghis Khan become one of the most feared names in the world? Scott and Zander cruise on through and explore how it happened.

King Tut is known as one of the greatest archeological finds of the 20th century. But was his tomb cursed, and how long did those who discovered it live before succumbing to it? Scott and Zander discuss. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

A Geoglyph is a large design produced on the ground with durable landscaping elements, like gravel, stones or dirt. Can Scott and Zander solve the most mysterious geoglyphs that have appeared through history? Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Stonehenge: One of the great wonders of the world. Have Scott and Zander discovered the real reason why Stonehenge exists and how those great stones go there? No. But they do talk about the history and debate surrounding the monument in this episode.  Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Unrelated to the popular pool game, Marco Polo as an explorer is well known. Scott and Zander go over the details and history of his adventures. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Timbuktu is one of those legendary cities we hear about. Today, Timbuktu is far from its Golden Age, but its influence on exploration and trade is still remembered today. Scott and Zander discuss. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

It is always thought that it was Europeans who 'discovered' America first. Is there a possibility that it was actually China? Scott and Zander discuss this theory along with China's naval fleet's travel. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

The ancient Greeks are known for a lot of cultural phenomena, but does that include robots? Scott and Zander discuss whether the Greeks really built robots like we think of robots today. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

The "science" of alchemy was much more profound than popular understanding suggests. Scott and Zander explore where alchemy was practiced and some of the familiar names attached to the proto-science. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Dragons may be a pop culture icon now, but Dragons historically appear across multiple cultures in different ways. Join Scott and Zander as they discuss the history of dragons through the world.  Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

How do you lose a library? Did volume after volume of knowledge really burn? All that and more in this episode of Cruising Through History. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Oh the horrors of reading! Explore what the penny dreadfulls were and how they impacted mass consumer reading just in time for Halloween.  Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

How does the field of dentistry relate to the mass advancement of plastic surgery in World War One? Take a glance at some of the advancements made during the Great War and where the origins of modern plastic surgery came from.  Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Cruise through the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and what it meant for language research and understanding Egyptian society.  Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

We're back! And what way to come back with a lost expedition into the icy north. Join us as we cruise through this historic expedition Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

Cruise through the how Lincoln's assassination really happened and the weird circumstances, characters and delusions that fed into the whole event in this episode of Cruising Through History. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

After his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt was not one to sit idly. Roosevelt decided to go on a dangerous survey expedition in the Amazon Basin nearly losing life and limb in the process. Scott cruises along this life-threatening expedition. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info

The Salem Witch Trials are a widely looked at part of U.S. history, but what really started them and how did they end? What influenced fraudulent accusations and death? Scott uses his third eye and reveals what history says about the Salem Witch Trails. Like the show? Feel free to like, subscribe, or follow. Want to give us a suggestion? Email us at historycruise@mykpl.info