In late 1898, a Swedish immigrant named Olof Öhman unearthed a heavy slab of greywacke entangled in the […]
Year: 2026
The Disappearance of Percy Fawcett and the Lost City of Z
In 1925, Colonel Percy Fawcett embarked upon his final expedition into the Mato Grosso region of Brazil, driven […]
The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 and the Lunar Bat-Men
In August 1835, the journalistic landscape of New York was irrevocably altered by a series of articles published […]
The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering Ghost Ship
On January 31, 1921, the five-masted schooner Carroll A. Deering was discovered aground on the treacherous Diamond Shoals […]
1888: The Year of the Three Emperors in Germany
The year 1888 is recorded in the annals of European history as the Year of the Three Emperors, […]
The Somerton Man Identity and Tamam Shud Code
The discovery of the Somerton Man on the sands of Adelaide in late 1948 presented investigators with an […]
The Lost City of Vilcabamba and the Incan Resistance
Following the collapse of imperial authority in Cusco, Manco Inca executed a calculated withdrawal into the remote slopes […]
The Treaty of Versailles and the Stab in the Back Myth
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 represented a pivotal moment in diplomatic history, functioning less […]
Trans-Siberian Railway Construction and Settlement
The initiation of the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1891 represented the crowning industrial achievement of the late Romanov era. […]
The History of the Council of Trent and Catholic Dogma
Called to address the profound fissures created by the Protestant Reformation, the Council of Trent (1545–1563) served as […]