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The Lonely Hearts Killers: The Strange and Deadly Partnership of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck
The disturbing true story of the Lonely Hearts Killers Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck who used newspaper personal ads to lure victims before embarking on a deadly crime spree across America in the late 1940s.


When Bettie Page Demonstrated America’s Striptease Laws in 1953
In 1953, Bettie Page posed for a magazine article explaining the confusing striptease laws across different US states. Photographed by Nick de Morgoli, the feature served as a surprisingly practical guide for travelling burlesque performers.


What Happened During John Belushi’s Final Hours at the Chateau Marmont.
On 05th March 1982, comedian John Belushi was found dead in a bungalow at the Chateau Marmont. In the hours before his death Robert De Niro and Robin Williams had both briefly visited. The story of one of Hollywood’s most tragic nights.


The Lykov Family: Forty Years Beyond the Edge of the World
In 1978, Soviet geologists discovered a family living 250km from civilisation in the Siberian taiga. The Lykovs had fled religious persecution in 1936 and survived famine, isolation and brutal winters for 40 years. One of them still lives there today.


The Man Who Walked Around Australia: Aiden De Brune’s Extraordinary Journeys on Foot
In 1920 a journalist walked nearly 4,500 kilometres across Australia following the Trans Australian Railway. The following year he attempted something even bigger: walking around the entire continent.


John Dillinger and the Crown Point Escape of 1934: The Wooden Gun That Changed American Policing
On 03rd March, 1934, the most famous fugitive in America walked calmly out of a jail that had been publicly declared escape proof. He locked the guards in their own cells, secured real machine guns, and drove away in the sheriff’s car. According to his later claim, he did it with a wooden pistol. The escape of John Dillinger from the Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Indiana, was more than an audacious stunt. It marked a turning point in the national manhunt that followed, res
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