Yorkshire’s eerie Wold Newton Triangle brims with stories of dragons, werewolves, and a sister turned ghost
Warner Baxter, an Academy Award winning actor, sought out a lobotomy against doctors’ advice
The Pickle Barrel House was inspired by “The Teenie Weenies” and given to the comics’ creator
Until 1915, U.S. parents could legally “mail” their children through the Postal Service
The Ted Bundy enigma: A law student and suicide-hotline volunteer who was a serial killer
Mary Ellen Wilson: The child whose record of abuse reformed American law
German woman’s jacket catches fire after she mistakes white phosphorus for amber on beach
Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano, built by Lorenzo the Magnificent, was later home to Elisa Bonaparte
From Avenger and Bond Girl in the 1960s to “Game of Thrones” today: Diana Rigg
Victor Lustig, the smoothest con man in the world, sold the Eiffel Tower–twice
