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Back to SearchFemme Fatales Pt. 3: KGB Sparrows
The beautiful Soviet seductress is a well-known figure of femme fatale lore. She's patriotic, irresistible, and deadly. But how much of that is true?…
5 years ago
Femme Fatales Pt. 2: Catherine de Medici and Her Flying Squadron
A cunning puppetmaster, Catherine de Medici is most vividly remembered as a one-time queen of France who dispatched beautiful women in her court to m…
5 years ago
Femme Fatales Pt. 1: WWII and Origins
The term "femme fatale" conjures up noir vixens whose sole purpose is to bring the story's male hero to his knees. But sometimes, women behaving badl…
5 years ago
“The Pizza Bomber Case” Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong Pt. 2
In the aftermath of her elaborate bank-robbery-gone-wrong, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong had to resort to every tactic up her sleeve to avoid going to jai…
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“The Pizza Bomber Case” Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong Pt. 1
Intelligent and unstable, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong always had a way with men. But they never seemed to live for long. Nobody connected her to their d…
5 years, 1 month ago
“Cut Like A Knife” Abe Sada Pt. 2
In 1936, Abe Sada was so in love — and lust — she committed a gruesome crime. The case scandalized all of Japan. When she was finally caught, Abe was…
5 years, 1 month ago
“Cut Like A Knife” Abe Sada Pt. 1
As a young woman in 1920s Tokyo, Abe Sada dreamed of becoming a geisha… but settled for sex work. She began a heated affair with a married man. When …
5 years, 1 month ago
"The Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory Pt. 2
The unceasing stream of deaths in Castle Cachtice did not go unnoticed, but priests and concerned parents alike were powerless to intervene. When the…
5 years, 2 months ago
"The Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory Pt. 1
Real-life vampire or expert sadist? Elizabeth Báthory was allegedly responsible for killing hundreds of young women in 16th century Hungary. Her stor…
5 years, 2 months ago
“The Free Speech Anarchist” Emma Goldman Pt. 2
Called one of the most dangerous anarchists in the country, Emma Goldman was deported back to Soviet Russia in 1919. Ostracized from her peers and th…
5 years, 2 months ago