In 1885, a Victorian barmaid’s suicide attempt was thwarted by her own crinoline
“Star Trek” actress Nichelle Nichols was hired by NASA in the 1980s to recruit new astronauts
Project MKUltra: The CIA’s secret, illegal mind-control program with tragic consequences
Madam C. J. Walker, America’s first female self-made millionaire, started with a hair tonic
“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
