It is well known that various royal families from across the globe have had run-ins…
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History
The 17th and 18th Century Trade in Lunacy: Profiting from the Mad
by Kurt Readmanby Kurt ReadmanIn the 17th and 18th centuries, there was no centralized response from the state to…
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Explorers cannot always be trusted in their descriptions of their discoveries. Tempted by fame and…
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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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Near San Francisco on the western seaboard of the United States, strange things can be…
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In the year 1862, an astonishing document was uncovered in Egypt. This ancient papyrus is…
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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree: where Alph, the sacred river, ran…
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Gaius Julius Caesar is, as a historical figure, not a straightforward proposition. The Romans with…