Inside the Mystery of an Untranslatable 600 Year Old Book
It’s like Medieval Times, with a kiss of psychedelia. A book in which strange globules…
Category Obscure history
The Reformed Nazi Cult trying to Open its Colony to Tourism
I was sent down a deep and dark rabbit hole today when I came across…
The Day the Black Cats Invaded Hollywood
I’m not really a fan of cats per say (because they’re totally evil creatures unlike…
Hong Kong’s Forgotten City of Darkness
It was the most densely populated place on Earth for most of the 20th century,…
The Venetian Island of No Return
If you’ve ever been to Venice, you’ll remember that it’s a chock-a-block city. Not just…
A Secret World Hidden Beneath the Vineyards of Champagne
The Champagne region of France is one of its most famous; home to such grand…
The Stylehunters of Soviet Russia
In communist Russia of the 1950s, members of a provocative subculture put their own original…
The Hippie Caves of Matala that housed Joni Mitchell
In a sleepy fishing village on the island of Crete, where Joni Mitchell had found herself a nomadic…
But Have you Drank Wine from a Volcanic Vineyard?
I’ll see your Vintage Bordeaux and raise you a glass from a volcanic vineyard. If…
The Mysterious Chapel of Prosthetic Limbs
New Orleans is a city blessed with many beguiling and beautiful cemeteries. From the celebrated,…
The Mysterious Murder of the Beautiful Cigar Girl
High on a hilltop in Brooklyn’s historic Greenwood cemetery, is an imposing mausoleum. Written large on the granite stone lintel is the name John Anderson. He was once the owner of an upscale tobacconist’s in Lower Manhattanm but one hundred and seventy six years ago, he was also at the centre of one of the […]
Murder over the World’s First Supermodel at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden is one of New York’s most well known landmarks. It is arguably one of the most famous arenas in the world. Unfortunately, it is also one of the least appealing, but it was not always so. For there have been four incarnations of Madison Square Garden, located throughout the city since 1879. […]