S01E01 Hindenburg Disaster
Theo Wilson travels back in time to 1937, finding himself aboard the world's most luxurious airship, the Hindenburg, where he must solve the mystery of what leads to its fiery fall from the sky--the first...
I Was There
S01E08: Challenger Disaster
On January 26, 1986, 2.5 million school children watched live as the Challenger space shuttle exploded in the sky, claiming the lives of seven astronauts—including a teacher. With red flags raised in the days before liftoff and multiple chances to stop the ill-fated launch, Theo Wilson is inside the moments that make you wonder, why did Challenger ever take off?
Overview
An immersive trip back in time, placing host Theo Wilson—the grandson of a Tuskegee Airman with a passion for history—at the center of some of the world’s most impactful events, to deconstruct how they truly unfolded.
Episodes
S01E02 Johnstown: America's Deadliest Flood
Theo Wilson time-travels back to 1889 to the bucolic river shores of Johnstown, Pennsylvania where the biggest flood in U.S. history is about to be unleashed. Wilson finds himself dissecting the disaster, along the way...
S01E03 Chernobyl Disaster
Theo Wilson time-travels to Russia on April 26th, 1986, as workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant are in the throes of a disaster that will put the lives of millions of Soviet citizens and Europeans...
S01E04 Salem Witch Trials
Theo Wilson travels back in time to Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 where the village is self-destructing over allegations of witchcraft amongst dozens of its citizens. Wilson is there to dissect the bizarre, “viral” chain of...
S01E05 The Death of Jesse James
Theo Wilson time-travels to the mid-1800s where he finds a young man named Jesse James on the path toward becoming America’s most infamous outlaw. Wilson separates myth from reality in Jesse James’ career, and charts...
S01E06 Killer in the White City
Theo Wilson travels back in time to 1893 Chicago, finding himself in the lair of America’s first famous serial killer, H.H. Holmes. But how did Holmes become such a prolific murderer? Theo follows Holmes dark...
S01E07 Lincoln's Assassination
Theo Wilson time travels to 1865 and immerses himself in the events that lead John Wilkes Booth to hatch a plan to kill President Abraham Lincoln.
S01E08 Challenger Disaster
On January 26, 1986, 2.5 million school children watched live as the Challenger space shuttle exploded in the sky, claiming the lives of seven astronauts—including a teacher. With red flags raised in the days before...
S01E09 Bloody Sunday
Theo Wilson time travels to the tension-filled 60s to see how inspirational Civil Rights hero, John Lewis, came to lead a historic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday. Wilson charts Lewis’ career...
S01E10 St. Valentine's Day Massacre
It’s 1929 and inside a garage in downtown Chicago, host Theo Wilson witnesses the bloodiest execution in gangland history–the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. But how did Al Capone and a Northside/Southside battle triggered by Americans’...
S01E11 Oklahoma City Bombing
Theo Wilson travels back in time to April 19, 1995, when Oklahoma City is rocked by a two-ton fertilizer bomb shortly after 9 AM. The catastrophic result of years of planning by domestic terrorist, Timothy...
S01E12 Battle of Stalingad
Theo Wilson time-travels to the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942 where the underdog Russian Army is about to pull off a victory that will turn the tide of the war in favor of Allied forces....
Cast
Theo E.J. Wilson
Self - Host
