A History Channel original podcast brought to you by Rewind Studios, History's Greatest Mysteries examines the top theories surrounding the world's most enigmatic unsolved mysteries. Each episode unpacks these puzzles with contributions from top historians, authors, scientists, and researchers. From unsolved crimes to lost and buried treasures, and the deaths and disappearances of famous figures, History's Greatest Mysteries explores possible explanations to some of the world's most confounding events. History’s Greatest Mysteries is a History Channel original podcast brought to you by Rewind Studios. New episodes every Wednesday. Follow wherever you get your podcasts.
What this show covers
religious relicsKnights Templarmedieval historylost treasurehistorical mysteriesunsolved casesexpert analysisIndian Oceanaviation mysteryMH370World War IIHolocaust historyNazi huntersPostwar justiceAdolf Eichmann
What listeners will find here
A vanished medieval treasure and the centuries-long hunt to find it
The episode explores the mystery of the Knights Templar’s lost fortune, a cache of gold, silver, gems, and sacred relics that disappeared more than 700 years ago. It follows the enduring question of where the hoard went and why its legend still drives historians and treasure hunters alike.
MH370’s disappearance remains one of aviation’s darkest unanswered questions
Malaysia Flight 370 explores the disappearance of a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people over the Indian Ocean and why, nearly a decade later, the case still grips the world. With input from multiple experts, the episode looks at the enduring mystery at the heart of MH370.
How Adolf Eichmann Evaded Capture for 15 Years—and How the Hunt Finally Ended
Adolf Eichmann’s postwar escape and eventual capture are the focus here, tracing how one of the Holocaust’s chief architects repeatedly avoided Nazi hunters. The episode centers on the long international pursuit and the question of what finally brought the case to a close.
A new weekly show built around three unbelievable true stories
This episode introduces WHAT THE FACT, a new podcast hosted by Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy. Each week, they dig into three surprising true facts spanning history, myths, scandals, discoveries, music lore, and disasters that sound too strange to be real.
Chicago’s most infamous mob killing, and the mystery that still surrounds it
The Valentine’s Day Massacre is the focus here: the brutal 1929 Chicago mob slaying that became one of the most notorious crimes of the Prohibition era. This episode looks at who may have carried it out, why it happened, and why the case proved so hard to solve.
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