From Fireside Chats to ‘War of the Worlds,’ the early days of radio
The ancient desert oasis of Petra was rediscovered after being abandoned 1,500 years ago
Evidence growing that Liverpool cotton merchant and arsenic addict James Maybrick was Jack the Ripper
The truth about Peg Entwistle, the young actress who committed suicide by jumping off the Hollywood Sign
The last Tasmanian tiger, a much-misunderstood species, died at the Hobart Zoo in 1936
Otto Skorzeny: The trusted Nazi SS commander and rescuer of Mussolini became a horse-breeder in Ireland
The many lives of Fridtjof Nansen: From North Pole explorer and champion ice skater to diplomat
Greenland sharks considered the world’s oldest vertebrate, with a new study dating one at up to 512 years old
Bats act as pest control at the library of the Palace of Mafra in Portugal
The “Big Eyes” Paintings – How a Husband Took Credit for His Wife’s Masterpieces
