Stories

In November 2002, Michael Carroll, a 19-year-old part-time refuse collector from Norfolk, England, purchased a lottery ticket for £1 (1.45 USD).

Charles-Henri Sanson held a unique and terrifying position in French history. He was the Royal Executioner of France during the reign of King Louis XVI, and yet, he became the very man who dropped the guillotine blade on the King’s neck.

On the morning of October 1, 2016, Todd Orr hiked into the Montana wilderness for a routine scouting trip.

In the winding crypts beneath the United States Capitol, a spectral predator stalks the halls.

In the rugged wilderness of the Rocky Mountains, a bronze chest waited in silence for a decade.

Desperate for a solution, the City Council turned to an unlikely savior: Charles Mallory Hatfield. A former sewing machine salesman who branded himself a “moisture accelerator,” Hatfield claimed he could coax water from the sky using a secret chemical blend.

Thomas Randele lived a quiet, lawful life in the suburbs of Boston. He was a golf pro at a country club, a devoted father who drove his daughter to school, and a car salesman who was well-liked by his neighbors.

In 1907, an Onondaga runner from the Six Nations Reserve became the most famous athlete in North America.