The Mystery Of Nicholas Barclay And His Imposter, Frederic Bourdin
This post was originally published on this siteNicholas Barclay went missing in 1994 and turned up three years later. But after being reunited with his […]
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Peg Entwistle: The Starlet Who Killed Herself By Jumping Off The Hollywood Sign
This post was originally published on this siteIt seemed like Peg Entwistle had everything going for her – until she threw herself from the Hollywood […]
World’s Oldest Known Message In A Bottle Found
This post was originally published on this siteThe bottle was picked up by a couple who thought it would look nice on their bookshelf. The […]
Trepanation Was The Bizarre Cure-All That Exposed Your Brain
This post was originally published on this siteTrepanation, the practice of drilling a hole in your head to let your brain “breath”, was used to […]
How Hans And Sophie Scholl’s White Rose Movement Fought Back Against The Nazis
This post was originally published on this siteSophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, and the White Rose movement stood up to the evils of the Nazis. Though […]
A Tree Possibly Planted By George Washington Falls Victim To Nor’easter
This post was originally published on this siteThe tree arrived as a gift for Washington, as just a sapling planted in half of a whiskey […]
The World’s Oldest Woman Had An Awful Diet – And Lived To Be 122
This post was originally published on this siteJeanne Calment lived long due to a heavy reliance on chocolate, olive oil, cigarettes, and cheap red wine. […]
The Golden State Killer And The 40-Year Manhunt To Find Him
This post was originally published on this siteThe case of the Golden State Killer has baffled authorities for over 25 years and has been reopened […]
“A Cacophony Of Hell”: The Story Of The Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre
This post was originally published on this siteWith World War II nearing its end, hundreds of soldiers perished during the Ramree Island crocodile attack, the […]
Beware The Deadly Nightshade — The Beautiful Plant That Can Kill You
This post was originally published on this siteIngesting just two to four berries from deadly nightshade can kill a child. Ten to 20 berries can […]
Why The Mercy Brown Case Remains One Of History’s Craziest “Vampire” Incidents
This post was originally published on this siteWhen Mercy Brown’s family started dying off one by one, they blamed her — even though she’d been […]
How “Little Caesar” Salvatore Maranzano Created The American Mafia
This post was originally published on this siteWould the American Mafia as we know it even exist without Salvatore Maranzano? Wikimedia CommonsSalvatore Maranzano Salvatore Maranzano […]
Meet Adrian Carton de Wiart, The Soldier Who Could Not Be Killed
This post was originally published on this siteOver the course of four wars in six decades, Adrian Carton de Wiart proved himself to be the […]
This Week In History News, Feb. 25 – March 3
This post was originally published on this siteWorst U.S. president ever selected, ancient Egyptian mummy tattoos found, 7,000-year-old Native American burial site uncovered. Donald Trump […]
From Bowie To Page, She Was Rock N’ Roll’s Most Notorious – And Underage – Groupie
This post was originally published on this siteLori Maddox was obsessed wth sex, drugs, and rock and roll, and they were just as obsessed with […]
Mary Boleyn — The Other Boleyn Girl Who Wooed Henry VIII
This post was originally published on this siteEveryone knows about Anne Boleyn, the wife of Henry VIII, but what about her sister Mary, his former […]
Annie Besant Published A Book On Birth Control — So They Arrested Her
This post was originally published on this siteAnnie Besant started out married to a clergyman, but became an anti-religious activist. Her arrest for publishing a […]
Nannie Doss Spent Decades Murdering Relatives And Husbands
This post was originally published on this site“I was searching for the perfect mate,” Nannie Doss told police, after she was arrested for murdering her […]
Meet The Bowery Boys Gang That Once Ruled New York’s Five Points
This post was originally published on this siteFrom saloon murders to street brawls to the infamous New York Draft Riots, the Bowery Boys embodied the […]
Henry VIII’s Wives — What Happened To All Of The Kings Consorts?
This post was originally published on this siteThe monarch was famous for going through multiple wives and mistresses, but what actually happened to all of […]
Meet Jon Brower Minnoch — The Heaviest Man Who Ever Lived
This post was originally published on this siteThroughout his life, Jon Brower Minnoch’s weight fluctuated between 290 pounds to 1,400 pounds and everything in between. […]
How Burt Munro Set A World Motorcycle Record At Almost 70 Years Old
This post was originally published on this siteBurt Munro was almost 70 years old, but that didn’t stop him from setting several world records. Wikimedia […]
Pythia, The Oracle of Delphi — Gifted Fortune Teller Or User of Hallucinogenics?
This post was originally published on this siteKnown throughout the ancient world, Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi was famous for her frenzied prophecies of doom […]
How Dachau Concentration Camp Guards Got Their Comeuppance
This post was originally published on this siteFollowing the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp, American troops felt an urge to personally punish the camp’s […]
“Our Worst Fears Have Been Realized”: The Story Of Black September And The Munich Massacre
This post was originally published on this siteHow Black September perpetrated the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games. Wikimedia CommonsA masked member of the […]