Blackbeard: We reveal the man behind the myth.

The search for the perpetrators of the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center.

What do the paintings of Lascaux, France reveal about our prehistoric past?

Shroud of Turin, "magic" helping defeat the Germans, and Lewis and Clark.

A military nightmare, the Reichstag fire, and the history of genetic engineering.

Christopher Columbus: explorer or business man?

Marie Antoinette's sex life, saving Berlin, and the man who broke the sound barrier.

This Week...The inside story of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

This Week...Uncovering Japan's inflatable weapons of war. Then...A world famous magician, and his obsessive quest for immortality. Plus...Why did Great Britain wage a war over drugs? All this and much more...This Week in History.

The Soviets take extreme measures to preserve the body of Vladimir Lenin.

He was a pioneer in the field of genetics, but does he regret unlocking the secrets of life? Exposing one of history's most notorious cannibals. Plus, memories of a Beirut hostage.

The history of a medical miracle...how the artificial heart first got pumping. Was Blackbeard the Pirate a devil...or just a skilled image maker? Inside the mind of a man who assassinated an assassin.

Was the wrong man punished for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King?

How did a member of the Nazi party become a hero of a ravaged city? In the wake of Pearl Harbor, two men struggle to survive in a capsized battleship. Who really invented the ice cream cone? All this and much more...This Week in History.

How did thousands of persecuted refugees leap from the 10th century into the 20th century? Why are modern engineers rebuilding one of history's greatest flying machines? Which explorer won the epic race to the North Pole?

The horrors of trench warfare briefly give way to a Christmas Miracle. The violent history of Northern Ireland through the eyes of both a Catholic and a Protestant. How World War II produced one of the world's most popular toys.

Blackbeard: We reveal the man behind the myth.

The search for the perpetrators of the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center.

What do the paintings of Lascaux, France reveal about our prehistoric past?

Shroud of Turin, "magic" helping defeat the Germans, and Lewis and Clark.

A military nightmare, the Reichstag fire, and the history of genetic engineering.

Christopher Columbus: explorer or business man?

Marie Antoinette's sex life, saving Berlin, and the man who broke the sound barrier.

This Week...The inside story of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

This Week...Uncovering Japan's inflatable weapons of war. Then...A world famous magician, and his obsessive quest for immortality. Plus...Why did Great Britain wage a war over drugs? All this and much more...This Week in History.

The Soviets take extreme measures to preserve the body of Vladimir Lenin.

He was a pioneer in the field of genetics, but does he regret unlocking the secrets of life? Exposing one of history's most notorious cannibals. Plus, memories of a Beirut hostage.

The history of a medical miracle...how the artificial heart first got pumping. Was Blackbeard the Pirate a devil...or just a skilled image maker? Inside the mind of a man who assassinated an assassin.

Was the wrong man punished for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King?

How did a member of the Nazi party become a hero of a ravaged city? In the wake of Pearl Harbor, two men struggle to survive in a capsized battleship. Who really invented the ice cream cone? All this and much more...This Week in History.

How did thousands of persecuted refugees leap from the 10th century into the 20th century? Why are modern engineers rebuilding one of history's greatest flying machines? Which explorer won the epic race to the North Pole?

The horrors of trench warfare briefly give way to a Christmas Miracle. The violent history of Northern Ireland through the eyes of both a Catholic and a Protestant. How World War II produced one of the world's most popular toys.

Blackbeard: We reveal the man behind the myth.

The search for the perpetrators of the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center.

What do the paintings of Lascaux, France reveal about our prehistoric past?

Shroud of Turin, "magic" helping defeat the Germans, and Lewis and Clark.

A military nightmare, the Reichstag fire, and the history of genetic engineering.

Christopher Columbus: explorer or business man?

Marie Antoinette's sex life, saving Berlin, and the man who broke the sound barrier.

This Week...The inside story of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

This Week...Uncovering Japan's inflatable weapons of war. Then...A world famous magician, and his obsessive quest for immortality. Plus...Why did Great Britain wage a war over drugs? All this and much more...This Week in History.

The Soviets take extreme measures to preserve the body of Vladimir Lenin.

He was a pioneer in the field of genetics, but does he regret unlocking the secrets of life? Exposing one of history's most notorious cannibals. Plus, memories of a Beirut hostage.

The history of a medical miracle...how the artificial heart first got pumping. Was Blackbeard the Pirate a devil...or just a skilled image maker? Inside the mind of a man who assassinated an assassin.

Was the wrong man punished for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King?

How did a member of the Nazi party become a hero of a ravaged city? In the wake of Pearl Harbor, two men struggle to survive in a capsized battleship. Who really invented the ice cream cone? All this and much more...This Week in History.

How did thousands of persecuted refugees leap from the 10th century into the 20th century? Why are modern engineers rebuilding one of history's greatest flying machines? Which explorer won the epic race to the North Pole?

The horrors of trench warfare briefly give way to a Christmas Miracle. The violent history of Northern Ireland through the eyes of both a Catholic and a Protestant. How World War II produced one of the world's most popular toys.