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Assassins: The Medieval Murder Cult That Terrorized the Middle East
Long before modern Middle Eastern terrorism, there was the medieval Order of Assassins, a murderous cult led by a mysterious…
Bizarre: Some of the Modern Era’s Oddest Rulers
Bizarre rulers abounded in the ancient world, as the era’s Neros and Caligulas elevated the standards of weirdness to new…
Catastrophe: History’s Most Disastrous Defeats
Catastrophe ensued when a first century BC Roman plutocrat decided that the one thing he wanted – and that money…
Demos: The Men Who Made and Perfected Ancient Athenian Democracy
Ancient Athens is often referred to as "The Cradle of Western Civilization". The impact and influence of its political and…
SPQR: The Men Who Made and Secured the Roman Republic
It has been more than two thousand years since the Roman Republic collapsed, to be replaced by a de facto…
Frank Hamer, Legendary Texas Lawman Who Bagged Bonnie and Clyde
Frank Hamer was a Texas Ranger and lawman whose decades-long career spanned the transition from Old West policing to modern…
The Not-So-Nice Canadians of World War I
Canada and Canadians nowadays have a reputation as being one of the nicest countries and people in the world. You…
Vigilante Justice and the Small Town Bully – A Crime That Shocked America
In the early 1980s, 27-year-old Legal Aid lawyer David Baird of Maryville in Nodaway County, Missouri, was at a crossroads.…
Tough Teddy and Old Hickory: America’s Most Badass Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt got into boxing in his youth, and continued to box well into middle age in the White House.…
How Timothy Dexter Turned Ridiculous Ventures Into Riches
Investing one’s lifesavings in a venture to export bed warming pans to the Tropics should result in bankruptcy. Somehow, American…