Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
Eighty years later, on the anniversary of their brutal execution, the Russian peoplelay the Romanov family to rest in St. Petersburg.
Rome dominates the Jews and their county while Jesus preaches love and forgiveness.
The Catholic Church tries to repress scientific ideas which go against Church dogma; the Illuminati, a secret group, allegedly forms to promote scient...
Britons seek help from Angles, Saxons and Jutes to keep out invaders; before long, those helpers also become attacking invaders.
Meet Rosie the Elephant who is similar to the one in the fictional Benzini Bros. Circus.
The secrecy around Area 51, a U.S. base in Nevada, makes it the focus ofconspiracy theoriesand a central part of UFO folklore.
The tomb of Philip II reveals artifacts that show what life is like in the time of Alexander the Great.
An artist in his own right, Rudolf Abel used that profession, plus photography, as his cover in America. No one suspected that he was anything but wha...
Rudolf Abel, born in England and given the name Willy Fisher, became well-known as a Soviet spy when he was captured, in the US, during 1957.
Rudolf Abel's main contact, in the U.S., was a hard-drinking individual who was indiscrete about his activities. Abel rightly worried that he could be...
Illegally entering the US from Canada, with a passport belonging to a deceased person, Rudolf Abel begins his life as a spy in America and settles dow...
A rival, Rufus Griswold, changes Poe's work and private letters; then he publishes the fakes.
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