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Meet Edward Bernays, The ‘Father Of Public Relations’ Who Transformed Consumer Culture In America

As Sigmund Freud’s nephew, Edward Louis Bernays combined psychology with public relations to sell everything from bacon to cigarettes — and even a coup.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 20, 2021

Meet Edward Bernays, The ‘Father Of Public Relations’ Who Transformed Consumer Culture In America

As Sigmund Freud’s nephew, Edward Louis Bernays combined psychology with public relations to sell everything from bacon to cigarettes — and even a coup.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 20, 2021

El Chapo House That Once Contained A Secret Passageway Under The Bathtub Is Raffled Off By Mexican National Lottery

El Chapo's safe house in the Sinaloa capital of Culiacán is located across from a school with a neighbor on only one side and has been unoccupied since his 2014 escape.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 20, 2021

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El Chapo House That Once Contained A Secret Passageway Under The Bathtub Is Raffled Off By Mexican National Lottery

El Chapo's safe house in the Sinaloa capital of Culiacán is located across from a school with a neighbor on only one side and has been unoccupied since his 2014 escape.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 20, 2021

Vanished From The Vatican: The Disturbing Story Of 15-Year-Old Emanuela Orlandi

From the Mafia to a Vatican pedophile ring, the suspected culprits behind the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi make this a truly chilling tale.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 19, 2021

Vanished From The Vatican: The Disturbing Story Of 15-Year-Old Emanuela Orlandi

From the Mafia to a Vatican pedophile ring, the suspected culprits behind the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi make this a truly chilling tale.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 19, 2021

“I Am America”: 44 Stirring Photos Of Muhammad Ali’s Heroism Inside And Outside The Ring

From his iconic boxing matches to his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War, take a closer look at the life of "The Greatest" in these 44 stunning photographs of Muhammad Ali.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 19, 2021

“I Am America”: 44 Stirring Photos Of Muhammad Ali’s Heroism Inside And Outside The Ring

From his iconic boxing matches to his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War, take a closer look at the life of "The Greatest" in these 44 stunning photographs of Muhammad Ali.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 19, 2021

Explore The Titanic’s Opulent, State-Of-The-Art Gym

Open only to first-class passengers, the Titanic's gym offered some of the best workout equipment of the 1910s — until it went down with the ship.

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 19, 2021

Explore The Titanic’s Opulent, State-Of-The-Art Gym

Open only to first-class passengers, the Titanic's gym offered some of the best workout equipment of the 1910s — until it went down with the ship.

By Kaleena Fraga • September 19, 2021

Ted Kaczynski: How A Child Math Prodigy Became The Serial-Killing Unabomber

The Unabomber's reign of terror lasted for 17 years and sparked the biggest manhunt in FBI history. But what drove Ted Kaczynski to murder?

By Andrew Lenoir • Sep 19, 2021

Ted Kaczynski: How A Child Math Prodigy Became The Serial-Killing Unabomber

The Unabomber's reign of terror lasted for 17 years and sparked the biggest manhunt in FBI history. But what drove Ted Kaczynski to murder?

By Andrew Lenoir • September 19, 2021

How Francis Pegahmagabow Went From World War I Hero To Indigenous Rights Advocate

A Canadian First Nations soldier, Francis Pegahmagabow was the best sniper on either side of World War I. But when he went back home to Canada, he still had no rights.

By Genevieve Carlton • Sep 18, 2021

How Francis Pegahmagabow Went From World War I Hero To Indigenous Rights Advocate

A Canadian First Nations soldier, Francis Pegahmagabow was the best sniper on either side of World War I. But when he went back home to Canada, he still had no rights.

By Genevieve Carlton • September 18, 2021

How A New York Teen With A Handkerchief Made The Modern Bra

In a pinch, 19-year-old party girl Caresse Crosby invented the bra and changed women's wear forever.

By Krissy Howard • Sep 17, 2021

How A New York Teen With A Handkerchief Made The Modern Bra

In a pinch, 19-year-old party girl Caresse Crosby invented the bra and changed women's wear forever.

By Krissy Howard • September 17, 2021

The Story Of The Guangxi Massacre, When Mao Zedong’s Red Guard ‘Banqueted’ On Human Meat

At one of the darkest points of the Cultural Revolution, political strife devolved into extreme brutality in China’s southern region of Guangxi, where hundreds were cannibalized.

By Morgan Dunn • Sep 16, 2021

The Story Of The Guangxi Massacre, When Mao Zedong’s Red Guard ‘Banqueted’ On Human Meat

At one of the darkest points of the Cultural Revolution, political strife devolved into extreme brutality in China’s southern region of Guangxi, where hundreds were cannibalized.

By Morgan Dunn • September 16, 2021

The Incredible Story Of Lachhiman Gurung, The One-Handed Hero Of World War II

A Nepalese Gurkha soldier who fought for Britain, Lachhiman Gurung fended off 200 Japanese soldiers in May 1945 — after losing his right hand to a grenade blast.

By Mark Shiffer • Sep 16, 2021

The Incredible Story Of Lachhiman Gurung, The One-Handed Hero Of World War II

A Nepalese Gurkha soldier who fought for Britain, Lachhiman Gurung fended off 200 Japanese soldiers in May 1945 — after losing his right hand to a grenade blast.

By Mark Shiffer • September 16, 2021