Hello there, I'm Mark Fennell, and you may know me as the guy who finds the stuff that

the British stole.

Still doing that, but I'm also embarking now on a new hunt.

This is a hunt for the people, the objects, the actions, the stuff-ups, the moments that

essentially change the course of history, but at the time, no one saw them coming.

Each week, we will unravel stories from across the globe, from bizarre crimes he might never

have heard of.

He's using the early 20th century equivalent of a hive's vest and a lanyard to get into

the Louvre undetected.

To brushes with death that changed science.

He sort of becomes like a boogeyman or a demon.

Something you read, it sort of sends a chill down your spine.

You'll meet the people whose presence continues to be felt from the grave.

He imagined a secret society which would be watching the schools, the universities,

to establish a worldwide English-speaking

global elite.

There is no chapter of history that is off-limits, and each and every one of these inflection

points has somehow reshaped your life and my life.

I don't think this is talked about enough.

The outcome of World War II was not a foregone conclusion.

We think that restitution is a contemporary debate.

It's really not. It's been going on forever.

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