Michaels Curious History

Michael Ashtiany
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A history podcast that explores stories of intrigue and mystery still talked about today. I keep a balanced view and discuss the info out there I love using musical scores across my narrations to accompany the stories and take you on a journey All stories are human narrated by me, Michael, no ai! I'm a British Voice Actor with a light Northern tone Hope you enjoy them! Thanks Michael

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  1. 6d ago

    The FBI's Secret Investigation into Nikola Tesla

    Nikola Tesla died broke and alone in a New York hotel room in January 1943. Within days, government agents had seized almost everything he owned, notebooks, blueprints, ideas nobody outside that room had ever seen.This episode traces Tesla's full story: the bitter rivalry that decided how the world would be electrified, the fortune he tore up out of principle, and the towering wireless power station funded by one of the richest men in America before it was torn down for scrap. It's also the story of his final years, broke and increasingly desperate, and the claim he made at the very end of his life that turned into the strangest, most disputed chapter of his legacy.If you've heard whispers about a secret weapon or a government cover-up, this is the sourced, fact-checked version of where that story actually comes from.My name's Michael, and I curate and narrate all my own work. If you enjoy my sort of content, please consider dropping a like or a sub to the channel so you get notified of my new onesCheers!

  2. Aug 23

    The Shipwreck That Hid the Most Advanced Machine of the Ancient World

    The Antikythera Mechanism was pulled from a Roman shipwreck in 1900 by a crew of Greek sponge divers who had no idea what they'd actually found. Tangled among the statues and treasure was a small, corroded lump of bronze, dismissed for a year as nothing, until a single archaeologist noticed something extraordinary hidden inside it. What it turned out to be has occupied historians, engineers, and archaeologists for over 120 years. It's now considered the most sophisticated machine to survive from the ancient world, built to a level of precision nothing else from its era comes close to matching, and one that shouldn't have been possible for another thousand years. This is the story of the men who found it, the scientist who was ridiculed for believing in it, and the researchers across four generations who spent decades trying to prove he was right. It's also the story of an argument that still hasn't been settled; who actually built it, when, and why the evidence points in three different directions at once. If you've heard the phrase "the world's first computer" thrown around and never really understood why, or you just love a genuine, still-unresolved historical mystery, this one's for you. Michael

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A history podcast that explores stories of intrigue and mystery still talked about today. I keep a balanced view and discuss the info out there I love using musical scores across my narrations to accompany the stories and take you on a journey All stories are human narrated by me, Michael, no ai! I'm a British Voice Actor with a light Northern tone Hope you enjoy them! Thanks Michael

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