Timothy Dexter: The dislikeable man who sold coal to Newcastle, faked his funeral, and then caned his wife for not weeping at it
John Cazale, the actor who appeared in only five movies, all nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award
The macaron craze: From Venetian monasteries and Catherine de’ Medici to two Carmelite nuns in the French Revolution
Stamford Hospital’s Christmas mystery: Every year for 57 years, anonymous man sends staff a “thank you” Christmas card
Barefoot and starved, Spartan boys underwent grueling combat training but were also punished for not answering questions briefly and wittily enough
Moondyne Joe, the escape artist that no prison could hold, not even a specially designed concrete “escape-proof” cell
Mel Blanc, the voice actor of nearly all Looney Tunes characters woke up from a coma saying “What’s up, Doc?”
Cornwall’s Museum of Witchcraft & Magic houses 3,000 objects and 7,000 books but even so is not as interesting as its founder, Cecil Williamson