Witness History Episodes Available now
Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
In 1995, the doomsday cult, Aum Shinrikyo, launched a chemical attack on the Tokyo metro
Hunting the Unabomber
In September 1995, US newspapers controversially published a terrorist's manifesto.
Drum: Africa鈥檚 revolutionary magazine
The first African lifestyle magazine Drum, was first printed in 1951
'I wrote Schindler's List'
Thomas Keneally stumbled across the story of Oskar Schindler while buying a briefcase
Kobe earthquake
On 17 January 1995, an earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, in Japan
Confronting Betty Ford鈥檚 addiction
In 1978, former first lady Betty Ford sought help for addiction
Franklin D Roosevelt鈥檚 New Deal
In 1933, President Roosevelt enacted the New Deal to drag the US out of depression
The Bosphorus boat spotter tracking Russian military trucks
In 2015, ship spotter Y枚r眉k I艧谋k saw Russian military trucks on a ship going to Syria
The mystery of Raoul Wallenberg
The Swedish diplomat saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during World War Two
The invention of the hotel key card
In the 1970s, Norwegian Tor Sornes invented the hotel key card
