Launched in 1982 by three friends in a Houston diner, Compaq Computer set out to build a portable PC to take on IBM, the world’s most powerful tech company. Many had tried cloning the industry leader’s code, only to be trounced by IBM and its high-priced lawyers. Explore the remarkable David vs. Goliath story, and eventual demise, of Compaq, an unlikely upstart who altered the future of computing and helped shape the world as we know it today.
A roller-coaster ride through the history of American exploitation films, ranging from Roger Corman'...
In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspir...
This documentary outlines the unique properties and latest studies of "Physarum Polycephalum", also ...
"The Farewell Affair" is one of the greatest espionage stories of the Cold War that will result in t...
After losing sight in 1983, John Hull began keeping an audio diary, a unique testimony of loss, rebi...
Scott Panetti was tried for the capital murder of his parents-in-law on September 8, 1992 in Gillesp...
On May 2, 1945, Soviets take control over the Fuhrerbunker. On May 5th, they find bodies of Hitler a...
In the 1960s, the suburbs were meant to be modern havens for newcomers from rural France, Portugal, ...
From Amos 'n' Andy to Nat King Cole, from Roots to The Cosby Show, black people have played many rol...
Twenty-six-year-old Shani Warren was found drowned in Taplow Lake, Buckinghamshire, with her hands t...
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following...
The story of Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, who became fast friends during their youth in German...
This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and u...
Behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 'Caddyshack'. Among the people interviewed: producer...
A look back at the history of major league baseball in Houston, starting with its humble beginnings ...
An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually...
In May 1943, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, the new head of the Reich Central Security Office, gave Hitler a r...
The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, t...
Exploring some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth, five pioneering scie...