Discover why Sir Arthur Conan Doyle believed the famous Cottingley Fairies photographs were real, how two girls created the historic hoax, and why the deception fooled one of history's greatest authors.
It’s often said that well-behaved women don’t make history, and Emma, Lady Hamilton, certainly is an example of what it takes to make the history books. She wasn’t marked for fame at an early age, but that didn’t stop her from putting several marks on European culture, society, and history. Charming royalty and commoners alike, Emma climbed the social ladder, only to tragically fall from grace.
Discover bizarre historical health treatments people genuinely trusted, from bloodletting and radioactive tonics to mercury, heroin, and leeches, revealing how medicine evolved through dangerous misconceptions and surprising scientific breakthroughs.
Emily Brontë’s four sisters and one brother meant the world to her—in fact, they were the only friends she had. So, when one by one they tragically departed from this world, Emily went deeper and deeper into her own: a world of fantasy and escape.
Discover the weirdest ways people made money throughout history, from plague doctors and chimney sweeps to sin-eaters and resurrection men, revealing fascinating jobs that once kept society running.
Predictions of the future have often been wrong, even when it seemed like a sure thing.
The Rothschild family have been a prominent clan involved in banking centuries in Europe, yet they remain mysteriously secretive. From humble beginnings in a Jewish ghetto, they rose to the status of nobles and amassed unimaginable wealth and power. But their rise happened alongside a wave of rising prejudices against Jewish people, making them perfect scapegoats for odious conspiracy theories.
Starting in the early 1400s, the Age of Exploration marked a period of 200 years when countless Europeans sailed out to find lands and treasures hidden around the world—to them, at least. One such explorer was the famous Ferdinand Magellan, who made history as the first man to circumnavigate the globe.
A land full of outlaws needed someone just as wild to provide order. Wild Bill Hickok was a hero. Outlaws feared him as he ruled towns with quick hands and a quicker temper. However, even a lawman can rack up sins in the Wild West, and it was only a matter of time before Hickok’s past came back to haunt him.
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