Horatio Nelson is almost certainly the most famous sailor from the British Isles, if not…
Joseph Green

Joseph Green
Joseph Green is editor for Historic Mysteries, which combines his background in English Literature with a lifelong fascination for the strange and the unexplained.
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Ask anyone to name a truly ancient board game off the top of their head…
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Major General John Sedgwick could not be said to be afraid of physical danger. Known…
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Archaeology
(List) Eight Strange Ruins of Africa that aren’t Egyptian
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenAfrica is truly enormous, but surprisingly populated. Roughly the same amount of people live in…
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History
(In Pics) Six Abandoned Insane Asylums: Dungeons for the Helpless
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenHuman history has an extremely patchy record when it comes to the treatment of the…
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Unexplained Mysteries
Ramalinga Swamigal: The Poet Who Vanished from a Locked Room
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenThiruvarutprakasa Vallalār Chidambaram Ramalingam, born in 1823 in Chidambaram, India, was one of the most…
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Gaius Julius Caesar is, as a historical figure, not a straightforward proposition. The Romans with…
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Ghost Towns are strangely haunting to us. The empty buildings, which we know to be…
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The First World War had shaken the old values of Europe to their core. An…
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History
(In Pics) Man’s Best Friend: Why Do Our Dogs Look Like That?
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenDogs are undoubtedly one of nature’s success stories, and that is largely thanks to their…
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In the second in this series which seeks to understand the life of a great…
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For those who celebrate Christmas, I hope the recent festive season was a time of…
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Alexander the Great, one of the most successful military leaders of all time, has transcended…
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History
Argentine Football and the Argentina Flag: Why Blue and White?
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenAt the time of writing, Argentina have just won the football (or soccer, if you…
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Myths & Legends
(In Pics) Six Depictions of Santa Claus through History
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenSanta is near-ubiquitous in his depiction today: a fat, jolly man with a red suit,…