Historical Conspiracies | Podcast Series - HistoryExtra

Was the moon landing faked? Did Shakespeare actually pen his works? And were the pyramids built by aliens? In our new HistoryExtra podcast series, we'll be delving into historical conspiracy theories. Across six episodes, Rob Attar speaks to expert historians Francis French, Helen Rappaport, Richard J Evans and others to discover more.

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Conspiracy: Hitler’s escape to South America . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Conspiracy: did aliens build the pyramids? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Conspiracy: did Anastasia escape her family’s murder? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Conspiracy: Who wrote Shakespeare? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Second World War

Conspiracy Did Hitler escape from his bunker and live in Argentina after WW2?

Ancient Egyptian pyramids against a purple starry sky

Conspiracy Were the pyramids built by aliens?

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Conspiracy Did someone else write the plays of William Shakespeare?

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Conspiracy Did NASA fake the Moon landing?

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Conspiracy Did Anastasia survive the massacre of the Romanovs?

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What is history’s greatest mystery?