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The unbelievable life of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest artists in the history of the world. And he loved understanding how things worked, coming up with designs f…
2 years, 7 months ago
Sex and Corn Flakes
Sex has been a complicated topic throughout history...at times celebrated as a life force, and at other times vilified. Some of the items invented to…
2 years, 7 months ago
Three decades lost in the South Pacific
It’s 1944 and a 22-year-old Japanese soldier is left to defend a South Pacific island during World War 2. But he’s never told the war ended, so he st…
2 years, 7 months ago
From murderer to media darling...and back again
The problem with psychopaths is they're incredibly charming...until they go in for the kill. This is the story of Edgar Smith, a killer who managed t…
2 years, 7 months ago
New York’s secret subway…blown up
NYC streets in the 1860s were filthy, bumpy, and fiercely crowded. Then an ingenious guy built a working demo of a wind-driven underground railroad…t…
2 years, 7 months ago
The bloody Halloween origin story
We love Halloween, but how did it all start? Turns out its origins go back thousands of years to ancient Ireland and a holiday that involved human sa…
2 years, 8 months ago
The thrill of horror
Do you love the blood and gore of a great horror flick? What is that about?! Why we love abject fear and how the movies cashed in on it.
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2 years, 8 months ago
Was Jack the Ripper a woman?
Jack the Ripper murdered and dismembered at least 5 women in London 135 years ago and was never found. Was it faulty profiling? There are experts wit…
2 years, 8 months ago
A tale of the last pardoned witch
The witch trials in Salem Massachusetts ended over 300 years ago. In Europe, the last witch was executed in 1782. But in both cases, the last of thos…
2 years, 8 months ago
Can you put a pope’s corpse on trial?
We’re all intrigued by political rivalries. But how far can rivals go? This is all about a medieval pope whose body was exhumed, dressed up, and put …
2 years, 8 months ago