Strangeness | Vintage News
Georges Méliès, the magic-minded dreamer who in 1902 filmed “The Trip to the Moon” and showed us what movies are capable of
The Doll Family, four dwarf siblings who found success in Hollywood, not only in “The Wizard of Oz” but in another classic, “Freaks”
Robert Cornelius: The man who took the first selfie in the world in 1839
The makers of “Alien” had everything designed except for the terrifying being itself and for that, they turned to H. R. Giger
The Wild West era, a period of myth-making cowboys, gunslingers, and saloon madames, actually lasted only 30 years
War Plan Red: In a hypothetical war between the United States and Britain approved in 1930, the first step was to attack Canada
The Alfred Jewel: One of the most dazzling and mysterious treasures from Anglo-Saxon period, found in a field in 17th century
Treacle, crushed emeralds, bloodletting, bathing in urine: Wacko cures and medical procedures from the past
The cold-blooded Cocaine Godmother of Colombia invented the motorcycle drive-by shooting that killed her
The traveling Sutherland Sisters: Seven women and 37 feet of hair between them
