Historical Events
Ben Franklin, and All Those Bodies They Dug Out of his Basement
Benjamin Franklin is a figure of historic importance. He is what used to be called a “man of letters” and a polymath, but this only goes so far in explaining how important…
The Harpe Brothers: The First Serial Killers in American History
The United States has had more serial killers than any other nation in modern history. US law enforcement communities even found it necessary to define the term, back in the 1960s. Before…
The Voyage of Pytheas, the Arctic Explorer of Ancient Greece
Pytheas is not a familiar name, even to those familiar with the ancient world. But in this man we see a resolve, a determination to explore and to discover, which merits him…
The Shakespeare Authorship Question: Snobbery and Wishful Thinking
Shakespeare was a genius. His plots may have been stolen, his knowledge of the worlds about which he wrote flawed and incomplete, but his poetry and his genius as a weaver of…
The 1999 Russian Apartment Bombs: How to Steal a Country
On November 6th 2024 Donald Trump was elected as President of the United States for the second time, only the second President in history to win non-consecutive terms. Many of the impartial…
Penny for the Guy? Guy Fawkes and the Plot to Kill King James
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot! I know of no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Read moreInterested in the Killing: Jack Ketch’s Infamous TradeFor children…