The story of Forty-Seven Ronin is one of the most famous and well-told tales in Japan. It begins in 1701 and tells of a feud between Lord Asano Naganori, the leader of a group of samurai ...
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On April 10th, 1834, a fire broke out at a large mansion in Royal Street, New Orleans. It was the home of a local well known socialite called Marie Delphine LaLaurie – but what was found ...
The Count of St. Germain is perhaps one of the most interesting and intriguing figures in modern history. If you believe everything you can read about him online and in numerous books, this man possessed a ...
The question of what compelled so many to abandon their homes for a perilous journey to distant Jerusalem in the Middle Ages is one that has fascinated for centuries. There exists today two popular interpretations of ...
Mysterious disappearances have always gripped public imagination, from the Bermuda Triangle to the vanished crew of the Marie Celeste. However, many people have never heard of Roanoke Colony, an attempt to set up an English presence ...
The Paris Catacombs were opened in the late 1700′s as a solution to overcrowding in the Parisian cemeteries. Originally the catacombs were based on a network of old mines, but during the 1800′s these were extended ...
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