On June 6, 1944, the course of history changed forever on the wind-swept beaches of Normandy. But behind the massive maps and grand strategies were hundreds of thousands of individual stories of courage, terror, and sacrifice.

The Longest Day is a narrative history podcast that takes you beyond the textbooks and into the foxholes. Join us as we reconstruct the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France, from the top-secret planning rooms of London to the chaotic midnight drops of the paratroopers and the harrowing dawn landings at Omaha and Juno.

Beyond the steel and the ice lie the stories of the 2,240 souls aboard the world’s most famous ship. In this episode, we step off the promenade deck and into the lives of the passengers—from the opulence of First Class to the dreams of those in Steerage. Through recovered letters and harrowing survivor testimony, we reconstruct the final hours of the 'Unsinkable' ship, honoring the bravery, the heartbreak, and the legacies left behind in the North Atlantic.

Nine experienced hikers head into the Ural Mountains; none return alive. In our series premiere, we dive into the Dyatlov Pass Incident, one of the 20th century’s most enduring cold cases.

From the discovery of a slashed tent and barefoot footprints in the snow to the baffling injuries that defied logic, we set the stage for a mystery that has fueled decades of conspiracy theories. Was it a natural disaster, a botched military test, or something far more sinister?