When John Gotti ordered the murder of his boss, “Big Paul” Castellano, outside Sparks Steak House, it became “the hit of the century” Strangeness
Ratcatchers, the pest control of the Victorian Age, had their own rock star: Jack Black and his pursuit of the “fancy rat” Strangeness
The Collyer brothers were found amid 120 tons of belongings, including 250,000 books and several bowling balls, in their Fifth Avenue mansion Strangeness
Swedes swarmed a Lufthansa contest offering a fully funded brand-new life in Berlin, even changing their names to qualify Strangeness
The early version of chess was chaturanga, a 7th century AD Indian board game of elephants, generals, and chariots Strangeness
Mystery: Hours before his death, Edgar Allan Poe was found in the gutter, disheveled and raving Strangeness
Eddie Mannix: the real-life Hollywood fixer, studio executive and producer who inspired Coen brothers “Hail, Caesar!” Strangeness
Three giant Viking swords stand buried in a stone in Hafrsfjord, Norway, recalling a mythic struggle for unity Strangeness
Florence Foster Jenkins: The world’s worst opera singer who sold out Carnegie Hall weeks in advance Strangeness