Heinrich Himmler was responsible for untold misery and countless deaths. But what can drive someone to commit such atrocities? In this Biocast episode...

Leon Trotsky was a leading figure of the Russian Revolution. One of the greatest Marxist thinkers of all time, he changed the world in ways most peopl...

Cleopatra was the last monarch of Ptolemaic Egypt. She's notorious for her relationship with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. But who was this powerful ...

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate states of America. On top of a hectic political career, his personal life was filled with tragedy...

Solzhenitsyn was a devout communist. Until he saw what happened in the gulag firsthand . After that, he spent his life exposing the truth about the So...

Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union. A lifelong Marxist, he worked tirelessly to create global communism. Instead, he murdered over a h...

Mystery. Horror. Tragedy. All came to life when Edgar Allan Poe put a pen to paper. Discover the somber story behind one of the greatest horror writer...

Napoleon Bonaparte is a legendary military figure. He played a key role during the French Revolution & sparked the Napoleonic wars. France has never b...

Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Nazi Germany during WWII. He is one of the most infamous political leaders in world history. This episode explores hi...

Nostradamus is one of the most mysterious men to have ever lived. His predictions are what made him famous, but what about his life story? In this epi...