The Hopis were dubbed “the oldest of the people” by other Native Americans Lifestyle News Strangeness
Ian Brady, serial killer responsible for the Moors Murders, died in prison at age 79, regrettably a subject of media fascination News Lifestyle Strangeness
“Blind Tom,” born a slave, at the age of 10 became the highest paid pianist of the 19th century Lifestyle Strangeness
The Erdapfel, the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, does not show the Americas but it does include the mythical Saint Brendan’s Island Strangeness News
Batman’s real name fused Scottish royalty with an American Revolutionary War hero Strangeness Glamour Lifestyle News
The Orphan Train Movement: a 19th century foster-home program that sent 200,000 homeless children from the East Coast to the Midwest Lifestyle Strangeness
One of the most intriguing nautical mysteries: the Carroll A. Deering “ghost ship” News Self-Propelled Strangeness
An artist established his own micro-nation of Ladonia in Sweden, including a flag, motto, and departments like Ministry of Procrastination News Interiors Lifestyle Strangeness
Poisonings, drowning, a nunnery, or exile: Life as one of Ivan the Terrible’s eight wives Strangeness News