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The Epic Drinking Regimen Of Winston Churchill

A morning whiskey "mouthwash," a bottle of champagne at lunch, drink-offs with President Roosevelt. All in a day's work for U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

By Kara Goldfarb Sep 28, 2021

The Epic Drinking Regimen Of Winston Churchill

A morning whiskey "mouthwash," a bottle of champagne at lunch, drink-offs with President Roosevelt. All in a day's work for U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

By Kara Goldfarb September 28, 2021

Meet Félix Rodríguez, The CIA Operative Who Captured Che Guevara And May Have Tortured A DEA Agent

Félix Ismael Rodríguez spent his life as a special agent with the CIA fighting communism in Central and South America — and got his hands very dirty along the way.

By Marco Margaritoff Sep 27, 2021

Meet Félix Rodríguez, The CIA Operative Who Captured Che Guevara And May Have Tortured A DEA Agent

Félix Ismael Rodríguez spent his life as a special agent with the CIA fighting communism in Central and South America — and got his hands very dirty along the way.

By Marco Margaritoff September 27, 2021

Inside The Remarkable Life And Shocking Death Of Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima was the most renowned author in Japan before he descended into political extremism and attempted a failed coup that ended with him committing ritual suicide.

By Morgan Dunn Sep 27, 2021

Inside The Remarkable Life And Shocking Death Of Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima was the most renowned author in Japan before he descended into political extremism and attempted a failed coup that ended with him committing ritual suicide.

By Morgan Dunn September 27, 2021

Víctor Jara Was A Beloved Chilean Folk Singer — Then He Was Murdered For His Music

Often described as the voice of Chile’s poor, Víctor Jara was brutally tortured and executed during the military coup that installed General Augusto Pinochet as dictator in 1973.

By Morgan Dunn Sep 27, 2021

Víctor Jara Was A Beloved Chilean Folk Singer — Then He Was Murdered For His Music

Often described as the voice of Chile’s poor, Víctor Jara was brutally tortured and executed during the military coup that installed General Augusto Pinochet as dictator in 1973.

By Morgan Dunn September 27, 2021

Inside Jimmy Carter’s UFO Sighting In Georgia Just A Few Years Before He Became President

On September 18, 1973, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter filed a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena claiming he’d seen a UFO four years earlier.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo Sep 21, 2021

Inside Jimmy Carter’s UFO Sighting In Georgia Just A Few Years Before He Became President

On September 18, 1973, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter filed a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena claiming he’d seen a UFO four years earlier.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo September 21, 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 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

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

Anna Politkovskaya Spoke Out Against Putin’s Atrocities In Chechnya – Then She Was Assassinated

On October 7, 2006, Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was shot dead in her Moscow apartment building after having spent years criticizing Vladimir Putin and the Second Chechen War.

By Morgan Dunn Sep 15, 2021

Anna Politkovskaya Spoke Out Against Putin’s Atrocities In Chechnya – Then She Was Assassinated

On October 7, 2006, Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was shot dead in her Moscow apartment building after having spent years criticizing Vladimir Putin and the Second Chechen War.

By Morgan Dunn September 15, 2021

The True Story Of Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, The Nazi Diplomat Who Saved Almost All Of Denmark’s Jews From The Holocaust

Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz was a German attaché serving in Copenhagen who sprang into action in 1943 to warn the country's 7,800 Jews of the Nazis' imminent plans to send them to concentration camps.

By Mark Shiffer Sep 13, 2021

The True Story Of Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, The Nazi Diplomat Who Saved Almost All Of Denmark’s Jews From The Holocaust

Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz was a German attaché serving in Copenhagen who sprang into action in 1943 to warn the country's 7,800 Jews of the Nazis' imminent plans to send them to concentration camps.

By Mark Shiffer September 13, 2021