In the dying hours of World War II in the west, the United States fought one of the strangest battles in its military history. In a scenario too bizarre to be invented, American soldiers teamed up with sworn enemies to hold a medieval castle against Hitler fanatics to save some of the most famous Frenchmen alive - all against terrifying odds.

Buckle up, friends, for the rollicking tale of the Battle for Castle Itter!

What happens when real history becomes fake history that in turn influences real history? When the ballet The Rite of Spring debuted in Paris in 1913, the result was horrifyingly unexpected, and the event influenced a century of brain science. Or did it? This episode tells the story of what happens when the truth can’t get in the way of a good story.

Sir Isaac Newton identified a scientific door to the future, but left it mostly locked and bolted. It took a nearly forgotten French noblewoman to kick it open that the world might enter. This episode tells the astonishing story of the mostly forgotten polymath Emilie du Chatelet.

Scotland is a romantic land of culture and tradition so unique that millions of people around the world claim to be Scottish despite never having visited the place. So, when did the Scotland as we know it become the Scotland as we know it? This episode tells the story of precisely when that happened – and it is not what you might expect.

Welcome to the debut episode of Plot Twisted History. As the saying goes, "well behaved women rarely make history." However, sometimes they are sidelined or erased. This episode features the stories of three forgotten women who broke ironclad rules during the age of sail to avert disaster and save themselves in the process.