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Halloween Traditions 1900 to 1930: Mischief, Costumes and Fortune-Telling Games

Amy Winehouse: The Camden Days Before the World Came Calling

The Kray Twins Myth: Why Britain Still Romanticises Ruthless Gangsters

Goldie Williams: The Defiant Face of Vagrancy, Race, and Respectability in 1890s America

When Hungary Rose: The 1956 Revolution and the Shadow of Soviet Rule

From Rags to Riches: The Story of Sarah Rector Americas Youngest Oil Millionaire

The Untold Story of the Great Emu War: When Australia Took on Its Most Unlikely Enemy

The Ancient Roots of Technocracy: How the World’s First Bureaucrats Ruled Before Kings

Pretty Boy Floyd: The Folk Outlaw of the Great Depression

Julia Margaret Cameron: The Queen of Victorian Portraiture Who Saw Beauty in the Blur

Peter Fleming: The Adventurer, Spy, and Writer Who Inspired James Bond

John DeLorean: The Dreamer Who Built the Future and Fell Into a Trap

The Predator Next Door: The Real Story of Robert Berchtold and Jan Broberg

Mathias Rust: The Teen Pilot Who Landed in Red Square

Kirsty MacColl, Cozumel, and a Family’s Long Fight for Justice

The Colosseum After the Gladiators: From Blood and Sand to Sanctuary and Stone

Vera Coking vs Donald Trump: The Widow Who Wouldn’t Sell Her Home

Ivan Aivazovsky and His Miniature Masterpieces: The Romantic Painter Who Turned Self-Promotion into Art

Grace McDaniels: The Remarkable Life of the “Mule-Faced Woman” Who Made a Living in the Sideshows of America

The Death of Nancy Spungen And The Final Hours Of Sid Vicious

Beneath the Surface: Bruce Mozert and the Playful World of Underwater Photography

Sultana Chand Bibi: The Warrior Queen Who Defied the Mughals

The Assassination of Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister Ever Murdered

Jenny Barkmann: The “Beautiful Spectre” of Stutthof Concentration Camp

The Night John Lennon Lost a Bet and Elton John Made Him Sick: Resulting in Lennon's Final Stage Performance

When Henry Ford Received the Grand Cross of the German Eagle from Nazi Officials, 1938

Adeline Watkins: The Woman Who Claimed to Love Ed Gein

Henry Gunther: The Last Soldier Killed in World War I

The History of Anglesey's Plas Newydd

Jetons de Maison Close: The Secret Currency of Parisian Pleasure Houses

Drexel’s Annie Oakleys: The History of a Pioneering Women’s Rifle Team

The Gibsons of Scilly: The Family Who Captured Cornwall’s Past in Glass and Silver

The Chicago Tylenol Murders: The Crime That Shook America and Changed Medicine Forever

The Boys Who Ran Away to New York: How Two Dublin Kids Fooled the World in 1985

The Camm Family Murders: How the Case Against David Camm Fell Apart

The Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller: Mystery, Art, and the Edge of the World

The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius: Lessons from the Philosopher Emperor

The Beatles Butcher Cover: How a US Only Album Became The Most Expensive Sleeve In Music

The Clash’s Combat Rock: How a Punk Landmark Foreshadowed the Band’s Collapse

The Tragic Death Of Virginia Rappe And The Trials Of Fatty Arbuckle

Clara Maass; The Nurse Who Died Volunteering For Medical Experiments To Study Yellow Fever.

Johnny Coulon The Bantamweight Boxer Who Became the Unliftable Man

John Aspinall The Gambling Showman Who Built Zoos for Tigers and Dukes

Noor Inayat Khan – The Princess Spy Who Defied the Gestapo

The First Great American Road Trip: Horatio Nelson Jackson, Sewall Crocker, and Bud the Bulldog

The House Of Guinness: More Myths Than Malt