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Dick Turpin: The Butcher’s Boy Who Became England’s Most Notorious Highwayman
If you’ve ever heard the name Dick Turpin, chances are you’ve pictured a daring highwayman galloping across the English countryside on a...
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The Bus That Captured Britain: Daniel Meadows’ 1973 Portrait Road Trip
Daniel and his bus In 1973, while David Bowie was busy reinventing glam rock and the three-day week loomed over British industry, a young...
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The Ant Hill Kids: Inside the Twisted World of Roch Thériault and His Apocalyptic Canadian Cult
It’s hard to believe that a man could convince dozens of adults to leave their families, quit their jobs, and follow him into the forest...
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Capturing the Spirit of Post-War New York: With The Help of Todd Webb's Photography
In the bustling streets of post-war New York City, amidst a tide of returning soldiers, jazz clubs, and a booming urban life, Todd Webb...
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Liver-Eating Johnson: The Myth, The Man, and the Murky Truth Behind the Crow Killer
From the clouded mist of 19th-century frontier legend emerges one of the most arresting, gruesome, and enduring characters of the...
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping: Inside the "Crime of the Century"
On a chilly Tuesday night in March 1932, one of the most sensational crimes in American history unfolded in a quiet rural estate in New...
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Larry Burrows Shows us the Vietnam War Through His Camera Lens
In the chaos of war, one man’s photographs spoke louder than words ever could. Larry Burrows, a name synonymous with iconic images from...
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A Timeline of Dr. Martin Luther King's Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered worldwide as one of America’s most influential civil rights activists. Known for his steadfast...
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The Man Who Blew Up a Plane for Insurance: The Chilling Case of Jack Gilbert Graham
In an age when airport security was little more than a handshake and a nod, one man managed to commit a mass murder that would send...
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The Death of Virginia Woolf: A Life of Words, Waves, and Inner Battles
“Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again…” These were among the final words Virginia Woolf ever committed to paper, penned in a...
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Pier Francesco Orsini and the Monsters of Bomarzo
Tucked away among the hills of Northern Lazio in Italy is a garden like no other. Imagine wandering through a lush landscape, turning a...
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The Tenerife Airport Disaster of 1977: A Tragic Day in Aviation History
On 27 March 1977, an otherwise quiet Sunday in Tenerife, Spain's Canary Islands, was shattered by an unprecedented aviation tragedy. Two...
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Euzebe Vidrine: Confessions of Louisiana's Forgotten Serial Killer
Decades before the FBI Behavioural Science Unit started profiling serial killers, before Ted Bundy’s chilling charm or Jeffrey Dahmer’s...
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Murder, Scandal and Royals: The Curious Life of Marguerite Alibert, Princess Fahmy
It’s not often that a woman with a past as a Parisian courtesan finds herself rubbing shoulders with royalty, marrying into Egyptian...
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"I Learned A New Sound That Day": The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
On a mild Saturday afternoon, March 25, 1911, as New Yorkers were finishing their workweek, tragedy ignited in the heart of Manhattan. In...
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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 and Messerschmitts or the heavy...
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Anne Askew: The Defiant Voice of Protestant Martyrdom in Tudor England
In the final turbulent years of Henry VIII’s reign, when religious reform clashed violently with traditional orthodoxy, one young woman...
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The Tragic Death of Ramón Novarro: Silent Film Star, Hidden Life, and a Hollywood Murder
In the early morning hours of Halloween, 1968, just off the winding roads of Los Angeles’ storied Laurel Canyon, a housekeeper entered a...
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The Ladies of Llangollen: Love, Liberty, and a Cottage in Wales
At first glance, the Gothic cottage of Plas Newydd in Llangollen, North Wales, may seem like a quaint remnant of the 18th century. But...
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Robert Hanssen: The FBI Agent Who Became America's Most Damaging Spy
On a chilly afternoon, February 18, 2001, Robert Hanssen parked his car at Foxstone Park in Vienna, Virginia, a quiet suburb of...
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The Hidden Heroine of WWI: How Anna Coleman Ladd Restored Faces and Lives
In 1917, amid the devastation of World War I, an American sculptor quietly boarded a ship to France, unaware she would soon transform...
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Max Jacobson: The Intriguing Life and Legacy of the Original "Dr. Feelgood"
Born in July 1900 in Fordon, Bromberg—then part of the German Empire (modern-day Poland)—Max Jacobson became notorious as "Dr. Feelgood,"...
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The Ides of March and the Assassination of Julius Caesar
March 15th—otherwise known as the Ides of March—has become synonymous with bad luck, treachery, and political upheaval. In ancient Rome,...
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The Cat’s Meat Man: London’s Forgotten Street Trader
In the bustling streets of Victorian London, amidst the cacophony of street vendors hawking everything from flowers to fresh fish, one...
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