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The long, brutal odyssey of Sara Baartman, the South African woman paraded across Europe as the “Hottentot Venus” under the cruel glare of 19th-century scientific racism, reached its final, solemn chapter on August 9, 2002, when her remains were laid to rest in the Eastern Cape Province of her birth. The burial, which coincided with … Read more

The life of Eugenia Martínez Vallejo ended quietly in 1699 within the cold stone walls of the Spanish royal palace, a place that had simultaneously sheltered and exploited her for nearly two decades. She was just 24 years old, her body ravaged by a mysterious condition that had made her a spectacle for kings and … Read more

The shot was not fired from the front, but from behind, a single . 44 caliber bullet fired at close range that tore through the back of Jesse James’s skull, ending the life of America’s most notorious outlaw in a rented house in St. Joseph, Missouri, on April 3, 1882. The man who pulled the … Read more

Harvey Logan, better known to history as Kid Curry, was one of the most dangerous and infamous outlaws to ride through the waning hours of the American Wild West. His reputation was built on a foundation of violence, cunning, and an almost uncanny ability to escape the long arm of the law. He rode with … Read more

The Patton family did not deny that Gene Gordon existed. They denied what she meant. Three separate authorities, each with their own reasons and their own assumptions, made predictions about what would happen to the son of the Desert Fox after the father was gone. The regime that had killed Erwin Rommel believed that Manfred … Read more