Batman’s real name fused Scottish royalty with an American Revolutionary War hero
The mystery of the Vela Incident: some say it was a secret nuclear explosion
The Orphan Train Movement: a 19th century foster-home program that sent 200,000 homeless children from the East Coast to the Midwest
When a photographer bought a 1929 camera at second-hand store, he discovered 70-year-old film inside and was able to develop it
One of the most intriguing nautical mysteries: the Carroll A. Deering “ghost ship”
An artist established his own micro-nation of Ladonia in Sweden, including a flag, motto, and departments like Ministry of Procrastination
David Bowie and Queen’s Wild Night Creating the Hit “Under Pressure”
The three wise monkeys: Mizaru, Kikazaru, and Iwazaru
Poisonings, drowning, a nunnery, or exile: Life as one of Ivan the Terrible’s eight wives
Roald Dahl, obsessed with Roma culture, worked in a traditional wagon turned writing shed
