The Courthouse Fire of 1849 On March 14th, 1849, the county courthouse in Loun County, Alabama, burned to the ground in what officials called an unfortunate accident caused by an...
German Children Were Locked in a Train Car for 9 Days — What American Soldiers Found Bavaria, May 1945. The war had collapsed like rotting timber, yet the trains continued...
Why did the Germans wear such baggy pants in WWII? Have you ever noticed the large, billowing trousers worn by leaders of the German armed forces during the Second World...
Who Was Ernest J. King — And Why Did So Many Officers Fear Him? When President Franklin D. Roosevelt needed someone to rebuild the United States Navy after Pearl Harbor,...
Elellanar Dawson’s face hit the dirt so hard she tasted blood before she tasted dust. Her stepmother’s boot pressed down between her shoulder blades, grinding her into Main Street like...
Truman Fired FDR’s Closest Advisor After 11 Years Then FBI Found Soviet Spies in His Office On July 5, 1945, President Harry S. Truman sat in the Oval Office reading...
The wind was a blade against Clara Rollins’ face, sharp and cold enough to steal the breath from her lungs. It whipped her black mourning dress against her legs as...
The sun was a hammer that did not stop beating against the anvil of the earth. Here in the southern reaches of the Arizona territory, the world was composed of...
June 1849, Georgia. Midnight. Deep in the heart of Thornwood Plantation, belonging to… Under the basement of the Mana Grand Hall, a woman slowly unbuttons her dress under the dim...
No one sits near the little girl because of the bad smell. The teacher lifts her arm and calls 911, crying at what she sees. Before we dive into this...