Eyewitness accounts are the best way to explore history.  In this episode, we explore one of the most famous executions in history through the eyes of those that were in the room on that day, February 8th 1587...the day that the life of Mary, Queen of Scots came to an end.   Follow the show on...

It's common knowledge that Vincent van Gogh cut off part of his ear at some point in his life.  But, most have no idea of the events that led up to that bloody Sunday night in Arles, France, just before Christmas in 1888.     Twitter:  @giantshistory

Part one in a two part series on Frederick Douglass. “You have seen how a man was made a slave…you shall see how a slave was made a man.” This is the line Frederick Douglass writes in his autobiography, just before he tells the story of the day he snapped, the day he just couldn’t take it...