“Witch dances” became official SS ceremonies, and Himmler had a plan to recast black magic as good to the German public. Was this Nazi Germany’s most ridiculous project?
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Sherlock Holmes: The History of the Mystery
The greatest detective came about almost by accident — and his creator came to hate him. Learn his story, and then watch his full earliest adventures here.
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Doc Holliday’s Life and Death Were the Stuff of Legend. The Facts Are Even More Amazing
Did the “Deadly Dentist” live on whiskey? How many men did he really kill?
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This House & Barn Survived the Battle of South Mountain. Can It Survive Development?
An earnest local preservation group is fighting to save a battlefield landmark in the Maryland village of Burkittsville – the setting for the horror film The Blair Witch Project.
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They Shoot Cowboys, Don’t They? Earps Take on Biggest Gang in Arizona
The outlaw band known as the Cowboys operated freely in Arizona Territory—until the Earp brothers and a friend named ‘Doc’ called their bluff.
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Colin Powell, 84, Dies of COVID-19 Complications
The former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was 84 years old.
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New York’s History and Culture Based on Four Centuries of Dutch Treats
The Empire State inherited a huge hunk of its soul from the Netherlands
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Awaiting Orders to Attack Missionary Ridge, a Commander Records His Doubts
But the Eighth Kansas’s spirited charge helped the Army of the Cumberland take the heights
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Did Pope Pius XII Collaborate with the Nazis? Vatican Records from WWII-Era Now Open to Public
There is complicity in silence. Martin Niemöller, a prominent Lutheran pastor in Germany famously […]
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When the Sioux Ambushed Pawnee Hunters at ‘Massacre Canyon’
Eager to attack their traditional foes, a powerful Oglala/Brulé force thundered down on a hapless Pawnee hunting party in southwest Nebraska