Long before Mary Shelley wrote her famous story of Victor Frankenstein and his monster, a real-life mad scientist called Johann Konrad Dipple dabbled in similar grave-robbing and reanimation. This History Channel special uncovers Dipple's eager experiments with fresh corpses, as well as his attempts to concoct life-giving potions.

A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a litt...

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monst...

The documentary about the Library is C-SPAN’s original feature on America’s iconic government instit...

Dating back to the 1800s, Birmingham’s roller skating scene is a flourishing, diverse community - bu...

Blending drama with the explanations of passionate historians and specialists, this enriched histori...

The great myths of mankind have captivated us for thousands of years. Inexplicable phenomena, places...

Thierno Souleymane Diallo sets out with his camera in search of the birth of filmmaking in Guinea. C...

Four friends visit a rural locality of Chile, are brutally attacked by a man and his son. After not ...

The first American space station Skylab is found in pieces scattered in Western Australia. Putting t...

Documentary on the atrocities the germans committed at the start of WW I in Dinant.
This video traces a 25-year history of the production, development, and evolution of foil Magic card...

Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Val...

For both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, Captain James Cook is a figure of great historic...

Using newly uncovered historical documents, this documentary short pieces together the most complete...

Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he ...