
The morning of October 8th, 1918. The Argon Forest, France. The trees are shredded. The mud smells of rot and sulfur. Corporal Alvin C. York,…

1907 Shanghai, China. A young British police constable walks through the international settlement on his first patrol. He never finishes it. Gang members drag him…

In the winter of 1943, a Royal Air Force pilot climbed into the cockpit of his fighter and made peace with the possibility that the…

1942. A secret facility hidden in the English countryside. British engineers stood around a workbench covered in lumps of coal. Except these were not lumps…

In the autumn of 1940, a British physicist stepped off a plane in Washington carrying a small metal box. He was not a soldier. He…

May 14, 1916. Rubio Chihuahua, Mexico. Second left tenant George S. Patton crouched behind the corner of an adobe ranch house. His ivory handled Colt…

August 13th, 1944. Dean Lebane’s southern France. A woman walks through the front door of the Gustapo headquarters. She is not running. She is not…

In early 1940, VG Grabin initiated design work on a 57mm anti-tank gun at artillery factory number 92, confronting a calculation that would define Soviet…

At 8 hours on March 15th, 1943, New Guinea, Sergeant Thomas Collier lay face down in black jungle mud, observing two of his men die…

May 1943, 60 ft above a German reservoir, a Lancaster bomber is shaking itself apart. Underneath the aircraft, a 9,250lb cylinder is spinning at 500…

But behind the steely gaze and unwavering on-screen presence lies a life marked by hardship.


One show that has done this since 2009 is “Pawn Stars” on the History Channel.
It perfectly combines entertainment, history and negotiation.
Rick Harrison, co-founder of the show and shop, has spent most of his life in the shop and worked hard to grow and expand the pawn shop business.
Despite his clear dedication to growth, Rick has faced many personal hardships and legal battles that most people are unaware of.
Let’s examine what happened to Rick Harrison and get an update on his current condition.


