10 Things You Don't Know About

Benjamin Franklin was a multi-talented American founding father–but he also owned slaves, frequented sex clubs and was a suspected serial killer. In this episode of our new series, maverick historian David Eisenbach uncovers little-known details of Franklin’s past, shedding new light on Franklin’s eccentric behaviors and how they enabled him to help save the American Revolution.

Abraham Lincoln was the steady hand of leadership during the Civil War, only to be gunned down in his prime at Ford’s Theater. Outspoken historian David Eisenbach delves into Lincoln’s private life and reveals that the Great Emancipator was a racist, had trouble with women and actually enjoyed sleeping with men.

J. Edgar Hoover ran the FBI for almost 40 years and was America’s most respected, and feared, lawman. Author and historian David Eisenbach digs into Hoover’s buried secrets to reveal that Hoover was also a neighborhood peeping tom, a sexual blackmailer, and created the world’s first Gay Spy Ring.

Mormons built a politically powerful religion based on family, faith and clean living. But they also built Las Vegas, they owned brothels, and they copied some of their rituals from the Freemasons. These are just some of the secrets author and Historian David Eisenbach uncovers.