Episode 6: The Disappearing Golden Eggs of Tsar Nicholas II Part I

Rasputin

Diamonds that stopped bullets. A mystic who couldn't be killed. A duchess who supposedly escaped. Theories Have Birthdates uncovers the forensic history behind the Romanov dynasty's fall, from Tsushima to a Yekaterinburg basement to a $33 million egg found in a flea market.

What You'll Discover: the diamond-lined corsets that deflected bullets, Rasputin's actual autopsy, and the DNA that ended a 60-year impostor's claim.

The Birth Certificate: Anna Anderson's 1920 Berlin canal rescue and the myth that took six decades to unravel.

Declassified history, real forensics, zero angry politics.

A sheep rancher, a box of foil, and the birth of modern UFO mythology. Theories Have Birthdates traces the real 1947 Roswell Incident, the declassified Project Mogul cover story, and how a Cold War secret became humanity's most famous alien conspiracy theory.

What You'll Discover: Mac Brazel's pasture, Major Jesse Marcel's 1978 reversal, and the real weather-balloon evidence.

The Birth Certificate: 1978, Stanton Friedman, and three decades of silence before the myth exploded.

Declassified records, critical thinking, real history. No little green men required.

What if the ship that hit the iceberg wasn't the Titanic at all? Theories Have Birthdates unpacks The Great Titanic-Olympic Switch, the maritime conspiracy theory claiming White Star Line staged the disaster for insurance money, versus the wreck-site evidence that ends the debate. What You'll Discover: yard number 401, the real reason for Titanic's missing lifeboats, and the human stories the theory erases. The Birth Certificate: Robin Gardiner's 1998 book and why "unsinkable" hubris made a switch theory feel true. History, critical thinking, and the messy human truth behind the myth.