Season 1
12 episodes
21 min. per episode
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A historian relives pivotal moments, uncovering hidden truths that challenge our understanding of history and humanity's resilience.
Episodes
Theo Wilson travels back in time to 1937, finding himself aboard the world's most luxurious airship, the Hindenburg, where he must solve the mystery of what leads to its fiery fall from the sky - the first epic disaster ever caught on moving film. Wilson pieces together the true story of how incredible engineering, Nazi propaganda, and a literal perfect storm lead to the iconic catastrophe. Aboard this floating five-star hotel, complete with its own cigar bar, we see the glitz and glamor and hubris that plays an unexpected role in sealing Hindenburg's fate.
Theo Wilson time-travels back to 1889 to the bucolic river shores of Johnstown, Pennsylvania where the biggest flood in U.S. history is about to be unleashed. But how does the disaster happen? Wilson uncovers an elite, millionaires club that transforms the world's largest manmade lake into a personal playground for the posh by pushing aside much needed maintenance on the nearby dam. We discover how bad judgement and a passion for parties and fishing set the table for the tragedy, and learn what role the Transcontinental Railroad, heroic telegraph operators, and record rainfall play in creating a catastrophe that kills over 2,000 people.
Theo Wilson time-travels to Russia on April 26th, 1986, as workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant are in the throes of a disaster that will put the lives of millions of Soviet citizens and Europeans in jeopardy. The name Chernobyl still evokes dread, but the big question is, how did it happen? Theo Wilson goes back in time to uncover the truth - discovering how the 1950s cover-up of another nuclear disaster, engineers turning a blind eye to fatal design flaws of Chernobyl's RBMK reactor, a Soviet holiday, the night shift and a breach in protocol lead to the world's worst nuclear meltdown.
Theo Wilson travels back in time to Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 where the village is self-destructing over allegations of witchcraft amongst dozens of its citizens. Why did this small town lose its collective mind in the 'witch hunts? Wilson finds himself solving the mystery of what led accused witches to be condemned to the gallows, retracing the dark road that caused Salem to turn on itself - from an accidentally flooded farm and a bitter feud between two Puritan families, to a divisive minister preaching "fire and brimstone," to a secret fortune telling game played by two local girls, to the "diagnosis" of Satanic possession, and a sham trial where hearsay and spectral evidence are all admissible, we find ourselves with a front row seat to the madness.
Theo Wilson time-travels to the mid 1800s where he finds a young man named Jesse James on the path toward becoming America's most infamous outlaw. Wilson uncovers Jesse James' rise to fame and subsequent fall - from his beating by Union militiamen, to his participation in a massacre at the hand of Confederate guerillas, to a revenge killing during his first big bank robbery, to a PR campaign quickly followed by a disastrous heist that sends him into hiding. Theo is there when Jesse James falls prey to a bullet fired by a gang member with a thirst for fame.
Offers an immersive trip back in time, highlighting different moments in history such as critical historical events, disasters, triumphs and true stories, with Theo E.J. Wilson helping deconstruct how they truly unfolded.