This President Is Officially No Longer Considered The Worst
This post was originally published on this siteSince 1948, James Buchanan has been ranked in the top three worst presidents ever. Now, thanks to a […]
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How Georgia Tann Stole And Sold 5,000 Babies In The Black Market
This post was originally published on this siteFrom 1924 to 1950, Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children’s Home Society stole and sold an estimated 5,000 […]
The Rise And Fall Of Boss Tweed’s Tammany Hall
This post was originally published on this siteFrom rigged elections to using the muscle of the city’s gangs, Tammany Hall’s Boss Tweed was the state’s […]
Maria Reynolds, Alexander Hamilton, And America’s First Political Sex Scandal
This post was originally published on this siteAn embarrassed Hamilton published the Reynolds Pamphlet, which was a 100-page long account of his affair with Maria […]
How Anton LaVey Took Satanism From Hot To Cool
This post was originally published on this siteAnton LaVey founded his Church of Satan on theatricality and showmanship, drawing thousands into his glamorous satanic world. […]
The Legend Of The Jersey Devil And Its Connection To Ben Franklin
This post was originally published on this siteThe Jersey Devil has many origins and versions, but it has been haunting the state of New Jersey […]
What Is A Rube Goldberg Machine? (Hint: You’ve Seen One Before) [VIDEO]
This post was originally published on this siteThe illustrator said his cartoons of the Rube Goldberg Machine were a “symbol of man’s capacity for exerting […]
How Francis Marion’s Revolutionary Use Of Guerrilla Warfare Changed Military Tactics Forever
This post was originally published on this siteKnown as the “Swamp Fox,” Francis Marion spent the war showing the British just how uncomfortable he could […]
23 Famous Random Objects From History And Where They Are Now
This post was originally published on this site 1 of 24 The Rifle That Killed JFK A Dallas policeman holds up the rifle that Lee […]
Which Of These 9 Presidents Would You Want To Party With?
This post was originally published on this siteThough some of our presidents were notorious teetotalers, quite a few of them sure knew how to party. […]
Valerie Solanas — The Radical Feminist Who Shot Andy Warhol
This post was originally published on this siteShortly after publishing her manifesto, titled “Society for Cutting Up Men,” Valerie Solanas’ feminism spiraled out of control, […]
The Cold-Blooded Revenge Of Buford Pusser
This post was originally published on this siteWhen his wife was killed, Buford Pusser went from a cop hell-bent on fighting crime, to a man […]
The “Orphan Train” That Brought Kids Around The Country For No-Background-Check Adoptions
This post was originally published on this siteBefore there was modern-day adoption and a fully-vetted foster care system, there was the Orphan Train, which transported […]
Brenda Ann Spencer Shot Up A School. Her Reason? “I Don’t Like Mondays”
This post was originally published on this siteWhen asked by a reporter why she fired 30 rounds into a schoolyard, Brenda Ann Spencer’s answer was […]
Chris McCandless Went Into The Wild In 1992 And Never Came Out
This post was originally published on this siteChris McCandless was an ambitious young man who insisted on trekking into the wilds of Alaska on his […]
The Dead Rabbits, The Bowery Boys, And The Great July 4th Riot
This post was originally published on this siteThe Dead Rabbits feuded with the Bowery Boys for decades, ultimately coming to blows in one of New […]
That Time The U.S. And Britain Went To War Over A Pig
This post was originally published on this siteAlong the Rockies and the Pacific coastline, on a small shared island, England and the U.S. turned a […]
From The Woods To Politics — Who Was The Real Davy Crockett?
This post was originally published on this siteMost people know Davy Crockett as a daring frontiersman, but he actually had quite the interesting life outside […]
Was Edith Wilson Actually America’s First Female President?
This post was originally published on this siteFor just over a year, Edith Wilson took on the duties of the president, following her husband’s stroke, […]
How The U.S. Thwarted A Nazi Plot Against Hoover Dam
This post was originally published on this siteEven before Pearl Harbor, America faced threats from its enemies abroad during the lead-up to World War II. […]
The Gruesome Story Of The Unsolved Villisca Axe Murders
This post was originally published on this siteThe bloody, mysterious Villisca Axe Murders have stumped authorities for over a century, despite numerous suspects, two trials, […]
How The Philadelphia Experiment Became Famous Despite Never Happening
This post was originally published on this siteThe Philadelphia experiment on the USS Eldridge remains one of the most famous governmental experiments to date. The […]
Robert Wadlow — The Tragically Short Life Of The World’s Tallest Man
This post was originally published on this siteRobert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever live, and though his life was cut tragically short, it […]
How Hitler Took Inspiration From Native American Extermination To Forge His Final Solution
This post was originally published on this siteMany social scientists and historians point to Social Darwinism as a foundation for Hitler’s bigotry. Wikimedia CommonsAdolf Hitler […]
The Gruesome Crimes Of Albert Fish, The Brooklyn Vampire
This post was originally published on this siteAlbert Fish confessed to a hundred crimes after his arrest, each one of them more depraved than the […]