Forbidden History

During the blackouts of the Second World War, serial killer Paul Ogorzow stalked the darkened trains of Nazi Berlin. In this episode of Forbidden History, we uncover the S-Bahn Murders, and reveal how wartime chaos and Nazi censorship helped the so-called S-Bahn Murderer hide in plain sight.

Cast List:

Eric Meyers: Narrator
Paul Ogorzow: Archive footage
Ivan Moy: Dr Waldemar Weimann
Jens Dobler: Police historian
Sven Hartwig: Forensic pathologist
Nigel Jones: Author
Jim Maidment: Wilhelm Lüdtke
Frank McDonough: Historian
Linda Papadopoulos: Psychologist
Robert M. Stafford: Georg Heuser

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The discovery of two female skeletons aboard the magnificent Oseberg ship has puzzled historians for more than a century. Who were these mysterious women, and what does their extraordinary burial reveal about Viking life, death and ritual?

Cast List:

Eric Meyers: Narrator
Louise Loe: Archaeologist
Neil Price: Archaeologist and Viking historian
David Score: Archaeologist
Tim Sutherland: Archaeologist and host

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We explore the CIA’s covert involvement in Chile, the fall of Salvador Allende and the rise of Augusto Pinochet.

Cast List:

Eric Meyers: Narrator

Lindsay Morran: Former CIA Officer
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The team at Forbidden History examines skulls from the site of the 1499 Battle of Dornach. The battle between Maximilian I and the Old Swiss Confederacy saw Switzerland win its independence from the Holy Roman Empire.

Eric Meyers: Narrator
Christine Cooper: Physical Anthropologist
Gerry Embleton: Author and Illustrator
Susan Marti: Doctor, Bernisches Historisches Museum
David Nicolle: Author and Military Historian
Tim Sutherland: Archaeologist
Hans Voegtli: Doctor and Curator, Heimatmuseum Schwarzbubenland Dornach

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In this week's episode of Forbidden History, Dominic Selwood explores the extraordinary life and contested legacy of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Prize-winning chemist whose discoveries transformed both agriculture and warfare, leaving behind one of history's most complex moral debates.

Cast List:

Eric Meyers: Narrator

Dominic Selwood: Author & Historian
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