The icy surrender: the bitter frozen end of the Battle of Stalingrad.
The end of the most terrible battle ever fought on Earth leaves us with a lot of depressing thoughts about human nature.
Sean Munger
Behind the scenes: 1924, the fascinating, forgotten election.
My newest YouTube video is a deep dive into a tumultuous but mostly forgotten political contest in American history.
Historic Photo: First Lady Grace Coolidge with her dog, 1924.
More than just an "aww" moment from the past, there is some interesting history behind this picture.
Greed and glitter: a journey through 1980s cinema, in 25 films. (Part III)
Rampaging monsters, glowing kung fu masters and an out-of-control freight train hitch a ride on our journey through 1980s cinema.
Stalin’s final purge? The mysterious case of the “Doctors’ Plot.”
Weeks before Stalin's death, the leader went on a tear against Jewish doctors. Was it the prelude to another bloody purge?
Disaster in memory: the Great Blizzard of 1975.
49 years ago this week, Midwesterners suffered the "blizzard of the century." How we remember weather events of the past matters.
Free history books! The mysterious murder in the library.
In 1969, a young woman was found dead in the aisles of the Penn State library. Who killed her, and why?