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  • Thuggee Assassins of India: Real Killers or British Colonial Myth?

    This religious devotion and secrecy led to the Thuggees being branded as a cult by some. Each member of a Thuggee gang had a specialised role, ranging from charming travellers to act as the Some claim they were responsible for as many as two million deaths, though this figure is widely debated While some Hindu members did venerate Kali, their beliefs were not radically different from those of The suppression of the Thuggees was hailed as a victory by the British, but some scholars argue that

  • When Marilyn Went to War: The Story of Marilyn Monroe’s Visit to the Troops in Korea

    All were hungry for a taste of home. “Everywhere you looked there were GIs,” she recalled. Another memory comes from a corporal who wrote home that evening: “It was the first time we’d smiled “It was like having a little piece of home dropped into the middle of nowhere.” Some biographers suggest that the Korea trip marked the first real crack in their relationship. Some troops reportedly travelled miles through snow and ice just to catch a glimpse of her.

  • Iggy Pop & David Bowie in Berlin: The City That Saved Them

    By the mid 1970s, he'd also become fixated on the electronic music coming out of Germany, particularly Bowie read German newspapers in public, picked up basic German, and rode the U-Bahn like anyone else, who ran the cabaret club Chez Romy Haag in Schöneberg. Bowie didn't wait around for anyone to come round to it. Romy Haag: The Forgotten Muse of David Bowie, Far Out Magazine 3.

  • Sutherland Macdonald: The Michelangelo of Victorian Tattooing

    However, Macdonald’s skill and reputation attracted a clientele that included some of the most prominent The British royal family, particularly King Edward VII (then the Prince of Wales), played a crucial role Unlike some of his contemporaries, who focused on bold, heavily outlined designs, Macdonald’s tattoos Macdonald’s Enduring Legacy Despite his pioneering role in the tattoo industry, Sutherland Macdonald’ His innovations in technique, his role in changing societal attitudes, and his reputation as an artist

  • The Chicago Tylenol Murders: The Crime That Shook America and Changed Medicine Forever

    On a grey September morning in 1982, twelve-year-old Mary Kellerman woke up in her family’s home in Elk “Nobody saw it coming, and nobody knew who might be next.” Some communities cancelled trick-or-treating altogether. Police found a book in his home that included instructions on how to make cyanide. It was in their homes, their medicine cabinets.”

  • The RAF Airman Who Fell 18,000 Feet Without a Parachute and Survived: The Remarkable Story of Nicholas Alkemade

    When you think of aerial combat, the first things that might come to mind are the dogfights of Spitfires He joined the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner — one of the most dangerous roles in Bomber A sprained knee, some superficial burns, and fragments of perspex from his shattered turret embedded After the war, he returned home to Britain and found work in the chemical industry.

  • Peter Gowland: The Photographer Who Built His Own Cameras to Shoot Hollywood's Pin-Ups

    Gowland spent more than six decades photographing some of the most famous women in the country, sold His father, Gibson Gowland, went on to land the lead role of McTeague in Erich von Stroheim's Greed, While he was gone, Alice kept selling their beach pin-up shots to magazines, so by the time he came home Rustic Canyon and the Final Years In 1954, Peter and Alice built a home and studio together in Rustic , beach cleanups, political volunteering, dancing, piano and swimming the coastal bluffs near their home

  • Claudine Longet, the Singer Who Shot Her Olympian Boyfriend, Has Died at 84

    Television Roles and a Distinctive Musical Career Longet’s acting career followed a typical route for These were rarely leading roles, but they placed her consistently in front of American audiences. Their social lives overlapped through homes in Bel Air, Palm Springs, New York City, and Idaho. The Shooting on 21st March, 1976 On 21st March, 1976, Sabich returned home after skiing. Longet’s image also played a role.

  • The Forgotten Tragedy of Krishna Venta and the WKFL Fountain of the World

    Pencovic also alleged it was humanity’s first home. to signify their roles—blue for nurses, brown for kitchen workers, and green for students. This core belief attracted many but also isolated some followers who struggled with Venta’s increasingly While some loyal members stayed behind in Box Canyon to rebuild, many left, deeply disillusioned by the For a time, Venta’s widow and remaining followers kept the commune going, even preserving some of Venta

  • The Multifaceted Artistry of Władysław T. Benda: From Magazine Covers to Masked Marvels

    Born in Poznań, Poland, in 1873, and later making his home in the United States, Benda carved out a reputation His distinctive style graced the covers of Collier’s, McCall’s, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Good Housekeeping of Innovation In the 1930s, as Benda’s focus shifted increasingly toward mask-making, he took on the role

  • Sapeurism and the Congo Dandies: A Journey into Elegance

    Renowned musician Papa Wemba, often referred to as the “King of Rumba Rock,” played a significant role This code emphasises not just the clothes, but the attitude and elegance that come with them. Here are some of its key tenets: 1. This emphasises their role as ambassadors of elegance and cultural pride in their communities.

  • The Tate Murders: Why Sharon Tate's Sister Still Says the Case Isn't Closed

    next night, Watson, Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten killed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in their own home The crime scene photos from that weekend are still some of the most reproduced images in American true Leno and Rosemary LaBianca The Motive Everyone Repeats The version most people know comes from Vincent His argument was that Manson believed an apocalyptic race war was coming, that he wanted to speed it Closed cases don't usually come with this many loose threads still hanging off them. Sources 1.

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