The Death Of Rasputin, Poisoned, Shot Twice, Beaten And Drowned...Or Was He?
Sometime over the course of the night and the early morning of December 29-30, 1916, Grigory Efimovich Rasputin, a self-proclaimed holy...
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The Macabre Journey Of Eva Perón’s Corpse
Such was the outpouring of public grief following the death in July 1952 of Eva Perón, wife of Argentine President Juan Perón, that...
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David Ferrie And His Connection To Lee Harvey Oswald, The CIA And The Assassination Of JFK
For most of his life, David Ferrie struck those who knew him as an oddball. Bouncing from job to job, attempting to conceal his alopecia...
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Take A Tour On Board Led Zeppelin's Boeing 720, Otherwise Known As 'Starship'
When Led Zeppelin toured North America for their 1973 and 1975 concert tours they chartered (did not buy or own) “The Starship.” “The...
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Menno Huizinga’s Sensational Photographs of Dutch Boys After Liberation From Nazi Germany – 1945
In 1945, photographer Menno Huizinga (October 28, 1907 – 14, 1947) took these photos of excited Dutch boys hanging onto the doors of a...
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Rosie Ruiz, The Runner That 'Won" The Boston Marathon With The Help Of The NYC Subway
Rosie Ruiz, age 26, finished first in the women’s division of the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:31:56 on April 21, 1980. She was...
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The Daily Mail, Lord Rothermere And Their Fondness For Hitler.
The first viscount Rothermere assumed control of the Daily Mail following the death of his brother Lord Northcliffe in 1922. Together...
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These Volkswagen Beetles Converted Into “Bug Campers”
Volkswagen Beetles have skittered across roads since the 1930’s – but in the 1970s, a company transformed these iconic cars into adorable...
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The Strange Life Of Timothy Dexter, Accidental Millionaire and Disappointed With His Own Funeral.
What drives the world’s most successful business people? Is it greed? Ambition? Or ego? Perhaps a mix of all three? In the strange case...
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Christmas Cards Created By Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí’s artistic talent and craftsmanship knew no bounds. Whether he tried his hand at painting, drawing, photography, sculpture,...
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Fantich & Young’s Creepy Shoes with Human Teeth
A bit of bling in your teeth never hurt anyone. But shoes with human teeth as soles? That’s some crazy stuff if someone starts kicking....
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A 'Man Amplifier' By Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories
The 1966 book Bionics: Nature's Ways for Man's Machines by Robert Wells has some great pictures of the "Man-Amplifier." Cornell...
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It's The Year 1830 And 'Dead At 17: The Fatal Consequences Of Masturbation Is Published' In France
He was young and handsome, his mother’s pride and joy—but he died in torment, blind, sick and paralysed—at the age of seventeen. If only...
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The Lamborghini Countach Limousine, A Crime Against Humanity?
Built by Ultra Limousines, the California Countach was a glassfibre replica that measured a whopping 5710mm long, which was around 1500mm...
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When Frank Sinatra Jr Was Kidnapped And Held For Ransom
In 1963, just two weeks after President John F Kennedy was shot, another American icon would find himself in the middle of a tragedy —...
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Adhesive Bras: The Stick-On Bra Swimsuit That Never Caught On.
In May 1949, Charles L. Langs announced a daring innovation in beachwear: a pair of bra cups a woman could affix to her breasts with an...
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Murder At The Rolling Stones' Altamont Speedway Free Concert
"The violence just in front of the stage was incredible," Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones recalls of The Altamont Speedway free...
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Polish Posters Of Classic Films Are Next-Level Beautiful
You may well have noticed that these days a lot of film posters look the same and every genre seems to have its own visual stylistic...
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The Repeal Of Prohibition — And The Parties That Followed
To say that the end of Prohibition was a moment that was well-received by the American people would be an understatement. President...
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Helmets: From The Weird To The Practical
Helmets are as old as war itself and were some of the very first forms of protective equipment for those engaged in warfare. It’s known...
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The Beautiful Keaton Music Typewriter
The Keaton Music Typewriter is a thing of beauty, first patented in 1936, it was designed and produced to hammer out musical notations,...
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When Bob Marley Survived Getting Shot During A Home Invasion
Bob Marley is a worldwide musical icon, but it’s difficult to imagine from his sunny reggae anthems why he was once targeted in an...
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How Marvin Gaye Helped Stevie Wonder Find His Voice
Stevie Wonder discovered a love of music at an incredibly early age. By the time he was 12 years old, Wonder was a full-fledged R&B...
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The Course of Empire By Thomas Cole
Starting in 1833 Thomas Cole spent 3 years creating The Course of Empire, a series of five paintings describing the arc of human culture...
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