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A Bulldozer Became a Weapon On June 4, 2004, a quiet welder named Marvin Heemeyer transformed a Colorado
The Fall of Alejandro Mayorkas: The Bureaucrat Who Engineered America’s Border Breakdown
Introduction: From History-Maker to Headline-Maker Alejandro Mayorkas once symbolized the American dream. As the first Latino and immigrant
When Birds Defeated Bullets: The Bizarre True Tale of Australia’s Great Emu War of 1932
Introduction: A War Unlike Any Other In the annals of military history, few conflicts are as strange or
Heaven’s Gate and the Man Who Led 39 to Death: The Disturbing Story of Marshall Applewhite?
The Cult That Shocked America In March 1997, police entered a luxurious mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, California,
The Hidden Roots of Global Slavery: White Slavery and What History Books Leave Out
Introduction: Story You Haven’t Heard When people think of slavery, they often picture the transatlantic slave trade that
The Golden State Killer Finally Unmasked: How Joseph DeAngelo Eluded Justice for 44 Years
Introduction: Face Behind Mask of Fear For more than four decades, a nameless, faceless predator haunted California. Known
The Ghost Blimp of WWII: The Unsolved Disappearance of L-8 and Its Missing Crew
Introduction: A Routine Patrol Gone Awry On the morning of August 16, 1942, the U.S. Navy blimp L-8
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Introduction: Terror Behind the Legend Before The Ghost and the Darkness became a chilling 1996 Hollywood thriller, the
Operation Northwoods: The U.S. Plot to Stage Attacks on Its Own Citizens to Justify War
Introduction: A Plan Conceived in Shadows In 1962, during the height of Cold War paranoia, the United States
Colfax 1873: The Massacre That Betrayed Reconstruction, Resurrected White Supremacy
Introduction: Easter Sunday Turned Tragic On Easter Sunday, April 13, 1873, the town of Colfax, Louisiana, witnessed an

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Heaven’s Gate and the Man Who Led 39 to Death: The Disturbing Story of Marshall Applewhite?