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In 1924 a bankrupt businessman in Portugal launched an audacious international scheme to become one of the wealthiest men in the world. • By Alan Bellows • 03 May 2022
Robert Rogers, a man obsessed with trespassing, sets his sights on Mount St. Helens in the spring of 1980.
The true story of a runaway Nazi, a determined sleuth, and a chase around the world.
In 1958, one heavily modified airplane flew out of Las Vegas with a single objective: Don’t land.
From the depths of poverty, Du Yuesheng rose through Shanghai’s underworld to become one of the most influential, and overlooked, figures in modern China.
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Written by Matt Castle
In 1981, an international group of doctors identified the devastating disease behind a perplexing outbreak of paralysis in northern Mozambique.
Written by Alan Bellows
If you look at it just right, the universal radiation warning symbol looks a bit like an angel. The circle in the mid...
Written by Alan Bellows
The 18th century misadventures of HMS Wager and her reluctant crew.