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Drag in the Lecture Halls: Estonian Frat Boys and the Cross-Dressing Stage Tradition, 1870–1910
Between 1870 and 1910, a rather curious and creative tradition emerged at the University of Tartu in what is now Estonia. Known as...
Buried Alive for 83 Hours: The Kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle
There are few scenarios more terrifying than being buried alive, it’s the stuff of nightmares, horror films and gothic fiction. But in...
William Randolph Hearst: The Man Behind Modern Media and the Roots of “Fake News”
On 29 April 1863, in San Francisco, California, William Randolph Hearst was born into a world already steeped in ambition, fortune, and...
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