• History

    The Metropol Hotel: A Brief History of Moscow's Legendary (and Notorious) Hotel

    It was a center for culture, commerce, dissolution, disenchantment, spies, foreigners, and revolutionaries.

    July 5, 2023  By Alan Philps
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    The Bizarre, True Story of the World's Greatest Living Art Thief

    Is stealing a work of art ever excusable? One master thief claims yes.

    June 27, 2023  By Michael Finkel
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    The End of the Soviet Union and The Rise of the Oligarchs

    Long established gangsters and former government agents grappled for resources in the twilight of the 20th century.

    June 21, 2023  By William Maz
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    How "Manifest Destiny" Launched the American West into a Fateful, Bloody Summer

    The summer that reshaped the nation.

    May 30, 2023  By Chris Wimmer
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    Wicked Ways: Da Deuce in the 1980s

    Michael Gonzales on the lights & grime of Times Square as it was.

    May 25, 2023  By Michael Gonzales
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    All the Monsters in Jane Eyre

    A primer on the Gothic, 19th century women writers, and Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar's classic The Madwoman in the Attic

    May 18, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    How Arthur Conan Doyle Was Duped By Some of the Victorian World's Most Obvious Hoaxes

    The creator of Sherlock Holmes famously wanted to believe in the supernatural world. That desire led him down some strange paths.

    May 18, 2023  By Katie Spalding
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    The ‘Bogus Priest’ and the Murdered President

    The infamous con man who managed escape after escape and whose strange course intersected with a President's rapid decline.

    April 28, 2023  By Dean Jobb
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    A Brief History of America Freaking Out About Horror Comics

    Congressional hearings, banned books, murder investigations—In the 1950s, horror comics took the blame.

    April 24, 2023  By Keith Roysdon
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    What Do Modern Mystery Novels and Medieval Mystery Plays Have in Common? Sin.

    "[G]reed, envy, lust, and wrath are murderous emotions, and so is wounded pride."

    April 19, 2023  By Kim Hays
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