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| Title | Date published | ||
| Sleepy Hollow & the Haunted Hudson | 2022-10-31 | ||
| America's Psychedelic '60s: Timothy Leary and LSD | 2022-10-27 | ||
| The Oregon Trail | 2022-10-24 | ||
| CIA: The History | 2022-10-20 | ||
| The US Marines' Pacific War | 2022-10-17 | ||
| Edward Rulloff: The Gilded Age Hannibal Lecter | 2022-10-13 | ||
| Cuban Missile Crisis | 2022-10-10 | ||
| Central Park: What Lies Beneath | 2022-10-06 | ||
| Pontiac's Rebellion | 2022-10-03 | ||
| Battle of Midway | 2022-09-29 | ||
| Hollywood Blacklist | 2022-09-26 | ||
| Declaration of Independence | 2022-09-22 | ||
| The Atomic Bomb & the Secret City | 2022-09-22 | ||
| The Queen & US Presidents | 2022-09-12 | ||
| Welcome to American History Hit | 2022-08-23 |