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- Underworld Plastic Surgery in the Public Enemy Era
back-alley operations, performed in smoke-filled apartments and mobster safehouses, gave rise to what some The setting was not a hospital but the home of mobster James Probasco. In some cases, desperation went to grotesque extremes.
- Richard Dadd: The Victorian Artist Who Painted Fairy Worlds while in an Asylum
His 1842 masterpiece, "Come Unto These Yellow Sands," drew inspiration from "The Tempest." Even this tragic note in Dadd’s life was, in some ways, in keeping with British society’s expectations
- The Still Unsolved Disappearance Of New York Socialite Dorothy Arnold
Some accused a rejected suitor. The Final Confirmed Sighting When evening arrived and Dorothy failed to return home, concern settled Pinkerton agents searched shops, hospitals, boarding houses, friends’ homes, and morgues. Some speculated that a rejected marriage proposal or a private dispute had turned violent. Some appeared under assumed names.
- The London Park Dedicated To Everyday Heroes Who Died Saving Others: Postman’s Park
Postman’s Park gets its name from the workers of the nearby old General Post Office who would come here Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice, a long, sheltered wall filled with ceramic plaques that quietly tell some Some of the stories are dramatic, others quietly devastating.
- The Brothers Who Robbed, Charmed, and Were Hanged: The Brief Outlaw Lives of John and Charles Ruggles
Johnny Boyce and carrying George Suhr as its only passenger, was guarded by Amos “Buck” Montgomery, who rode While the authorities later recovered some letters in an express pouch near Lower Springs, the $5,000
- Franz Reichelt; The Man That Plunged To His Death From The Eiffel Tower Testing His Homemade Flying Suit.
Reichelt, who has come to be known as the “Flying Tailor,” was driven by a fervent desire to create a According to the caretaker of his building, as quoted by Le Petit Parisien , Reichelt achieved some initial Some police officers were present to maintain order, as the Paris Police Prefecture had granted Reichelt successful, dismissing any suggestions that he take additional precautions, such as using a safety rope At 8:00 a.m., despite some resistance from a guard who had witnessed previous failed tests, Reichelt
- The Haunting Disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley: A Cruise, A Mystery, and Decades of Unanswered Questions
strong swimming abilities, Amy had previously worked as a lifeguard and was preparing to begin a new role
- “Tell People That Homosexuals Are Not Cowards”: The Resistance and Sacrifice of Willem Arondéus
— notably precise and thorough — were quickly weaponised by the Nazis to identify and deport Jews, Roma
- Brenda Ann Spencer: The Girl Who Didn’t Like Mondays
The Attack On the morning of 29th January, 1979, Brenda positioned herself at a window in her home and
- Marilyn Monroe as the Fabulous Enchantresses: When Monroe Recreated Photos of Five Famous Actresses From the Past, 1958
Life magazine and the photographer Richard Avedon, she dressed up as the great screen sirens who'd come The pictures ran in Life's Christmas issue that December, and they're some of the cleverest images she Later that year Monroe fell pregnant while making Some Like It Hot, and she suffered a miscarriage in
- The Unsung Genius of James Jamerson: Motown’s Quiet Thunder
High praise from the man who penned the bass for “Come Together” and “Something,” both celebrated for Only posthumously has he received some of the credit he deserved.
- How Ted Kaczynski Was Caught: The Essay That Unmasked the Unabomber
Following his resignation, Kaczynski returned to his family home in Illinois. Some included shrapnel; others were hidden in books, disguised as planks of wood, or posted in boxes














