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dd In the following excerpt from Hitler’s Aristocrats, author Susan Ronald discusses the…

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This Is a Pretty Country We Live In: The Trial of Anne Royall

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In honor of Anne Royall's birthday (June 11, 1769), author Jack Kelly shares…

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In June of 1752, with some sources specifically saying the tenth of June, Benjamin Franklin conducted…

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The Roman Empire’s brilliance is far from ancient history. The Roman Empire Got…

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The Silversmith's Puzzle author Nev March explains the storied history…

The MKULTRA Conspiracy

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Project Mind Control's John Lisle explains how something as classified…

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Whack Job is a brilliant and bloody examination of the axe's foundational…

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