Before Monopoly became the world’s best-selling board game, it was a political statement. Created in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie as The Landlord’s Game, it aimed to teach the dangers of greed — but her idea was later claimed by Charles Darrow and sold to Parker Brothers.

Before Bettie Page became a cultural icon one New York photo dealer quietly changed visual history. The rise fall and revival of Irving Klaw and Movie Star News.

The culinary world is no stranger to the bizarre, but when it comes to “people pies,” things take a delectably dark turn. This grotesque...