In 1916, a Tennessee town insisted on executing a circus elephant named Big Mary
Spring-Heeled Jack: The Leaping Boogeyman who terrorized Victorian England
Heroin, prescribed for coughs and headaches, was a trademarked medicine produced by Bayer company
Murder mystery: Captain Charles Francis Hall died of arsenic poisoning on way to North Pole
“Ape Woman” Julia Pastrana was exploited during her life, exhibited for 153 years after her death
Anne Bonny was a violent & ferocious warrior & one of the few female pirates to sail the high seas
Viking shieldmaidens accompanied men in invasions overseas in far greater numbers than previously believed
“Constructed” by freight trains, Ukraine’s Tunnel of Love is now an alluring form of green architecture
The Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon, eager for money to wage war on Britain, sold the land to U.S.–and a British bank financed the sale
Aerosmith said ‘No,’ Lynyrd Skynyrd said ‘Yes’ to the plane. It crashed, killing 3 members
