The Mummy's Curse, Nazi Gold Train & Other History Mysteries
Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
History is full of the weird and wonderful and in this episode Dan is joined by polymath, author and fellow podcaster Dan Schreiber to talk about stories of lost treasure, curious relics and Edwardian superstitions. In Dan's long career as a broadcaster, he's come across all sorts of unexplained phenomena, myths and mysteries- from searching for the Nazi Gold Train in Poland to debunking the mummy's curse in Tutankhamun's tomb to looking for answers about ball lightning.
You can read up on the things mentioned in this podcast, and more, in the History Hit Miscellany book available now online and in bookshops.
Dan Schreiber is the host of the We Can Be Weirdos podcast and the author of The Theory of Everything Else.
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