• History

    Fraud and Spiritualism Between the Wars: A Study of Two Hoaxes

    In the 1930s, famed spiritual investigator and ghost hunter Nandor Fodor found himself disappointed by several hoaxes.

    April 20, 2021  By Kate Summerscale
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    How Gilded Age Corruption Produced the Biggest, Maddest Gold Rush in History

    America was on edge, inequity was bringing about class warfare. And then there was news of gold in Alaska.

    April 14, 2021  By Brian Castner
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    On The Voynich Manuscript, the Most Indecipherable Coded Text Ever Discovered

    In 1912, a Polish rare book dealer found a manuscript written in a unique language. To this day, it has yet to be deciphered.

    April 7, 2021  By Edward Brooke-Hitching
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    Five Fearless Female WWII Spies and Resistors

    Operating behind enemy lines, women took on some of the war effort's most dangerous clandestine work.

    April 2, 2021  By Erika Robuck
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    Few Films Understand the History of Blackmail and Queer Criminalization Better than Basil Dearden’s Victim

    This classic noir, starring icon Dirk Bogarde, uses the conventions of melodrama and detective cinema to explore a persisting crime: the extortion of queer men

    April 1, 2021  By Victoria Wiet
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    Cipher Girls: The Women Who Cracked Hitler's Codes

    Thousands of women contributed to the codebreaking efforts at Bletchley Park. Few were honored in their time.

    March 12, 2021  By Kate Quinn
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    On Poisonings, Serial Killers, Mass Murderers, and Other Symbols of the Zeitgeist

    Why do some crimes become media sensations and cultural touchstones, while others more horrifying fade into obscurity?

    March 11, 2021  By Harold Schechter
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    The Invention of Murder: How the Ancient Romans Codified Their Bizarre Views on Murder

    The Romans took a pragmatic (and utterly horrifying) approach when it came to determining liability for killing and injury.

    March 10, 2021  By Emma Southon
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    Behind Enemy Lines: Women in Combat During World War II

    Women served as snipers for Stalin, codebreakers for Churchill, and special operatives behind enemy lines across the board.

    March 8, 2021  By Kelly Bowen
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    Truus and Freddie Oversteegen: Sisters & Resistance Fighters

    How two teenage girls in the occupied Netherlands graduated from distributing anti-Nazi propaganda to bold acts of sabotage

    February 23, 2021  By Tim Brady
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