History Obscura Mandy Gardner

Perhaps you know him better as H. H. Holmes? Under a variety of names, this slick character swindled dozens of people out of their money, their properties, and even their lives.
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Keeping on with the classic Robert Louis Stevenson adventure novel!
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A reading from The New York Times' April 19, 1886 edition.
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Phineas Taylor Barnum was a businessman from a tender age, his first venture having been a general store. A move to New York City in his early 20s--and a chance happening upon a highly marketable human being--changed everything for Barnum and the people he would eventually employ.
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Not many people realise that the queen of the mystery novel has her own mystery that not even Arthur Conan Doyle could solve.
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Wolfsschanze was the Nazi headquarters in Poland during the Second World War, as well as the residence of Herman Goring. Now, a potentially lost war crime has been unearthed from the renowned historical site.
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