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November 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg trials, the international and formal effort to bring the war criminals of the Nazi party to justice following the end of the Second World War. In remembrance, History Obscura presents the story of one of the most eminent members of the party who was NOT required to testify in one of the United States' or West Germany's courts: Wernher von Braun.

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Welcome back to the show! This brand-new episode of History Obscura covers the peak of Scotland's witch hunting era, all thanks to the obsessive King James I & VI and his hit book, Daemonologie. Deep within the fetid waters of the Nor' Loch, successive generations of Scots would eventually find the material evidence for these atrocities.

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This evening, we take a look at some compelling cases of reincarnation.

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Perhaps you know him better as H. H. Holmes? Under a variety of names, this slick character swindled dozens of people out of their money, their properties, and even their lives.

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Keeping on with the classic Robert Louis Stevenson adventure novel!

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A reading from The New York Times' April 19, 1886 edition.

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Phineas Taylor Barnum was a businessman from a tender age, his first venture having been a general store. A move to New York City in his early 20s--and a chance happening upon a highly marketable human being--changed everything for Barnum and the people he would eventually employ.

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