What if you could see in the dark… without turning on a single light?

From an invisible ray discovered by accident to the green glow in a soldier’s eyes, this episode of Whispers of the Pastunravels the suspenseful journey of how humans learned to see in the night.
🔍 Invisible light, photoelectric magic, and battlefield secrets—all come together in “The Eyes That Saw the Invisible.”

What if you could see in the dark… without turning on a single light?

In this part -1 we meet the star-gazer who found invisible light.

Over 200 years ago, William Herschel bent a beam of light through a prism… and stumbled upon something no one had seen before: a ghostly, invisible ray just beyond red.

Little did he know, that hidden warmth would one day help humans see in the night.

🔍 Invisible light, photoelectric magic, and battlefield secrets—all come together in “The Eyes That Saw the Invisible.”

Long ago, in the snowy mountains of the Swiss Alps, a clever man named George and his bouncy dog Milka went on an adventure. They weren’t looking for treasure... but they found one anyway — a strange, sticky little secret hidden in nature!

When George noticed some pesky burrs clinging tightly to Milka’s fur, his curious mind lit up. Why don’t they fall off? he wondered.

What he discovered next would lead to something magical — a brand-new invention that children, astronauts, and even superheroes use today. Want to know how a mountain walk and a few sticky seeds changed the world?

Come along and explore this true tale of discovery, invention, and a very good dog.

This is Whispers of the Past: Where History comes alive, one story at a time

Long before science could see the unseen, one girl dared to chase a glow no one understood.

She wasn’t born into fame. She didn’t wear a cape. But she uncovered a secret hidden in stone—a silent energy powerful enough to light up bones, power machines, and unlock the age of the Earth itself.

rom secret science lessons to glowing discoveries, mobile X-ray vans in war zones to two Nobel Prizes, this is the spellbinding true story of how Marie Curie turned curiosity into courage—and lit the way for generations to come.

✨ Ready to discover the invisible magic she found?
Keep listening… the glow awaits.

This is Whispers of the Past: Where History comes alive

💨🔥 Whispers of the Past – Air, Fire, and Genius: The True Story of Oxygen
Before science had rules, and before chemistry had equations, three men chased a mystery hidden in plain sight—air itself.

In a world ruled by alchemy and strange beliefs, Joseph Priestley lit a fire that wouldn’t go out, Carl Scheele made a discovery no one heard in time, and Antoine Lavoisier rewrote the story of life itself. This is not just a tale of elements—it's a tale of rivalry, revelation, and the invisible force that fuels every breath you take.

Curious? Breathe in. The story begins.

📡 What if wires could talk?

Long before smartphones and video calls, people sent messages by horse, pigeon, and Morse code. But one curious young inventor dared to imagine something impossible — he wanted voices to travel through wires.

This is the thrilling, kid-friendly tale of how Alexander Graham Bell, inspired by his deaf mother and a family of speech experts, raced against time (and a rival!) to invent the telephone — and changed the world forever.

👉 Dive into “The Boy Who Made Wires Talk” — a magical story of messengers, mystery, and a machine that made history.

She "borrowed" the world’s first car… before anyone believed in it.
Long before road trips were a thing, Bertha Benz made history with hat pins, hairpins, and pure guts.
Find out how one daring journey changed the future — and why her name was almost lost to time.

🎧 Listen to her untold story on Whispers of the Past.

Welcome to Whispers of the Past, the podcast where history comes alive not through dates and battles—but through stories. Before we start on this journey, we ought to tell you why we, a passionate collective of parents, educators, history and science buffs **came together to build this..

History was never meant to be boring.
In school, it’s often reduced to dates, battles, and names we can’t pronounce — but behind those dusty textbooks are stories that changed the world.
At Whispers of the Past, we bring those stories to life — the inventions, journeys, and quiet moments of courage that shaped human progress.
Because the past isn’t silent — it’s whispering.
And we’re here to listen.