It’s the time of year where I start to get random Christmas cards from co-workers, second cousins, in-laws, and bank employees. Perfectly staged family...
The story of the Ruth Snyder Execution photograph and how “ruthless Ruth” became the subject of the most famous tabloid picture ever taken and the crime that shocked the nation. The room was cold, and the air was palpable as Ruth Snyder walked into...
Highlights from the illustrations in the 1665 edition of Fortunio Liceti’s De Monstris, originally published, without the illustrations, in 1616. Liceti’s work, although not...