On This Day June 5
In 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt takes the nation off the “Gold Standard”, in 1967 the [...]
The Body Farm
Science has long valued the mysteries of the dead, often defying ethical and religious objections [...]
On This Day May 29
In 1953 Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary become the first to summit Mt. Everest, in [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part Twelve: Conclusions
When I started this series on the Lost Dutchman Mine, I opened with the claim [...]
Military Mysteries
The Ghost Blimp On the morning of August 16, 1942, Lieutenant Dewitt Ernest Cody [...]
On This Day May 22
In 1856 Senator Preston brooks delivers a near fatal beating to fellow Senator Charles Sumner [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part Eleven: The Stone Maps
The Dutchman is a complicated story, with few facts and endless conjecture. By the mid [...]
Horrors of the Ancient World
In this age of reason and enlightenment, common wisdom would tell us that there is [...]
On This Day May 15
In 1252 Pope Innocent IV authorizes the torture of heretics during the Inquisition, in 1905 [...]
The Lost Dutchman Mine Part Ten: The Dutch Hunters
The death of Adolf Ruth brought national attention to the legend of the Lost Dutchman’s [...]
