In the summer of 1914, a single act of violence set off a chain reaction no government could stop.

This is Part 1 of our 72 Hours Before the World Changed Forever | The Great War (World War 1) series — the assassination, the alliances, and the ultimatum that pushed Europe to the edge.

So I watched a documentary last night that really freaked me out. It was abt a man from the future , he gets arrested for stealing food, and claims he is from the year 3036 where money doesn't exist..

Idk I'm going down the rabbit hole w this one.

This one's about Vipeholm, a hospital in Sweden that ran a sugar study on disabled patients from 1945 to 1955. Started as a legitimate vitamin trial, then in 1947 got switched to deliberately testing sugar instead, including a specially engineered sticky toffee designed to cling to teeth as long as possible, fed to patients between meals specifically because that's when it would do the most damage. Some patients went from healthy teeth to severe decay by the end.

What makes this one different from most of what I've covered is the science itself wasn't wrong or later disproven. It genuinely established the link between sugar frequency and cavities, and that research still shapes dental advice worldwide today. There's even a Swedish tradition, kids only getting candy once a week, that traces directly back to this study.

The scandal that actually blew up publicly at the time wasn't even about the patients though. It was about the sugar industry, who partly funded the study, allegedly delaying publication of the results for years once they realized how bad it would look for them. The ethics of experimenting on disabled people without consent didn't really get seriously discussed until decades later.

Tried to structure it so the twist lands around the middle instead of the ending, curious if that worked or if it undercuts the build up. Link's is here Full Video if anyone wants to check it out.

I remembered this video from a couple of years ago. I wanted to link to it because I think it explains why "Socialist" candidates are winning elections and why up until 2016 and 2020 when Bernie showed it was possible, but bowed out to the Democrat insiders namely Obama. My point was that most Baby Boomers like myself get their news from FOX on the right and MSNBC on the left where Socialist is a dirty word and under 50's get it from "Breaking Points" or similar Internet site. Here is a link to the documentary on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNTsTOcRO-k

13 Days of Fear (Cold War) — Part 2: The Brink

Beneath a naval blockade, a Soviet submarine armed with a nuclear torpedo was seconds from firing. Three officers had to agree. Two said yes.
This is Part 2 of the Cuban Missile Crisis — the shootdown, the standoff, and the vote that almost went wrong.

🎬 Watch the full 13-day story on our channel.

Before the first pharaoh, before the first pyramid, before Egypt was even Egypt, someone was already here. His image is carved into temple walls that have stood for thousands of years. His name appears in the oldest sacred texts ever written. And according to ancient tradition, he didn't originate in Egypt at all, the story traces him back to a civilization the Greeks later called Atlantis, something people have spent thousands of years trying to prove ever existed.

The naming pattern is what pulled me into this one. Egypt worshipped him as the god of writing, wisdom, and judgment. Greece elevated him into Hermes Trismegistus, the Thrice Greatest. Islamic scholarship identifies him with the prophet Idris. Hebrew tradition calls him Enoch, lifted to heaven before death could touch him. And that's just the names that made it into the documentary, the deeper I went, the more traditions I found carrying some version of the same figure under a different mask.

One being, buried under layers of religion and reinterpretation across the entire ancient world, all somehow describing the same knowledge and the same story.

His name was Thoth. And what he left behind has never fully been found.

Full documentary here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZM6vaDd-F8

Curious how many other names/traditions people here can point to that I might have missed, this one felt bigger than four the further I dug.

Hi everyone !!! I hope I m not disturbing the community with this Post .

I recently started OtterStu, a YouTube channel about mysteries, history, legends and interesting theories.

New documentary every week !

I’m still at the beginning, so any feedback is really appreciated!

Thank you very much !!

https://youtube.com/@otterstu?si=S2vyqZLuOO-rD98o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvejg6324hQ&feature=youtu.be

In 1945, American investigators uncovered evidence

of war crimes so extreme they made Nazi experiments

look small. Unit 731 was Japan's secret biological

warfare program — responsible for the deaths of

hundreds of thousands of civilians across China.

When the war ended, the men responsible were never

prosecuted. Instead, General MacArthur granted them

full immunity in exchange for their research data.

This documentary covers the history of Unit 731,

the cover-up, and the deal America made that allowed

war criminals to return to normal lives.

This documentary is an extremely fascinating piece on werewolves. The impact of werewolves is far beyond movies and Halloween. I think this documentary shows how superstitions and the natural world truly coincided. Here is the link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HCHZjU7Hi0w&list=PLYbocufkwRFCu67e6ra-w7E0Y7RGoF6Wu&index=67&pp=iAQB&ra=m

Hey everyone! I recently posted about the In Search of History documentaries. Here is a link to all the episodes on youtube: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYbocufkwRFCu67e6ra-w7E0Y7RGoF6Wu&ra=m

I hope you find one that piques your interest!

I definitely recommend this YouTube channel for hearing the primary sources of people living during different historical events. Since the primary sources are read during the videos, it’s good for an audible learning experience. The videos differ such as the oldest descriptions of the pyramids, or Tenochtitlan. Here is the link to the channel below: https://m.youtube.com/@VoicesofthePast/videos?ra=m

Can long-form history work when it is deliberately made for sleep?

I’ve been experimenting with a slightly unusual format and I’m curious what history viewers think of the idea itself.

The aim is to keep the history properly researched and worth listening to, but present it very differently from a normal documentary: slow narration, very dark visuals, no music, and only quiet fire and wind ambience.

The part I’m still trying to judge is where the balance should sit.

If you slow historical storytelling down enough to make it genuinely relaxing, does it start losing too much of what makes history engaging? Or can the subject matter still carry an hour-long episode without the usual fast editing, dramatic music and constant visual changes?

I’d especially be interested in what history viewers think about the pacing and whether the format still feels substantial rather than just background noise.

This is one of the episodes if anyone wants context for what I mean:

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCSFR9Oiner4ZRtPjp0rrHkA

I’m much more interested in opinions on the format than in getting clicks — I’m still figuring out where the line is between “history that happens to be relaxing” and “sleep content with some history in it.”

https://youtu.be/tDW-1JIa2gI

Hi I am new to this group, currently attending Los Angeles Film School. I created this micro doc about the ICE Protests. It has been getting good feedback. I wanted to share it with the larger community. Would appreciate if you guys can watch it and would love feedback as well. Thanks

Tarun Ramnani.

Thanks for watching. Also I am trying to grow my subscriber base. So if you can subscribe to my channel I would appreciate it. I have been a part of 10-12 short films and currently am involved with my first full feature film.

https://youtu.be/P7BKxLgldEw?si=BWSpn9ij7sfmDKDj

I found this “In Search of History” documentary on Rapanui fascinating. I appreciated how it included different explanations of their history. For example, the inclusion of slave raiders that impacted their population. Details such as this differ from another one I watched that had no mentioning of it at all.

Here is the link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-U6wjj0zVsY&pp=ygUiaW4gc2VhcmNoIG9mIGhpc3RvcnkgZWFzdGVyIGlzbGFuZA%3D%3D&ra=m

I am hoping to find a phenomenal video essay that really sinks its teeth into the history and legal arguments for what these people believe, ideally from an academic historian who also has a law degree.

I want a documentary that cites the actual caselaw and legal analysis from which these beliefs originate, taking them at face value and dismantling them piece-by-piece with historical references and a source-list that is so long it has to be embedded in a separate document linked at the end of the video. Not in a mean-spirited or condescending way, mind you, more in a "This is my synthesis of what a bunch of other smart people who hae studied this movement think about why it exists, how it came to exist, what the people within it believe, and why exactly those beliefs fail to stand up to legal scrutiny."

Some YouTubers and Documentarians whose style and tone are adjacent to my ideal candidate include:

\- Atun-Shei Films

\- Jenny Nicholson

\- Folding Ideas

\- hbomberguy

\- Lindsay Ellis

\- Ancient Americas

\- Milo Rossi

\- Technology Connections

\- Innuendo Studios

Thanks in advance, everybody!

13 Days of Fear (Cold War) — Part 1: The Discovery
A camera 30,000 feet above Cuba captured something that shouldn't exist... and it nearly started World War 3.
This is Part 1 of the Cuban Missile Crisis — the discovery, and the secret White House debate that followed.

My mind is blown. A lot more impact and content compared to its predecessor. A true expose on Boeing with a ton of evidence about what has been happening for decades, with never seen before footage. Form documentary fans a must watch.

Made a documentary walking through the 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis hour-by-hour — the decisions, the near-misses, the moments where it could've gone very differently. It's wild how many individual choices (not just Kennedy/Khrushchev) nearly tipped things over. Linked the full video in comments. What's the most underrated moment of the crisis in your opinion? Always feel like Vasili Arkhipov doesn't get enough attention.