Retropod

New York's mad bomber 29.10.2018 7:20 ↓

In 1956, New York City’s bomb squad used criminal profiling to catch a terrorist known as “The Mad Bomber.”

The sword pulled from history 26.10.2018 4:38 ↓

An 8-year-old found an ancient sword in a Swedish lake. Does that make her the queen?

A love supreme: Ruth Bader and Martin Ginsburg 25.10.2018 6:06 ↓

She was short. He was tall. Her family wasn't well off. His was. She was a worrier. He had not a care in the world. If you looked up mismatch in the dictionary, Ruth Bader and Martin D. Ginsburg fit the definition perfectly.

The unstoppable Fannie Lou Hamer 24.10.2018 5:42 ↓

Civil rights crusader Fannie Lou Hamer rivaled Martin Luther King Jr. in her command of audiences.

The Sultan of Swat wasn’t always known as a slugger 23.10.2018 4:21 ↓

Before becoming a legendary big hitter, Babe Ruth was one of baseball’s best from the mound.

Big Bird and the genius inside 22.10.2018 6:03 ↓

Caroll Spinney and his iconic character were inseparable for almost 50 years.

Woodrow Wilson's secret letters to another woman 19.10.2018 5:55 ↓

Family and friends had known about the president’s intimate relationship with Mary Peck for years, but whispers about their involvement were growing.

The metamorphosis of Jackie O 18.10.2018 6:04 ↓

As Jacqueline Kennedy transitioned from wife-in-chief to widow-in-mourning, there was tension between whom she had been and whom she was allowed to become.

The body of Emmett Till 17.10.2018 4:03 ↓

Emmett Till’s mother opened his casket and sparked the civil rights movement.

The photographer and the busboy 16.10.2018 5:25 ↓

Photographer Boris Yaro shot the photo of Bobby Kennedy lying fatally wounded in the arms of Juan Romero, a busboy. The photo would haunt both of them.

The Romanovs, Russia's 'odious' autocratic family 15.10.2018 5:55 ↓

If you think your family is overrun with controlling lunatics, please meet the Romanovs.

The gory origins of the Waterloo teeth 12.10.2018 4:29 ↓

More than 50,000 soldiers died during the Battle of Waterloo, but their teeth lived on.

How the teddy bear was born 11.10.2018 4:46 ↓

In the fall of 1902, a year into his presidency, President Teddy Roosevelt set off to Mississippi for a bear-hunting vacation. It ended differently than planned.

The first black female White House reporter held the powerful accountable on civil rights 10.10.2018 5:09 ↓

It was rare to be a woman or African American covering the White House in the 1940s. Alice Dunnigan was both.

The teenage girl who caught a Nazi monster 09.10.2018 6:06 ↓

In the fall of 1957, as the world was moving on from World War II and the extermination of 6 million Jews, Sylvia Hermann knocked on the door of a modest home in Buenos Aires.

The complicated history of swimsuits and Miss America 08.10.2018 5:38 ↓

The debate was always about more than swimsuits.

The assassin who wore braids and killed Nazis 05.10.2018 5:15 ↓

Freddie Oversteegen was 14 when she joined the Dutch resistance, though with her long, dark hair in braids she looked at least two years younger.

The surprising history of the 25th Amendment 04.10.2018 6:19 ↓

The 25th Amendment passed after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

In the 1850s, navigating Ice Alley was deadly for ships 03.10.2018 5:21 ↓

Despite warnings of icebergs, the John Rutledge set sail from Liverpool, England, to New York.

America’s forgotten Iranian hostage 02.10.2018 4:45 ↓

Nine months before the Iran hostage crisis, Kenneth Kraus was held hostage in Iran for eight days.

The heroine of Lime Rock Lighthouse 01.10.2018 3:59 ↓

Ida Lewis saved as many as 25 people during her service at the lighthouse. But her deeds have largely been forgotten.

How accusations against Supreme Court nominees were once handled 28.09.2018 4:26 ↓

In 1890, Henry Brown sailed through the confirmation process after being accused of shooting and killing someone in self defense.

The man and the coconut that saved JFK 27.09.2018 4:35 ↓

William Liebenow rescued John F. Kennedy from an island filled with coconuts.

Rosie the Riveter isn’t who you think she is 26.09.2018 4:28 ↓

An American in the 1940s would not recognize the woman from the “We Can Do It!” poster as Rosie the Riveter.

The presidential pardon the country never forgot 25.09.2018 5:21 ↓

When Gerald Ford took over the presidency after Richard Nixon’s resignation, he soon made a controversial choice: He pardoned Nixon.