• New series revisits mysterious death of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones

    New series revisits mysterious death of Rolling Stones founder Brian Jones

    A new Smithsonian Channel series throws more gasoline onto the roaring fire still that still engulfs the death of Rolling Stones founder/guitarist Brian Jones. Sunday’s episode of “The Curious Life & Death of…,” hosted by medical historian/author Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris, sheds new light on the case of Jones -—who, in July 1969, was found dead …
  • American-born aristocrat tours British estates for Smithsonian Channel

    American-born aristocrat tours British estates for Smithsonian Channel

    Illinois native Julie Montagu hosts “An American Aristocrat’s Guide to Great Estates,” an eight-episode series premiering Sunday (9 p.m.) on Smithsonian Channel. Montagu became the Viscountess of Hichingbrooke when, in 2004, she married Luke Montagu — whose father is the 11th Earl of Sandwich — and moved into Mapperton House, the family’s 16th century estate …