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It’s History

by Ryan Socash

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I walked a radioactive Brooklyn beach 🧭

October 21, 2026 · 13 min

Beneath the sands of Brooklyn, Dead Horse Bay is a massive time capsule of New York City’s industrial past. This documentary examines how a pristine marshland became a municipal dumping ground—revealing rotting remains of 19th-century…
I found Ohio’s secret nuclear tomb 😳

October 20, 2026 · 11 min

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I visited a failed housing dream — here's why

October 19, 2026 · 12 min

In 1961, a 23-year-old McGill student proposed Habitat 67: a vertical village of interlocking concrete boxes. Commissioned by the Canadian government for the 1967 World’s Fair, the project evolved from a student thesis into a construction…
Inside Joliet’s abandoned army arsenal

October 17, 2026 · 16 min

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The Dangerous Military History of California's Mare Island

October 16, 2026 · 25 min

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I never knew the navy flew a mid-air hangar

October 15, 2026 · 10 min

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We forgot the original Sears Tower

October 14, 2026 · 39 min

Before the Willis Tower, Chicago had a different architectural titan. Built in 1905, the original Sears Tower was the centerpiece of the Homan Square mega-complex — then the largest commercial complex on Earth. This episode explores the…
I went inside City Hall's hidden room 😲

October 13, 2026 · 22 min

Philadelphia City Hall is a monumental 19th-century engineering feat—built with 88 million bricks and foundation walls up to 22 feet thick. This unreinforced masonry giant was intended as the pinnacle of modern design but was soon rendered…
Camp Hero: real base, strange claims

October 12, 2026 · 14 min

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Inside the 60-mile underground tunnel 🚇

October 11, 2026 · 32 min

The Chicago Tribune Tower is a Neo‑Gothic masterpiece and a monument to the city’s fierce history of media warfare. This episode explores its origins in a 1920s architectural competition, unique engineering feats and artistic secrets…
I toured Playboy Mansion's secret zoo 🦓

October 10, 2026 · 29 min

Before it became a global symbol of hedonism and high‑society scandal, the estate now known as the Playboy Mansion was a dignified 1920s family home. This episode explores the property's Mexican ranch origins, the botanical garden that…
Niagara's lost industrial city ⚡🏭

October 7, 2026 · 22 min

Niagara Falls wasn’t always a postcard tourist spot. In the early 1900s it became a major industrial center powered by the falls, transforming from a sacred site for Indigenous nations into one of North America’s most powerful industrial…

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About the show

IT’S HISTORY is a ride through history – join us in discovering the world’s most important eras, the minds that changed everything, and the most important inventions of our time through weekly tales of Urban Decay. This podcast is distributed and operated by Video Brothers Music.