Utterly interesting

In 1992, a remote cabin in Idaho became the centre of a bloody 11-day siege. The Ruby Ridge standoff left three dead, sparked congressional hearings, and inspired the militia movement that shaped America in the 1990s.

The Putumayo rubber boom promised fortune but delivered horror. Armando Normand’s reign in the Amazon was marked by cruelty, forced labour, and violence against Indigenous communities. This forgotten genocide exposes the dark side of progress and the human cost of greed.

In 1987, 23-year-old Kenneth Parks drove 14 miles while sleepwalking, killed his mother-in-law, nearly strangled his father-in-law, and then turned himself in while covered in blood. He had no memory of it, and in 1992, was acquitted after experts confirmed he was asleep the entire time.