Stuff you Missed in History Class
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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Joe Carstairs, Part 2
As Carstair's speedboat racing career faltered, the heiress traveled the ...
As Carstair's speedboat racing career faltered, the heiress traveled the world and found other diversions, until she decided to purchase an island in the Bahamas. Then she turned Whale Cay into a kingdom of her own design.
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Joe Carstairs, Part 1
Marion Carstairs, who preferred the name Joe, was an early ...
Marion Carstairs, who preferred the name Joe, was an early 20th-century heiress who bucked traditional gender roles and for a time, hid her wealth from even her closest friends. She also became a very successful speadboat racer.
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The Billion Dollar Spy with Author David E. Hoffman
During the Cold War, the CIA and KGB were in ...
During the Cold War, the CIA and KGB were in a constant game of cat and mouse to steal each other's secrets. David E. Hoffman talks with us about the work of one incredibly important spy, who is the subject of his latest book.
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The Vanishing of the U.S.S. Cyclops
In 1918, a U.S. Navy collier vanished without a trace ...
In 1918, a U.S. Navy collier vanished without a trace after leaving Barbados. The ultimate fate of the Cyclops remains a mystery almost 100 years later, but there are certainly plenty of theories about what happened.
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The Amazons of Dahomey
The kingdom of Dahomey may have had the world’s first ...
The kingdom of Dahomey may have had the world’s first full-time, all-female combat fighting force. How did these women rise to become some of history’s fiercest warriors, and what happened to them?
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The Phaistos Disk of Minoan Crete
Like other artifacts that defy deciphering, this clay disk, found ...
Like other artifacts that defy deciphering, this clay disk, found on Crete in the early 1900s, has puzzled researchers and stirred up controversy for decades. Is it a religious incantation, a calendar, a spell? Or is it all a pictogram hoax?
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Mary Ann Cotton
In the mid-1800s, Mary Ann Cotton is believed to have ...
In the mid-1800s, Mary Ann Cotton is believed to have poisoned as many as 21 people with arsenic, many of them her own children. She left a trail of bodies behind her everywhere she went, but it was her cavalier remarks that finally drew suspicion.
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Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane is one of those historical figures whose reputation ...
Calamity Jane is one of those historical figures whose reputation has in many ways eclipsed the real story. But she was, without a doubt, a unique character who in many ways lived outside the social norms of her time.
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Dahomey and the Royal Palaces of Abomey
The Royal Palaces of Abomey are a series of earthen ...
The Royal Palaces of Abomey are a series of earthen palaces in what is now Benin. The complex is culturally and historically important to West Africa, but the source of much of the wealth that built those palaces was the Atlantic slave trade.
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Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes of Sinope lived was the father of the Cynicism ...
Diogenes of Sinope lived was the father of the Cynicism school of philosophy. He was also an incredibly eccentric figure who spoke out against pretense, and he used humor to convey his ideals.
