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- Joe Arridy: The Mentally Disabled Man Executed For A Grisly Murder He Didn’t Commit
News accounts described how Arridy, an escapee from a home for the feeble-minded, had confessed to the
- Why Were Victorian Christmas Cards So Creepy? An Unsettling Look at Festive Greetings of Yesteryear
The Victorians had a soft spot for anthropomorphism, as seen in the works of Beatrix Potter (albeit less
- The Troubles: A Civil Rights Struggle Fueled by Discrimination
Catholics, even if qualified, often found themselves shut out of good jobs, relegated to low-paying work
- Richard Francis Burton: The Victorian Adventurer And Spy Who Brought The Kama Sutra To The West
One of Burton's most renowned works is his translation of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night Another well-known work by Burton is his translation of The Kama Sutra.
- Sophia Duleep Singh: The Princess Who Stood Outside a Palace and Demanded the Vote
Sophia learned how attention worked, how image could be managed, and how public performance could be She also raised funds for Indian troops and supported Indian sailors working in British fleets.
- The Chilean Coup of 1973: The Rise of Pinochet and the Shadows of CIA Involvement
Many were taken in the dead of night, often from their homes or places of work, by DINA agents or the Forensic teams have worked to exhume mass graves and match remains with DNA samples from family members
- Nubar Gulbenkian: The Orchid Wearing Playboy Millionaire Who Lived Life Entirely on His Own Terms
From July to October 1940 he worked with MI9, the British intelligence branch responsible for assisting Nubar worked for him without salary. Their arguments usually revolved around money.
- Baba Anujka: The Sweet Grandma Serial Killer Who Offered Deadly Solutions
Stana’s first purchase was for her husband, but she returned for potions to eliminate her new husband
- The 1970s Cold War Bunker Deep Below Las Vegas: A Subterranean Time Capsule
The preservation of this space allows a new generation to explore a relic of Cold War paranoia, while
- Alphonse Bertillon’s Tableau Synoptic des Traits Physionomiques: The Birth of Criminal Classification
While Bertillon’s system had been revolutionary, it was no match for this new technology.
- Diogo Alves: The Aqueduct Murderer and His Preserved Head
Like many young immigrants, Alves struggled to find steady work, moving from one menial job to another
- Winston Churchill’s Daring Escape from a Boer Prison Camp
News of his daring escape had already begun to spread.













