Kulopus
the Q Shaman of 1940
The strange, sad, and hate-filled story of Elwood Towner, aka Chief Red Cloud, who spoke at Nazi rallies in full Native American ceremonial regalia.
Categories: People & Places
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"racism"
It’s an uncomfortable topic, but someone has to talk about it.
There Must Come a Change
the triumph and tragedy of Octavius Valentine Catto
Octavius Valentine Catto was a man for all seasons. He could have been the leader Philadelphia needed... if he hadn't been murdered.
Categories: Biography, History, Series 15
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Neither Here Nor There
the strange second life of a proud people
In which a mysterious lost people turn out to not be so mysterious after all... and maybe not even all that lost, if the Internet can be believed.
Categories: Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places, Series 13
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Space is the Place
Doctor York and the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors
The strange transformation of a Qu'ran study group into a UFO doomsday cult with a quick break in the middle for disco fever.
Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, People & Places, Series 13
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Crepuscule in Blood and Guts
the most curious incident in the life of James McNeill Whistler
This one has it all: sibling rivalry, country club politics, adultery, duels, the Civil War, Spanish colonial policy, and three giant piles of bird poop.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Daring & Epic Journeys, Series 13
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Seven Minutes in Heaven
the misbegotten existence of William Dudley Pelley (1890-1965)
One man's horrifying journey from toilet paper salesman to famous author to spiritual guru to American Hitler to space brother.
Categories: Biography, Eccentrics & Prophecies, History, Series 12
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Common Clay
Henry Herbert Goddard (1866-1957), the man who made morons
H.H. Goddard's studies of the feeble-minded helped justify eugenics policies across the world... which is a tragedy because they junk science and lies.
Categories: Science & Nature, Series 8, The Marvels of Science
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Burning Fire, Deep Water
neither Venezuelan nor Volcano
Burnu Acquanetta, "the Venezuelan Volcano," was an exotic beauty who took Hollywood by storm in the summer of 1942... but who was she really?
Categories: Biography, Entertainment & Media, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 8
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