Seasons & episodes

S6 · E9Believe It Or Not 2019-03-12 · 22 min＋

Larry Walters pilots a balloon-suspended lawn chair, Phineas Gage survives an iron rod to the brain, and the Greenbrier Ghost’s testimony is used in court.

S6 · E10Legacies 2019-06-25 · 22 min＋

Lead Belly records songs with John Lomax that change the face of music, John Lennon and Yoko Ono almost get deported, and Sam Cooke writes “A Change Is Gonna Come.”

S6 · E11Fame 2019-07-02 · 22 min＋

Hedy Lamarr designs the first modern airplane wing, Eartha Kitt's activism provokes the ire of Lady Bird Johnson, and Alexis Pulaski's poodle becomes a huge star.

S6 · E12Good Samaritans 2019-07-09 · 22 min＋

Forest service ranger Ed Pulaski saves 40 men from a forest fire, and Ted Patrick rescues teenagers from the psychological grip of the Children of God cult.

S6 · E13Whistleblowers 2019-07-16 · 22 min＋

Martha Mitchell leaks the Watergate scandal to the press before Deep Throat does, and the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI stages an epic break-in.

S6 · E14Behind Enemy Lines 2019-07-23 · 22 min＋

Marina Raskova forms an all-women air force regiment to fight Nazis in World War II, and smuggler James J. Andrews hijacks a Confederate train for the Union.

S6 · E15S.O.S. 2019-07-30 · 22 min＋

Navy officer Douglas Hegdahl outwits his captors when he’s taken as a POW in North Vietnam, and Florence Nightingale revolutionizes the field of nursing.

S6 · E16Bad Blood 2019-08-06 · 22 min＋

Mary Mallon spreads typhoid fever wherever she goes, and Cleopatra’s younger sister Arsinoe schemes her way in and out of power in Ancient Egypt.