The Missing Chapter Podcast

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In the spring of 1943, mainland Europe lay in the firm grip of Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers.  A year removed from the D-Day invasions of Normandy, Allied intelligence is formulating a plan that involves a lone serviceman - military courier, Major William Martin.  Martin would prove to be the key to deceiving the Germans of the Allied plans to liberate Sicily and alter the tide of the...

The 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, is touted in the history textbooks as being one of the most influential Presidents in American History.  From the Gettysburg Address to the Emancipation Proclamation to his untimely demise at the hands of John Wilkes Booth, following in Lincoln’s footsteps would be no small task.  The only one of his four sons to live into adultho...

The U.S. Civil War left in its wake some 750,000 dead, the American countryside in ruins, and a nation healing from bitter division.  The stories of the people and families, however, tell the true impact this war had on our great nation.  Maybe none more so than the story of Wilmer McLean - a merchant and family man from Virginia.  His experience in the Civil War is one of great iro...

In the classic James Fenimore Cooper novel, “The Last of The Mohicans”, trade relations turn hostile between French-backed Mohicans and the Mohawks. The events that transpired introduce us to one of history's forgotten men - Cyrus Van Den Bogart - who was the first European to chronicle the existence and lifestyle of the Mohawk Indian tribes living in the Upper Mohawk Region.  Today's guest s...

The fate of a young couple, deeply in love, in a far-off corner of Europe, triggers the worst war the modern world has ever seen - in 1914.  "The War to End All Wars" would set the stage for World War II and create long-lasting geopolitical tensions that shaped entire generations of people in the 20th and 21st centuries.  All of these well-known events are triggered by a wrong turn, and...

Coming up on the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage, The Missing Chapter delves deeper into a miraculous part of this perilous journey across the Atlantic Ocean.  From the impact that the Mayflower Compact had on American democracy, to the millions of descendants that stemmed from the Mayflower voyagers, this well-known story has some unbelievable effects on world history that many wou...

The only thing more mysterious than this famed author's writings - was his death.  Hear a detailed account of this figure's life and times, as well as the events leading up to his untimely demise in 1849.  Can you solve his death and help shed light on the mystery that has plagued historians for centuries?  Tune in to find out...