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The 'Baronet' From Wagga Wagga, Arthur Orton, or Tom Castro, Or Roger Tichborne
Roger Tichborne (left) The man claiming to be him (right) The Tichborne Claimant case has everything you’d want from a Victorian...


Cary Grant and the Acid Cure: Hollywood’s Most Unlikely LSD Advocate
Roberta Haynes and Cary Grant both attended Dr. Mortimer Hartman’s LSD therapy sessions. When we think of the ever-poised Cary Grant,...


Bill the Butcher: The Gangster Who Terrorised the Streets of Mid-1800s New York City
William Poole, aka Bill the Butcher, led the Bowery Boys in mid-1800s New York, fought Irish immigrants in the streets, and died with a bullet in his heart saying "I die a true American." The real story behind the Daniel Day-Lewis character.
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