“Infamous and penniless”: Bettie Page, pinup queen, became a cultural icon while she lived in obscurity
Now a Tom Cruise film, the story of Barry Seal, American pilot for the Medellín Cartel
Hollywood’s first sex scandal but not its last: the trial of comic Fatty Arbuckle
The heartbreaking story of Joseph Merrick, the real “Elephant Man”
John Batman: Not the savior of Gotham but a farmer, bounty hunter, and the founder of Melbourne
Six centuries later and still ticking in Prague: The world’s oldest astronomical clock in use
Assassin’s arsenal: A 17th century “cabinet book” contained botanicals that could either kill or heal
Will and William West conundrum: How two unrelated but identical inmates showed need for fingerprinting
Married dad Hugh Hefner launched “Playboy” magazine in his Chicago kitchen at age 27
Ancient “oracles” in Europe likely wore these mysterious Bronze Age cones made of beaten gold
