This Was The Real Hero Of The Gunfight At The O.K. Corral
While many consider Wyatt the breakout star of the 1881 O.K. Corral gunfight, he may not have been the real hero of the shootout.
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How The Kennedy Family Really Got So Rich
While the Kennedy family is steeped in American politics, their fortune has its beginnings with patriarch Joseph Kennedy's business moves.
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The Reptile Fossil Paleontologist Mary Anning Found
Self-taught paleontologist, sketch artist, and early 19th-century natural scientist Mary Anning stands prominently among her peers.
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What It Was Really Like To Watch The Moon Landing In 1969
July 20, 1969, the day Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, will be in the history books forever. Here's what it was really like to watch the Moon landing in 1969.
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How L. Ron Hubbard May Have Helped Create Charles Manson
The cultish leader of a murderous group of hippies, Charles Manson,
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How Ed Gein's Religion Influenced His Crimes
His mother lectured them about the evil of drink (using their father as an example), the world's immorality, that all women were prostitutes/the devil's agents.
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This Is What Tesla's Death Ray Was Meant For
Electricity pioneer Nikolai Tesla created neon lights, turbines, radio-controlled devices, the induction motor, and even a death ray.
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Untold Tales Of Gender-Nonconforming Men And Women Of The Wild West
Gender swapping has been going on for a long time—even in the long-ago Wild West, when men and women frequently donned each other's clothing.
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The Grisly Crimes That Went Down At Blockbuster
A fair number of former Blockbuster locations were grisly crime scenes when they were video rental stores, including several murders.
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The Complex History Of The Crips And The Bloods Rivalry
The creation of street gangs in the 1960s was for young Black men to protect their communities. The notorious Crips and Bloods were born out of this upheaval.
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The Haunting History Of The British Forest Cannock Chase
Cannock Chase Forest, a 45-minute drive from Birmingham, England, is the setting for many haunting stories of supernatural phenomenon.
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What Happened To The Crew Of Columbia's First Space Mission?
John Young and Bob Crippen made history on April 12, 1981, when they launched the first space shuttle, Columbia, into space. But what did they do after that?
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What It's Really Like Being A Beefeater
The Beefeaters, who are properly called Yeoman Warders, have a long history that is completely distinct from other ceremonial soldiers in the United Kingdom.
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How Vlad The Impaler Stole The Throne From His Cousin
Born in 1431 in Transylvania, Vlad the Impaler is easily one of history's most unequivocally sadistic, deplorable, and malevolent figures.
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The Reason Helen Of Troy Was Kidnapped
Helen of Troy, the daughter of Zeus, garnered admiration for her beauty in Ancient Greece, but such attractiveness can also be a curse.
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The Deadly 1963 Indiana Ice Show Explosion
The black-and-white photos showing the aftermath of Indianapolis' deadly 1963 explosion during a "Holiday On Ice" performance still have the power to shock.
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Why Werner Herzog Nearly Dug Up Ed Gein's Mother's Grave
The crimes of serial killer Ed Gein were so grotesque and fantastical that they have inspired decades of movies and television.
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The Truth About John Dillinger's Plastic Surgery
Notorious bank robber John Dillinger had extensive plastic surgery to evade detection by the FBI, but federal agents still found and killed him. Or did they?
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The Truth About The Chicago Tylenol Murders
The Chicago Tylenol murders of 1982 were a prime example of what happens when a twisted person with a poison fetish unleashes on consumers.
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What It Was Really Like To Perform With Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
By 1883,William Cody had founded his grand production, "Buffalo Bill's Wild West." So what was it like to work for this enigmatic and charming man?
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How Eleanor Of Aquitaine Became One Of The Most Powerful Women In History
For examples of powerful medieval women who break modern notions about the Middle Ages, one could hardly do better than Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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What It Was Really Like To Take Part In A Duel
What drove men (and some women) to settle conflicts with pistols or swords? The answers are surprising. Here's what it was really like to take part in a duel.
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The Stunning Amount Of Money Paul Castellano Was Once Worth
Paul Castellano had an outsized salary between his legitimate businesses and his life in the mafia, with oversized spending habits to match.
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The Surprising Way Vlad The Impaler Spent His Childhood
Vlad the Impaler's life is worth exploring on its own, and not necessarily for the fictional creature he inspired.
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Who Had The Most Expensive Funeral In History?
Whether for the average person or for a famous person, funerals are not cheap affairs. Who had the most expensive funeral in history?
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What Leaving Coins On Gravestones Really Means
People have been decorating graves, in fact, for at least 70,000 years, and leaving coins on gravestones has a specific symbolism.
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How The Vanderbilt Family Really Got So Rich
Industrialist Cornelius Vanderbilt went from rags to riches over the course of his life, but how? This is how the Vanderbilt family really got so rich.
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