History Dispatches
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Project Habakkuk: the iceberg aircraft carrier
10-Cent Beer Night: What could go wrong?
Shroud of Turin: Unraveling the truth
North Sentinel Island: The World's Most Isolated People
Curse of Tippecanoe: The Deadly Presidential Prophecy
Viking Shield Maidens: Fact, Fiction, or Both?
The Centennial Light: The Bulb That Refused to Burn Out
Haymarket Affair: Blood, Bombs, and Labor Rights
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon: Wonder or Myth?
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Encore)
The 335 Year War (Encore)
The Rosetta Stone - the Key to Unlocking Egypt's Past (Encore)
Catacombs of Paris (Encore)
Bobbi Gibb - the First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon (Encore)
Last of the Mammoths
Battle of the Bogside
Typhoid Mary
Church of Bones - Sedlec Ossuary
American War Movies
Apollo 1 Disaster
Max von Pettenkofer - the Father of Modern Hygiene
Exploding Whale of Florence
The Frank Slide
Henry Knox and the Guns of Ticonderoga
Sergeant Gander
Oseberg Viking Ship
Christ College Fire of 1867
Gargolyles
Goiânia Cesium 137 Incident
Owney the Postal Dog
History of the Marathon
Anna May Wong
Pirate Movies
Reconquista
Purchase of Alaska
Silver Mines of Athens
Silver Mines of Potosi
Gregorian Calendar
Piasa - Monster of the Mississippi
Hopewell Earthworks
El Palo Alto
The Original Ponzi Scheme
Indestructible Jack Lucas
The East German Hot Air Balloon Escape
War of the Golden Stool
Milwaukee Bridge War
Florentine Diamond
St. Olga of Kyiv
Cher Ami - the Hero Pigeon
S2 Ep 130Ocracoke Island Cemetery
The British flag flies in many places around the globe, but one of the most unlikely is a small cemetery on Ocracoke island in North Carolina. Its origin dates back to WWII, and the location has been permanently leased to the British Government. This is the story of the British cemetery on Ocracoke Island. Sponsor Go to factormeals.com/dispatchespod50off to get 50 percent off and free breakfast for a year. New subscribers only, varies by plan. 1 free breakfast item per box for 1 year while subscription is active. Sources https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/missions/battleoftheatlantic2/bedfordshire.html https://www.ocracokepreservationsociety.org/ops-events/britishcemetery https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/2073156/ocracoke-island-british-cemetery/ Image: By Sedna10387 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ocracoke_Part_2_030.JPG History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices