History

While the fear-fueled story of the Green Man is certainly the best kind of urban legend, filled with gruesome deaths, supernatural powers and a terrifying curse tailor-made to frighten teenagers, Ken Summers recently uncovered the true story of the Green Man, and it's a lot more sad than scary.
What are examples of things that are "common knowledge" about history that historians almost universally consider incorrect?
With the sunset of the cowboy and all things fastened to him also comes nightfall on all the other trappings of the Old West, and for us the real tragedy is the disappearance of the saloon.
'The Bible' has been an incredibly successful miniseries for the History channel. Producer Mark Burnett tells us about his show.