Stories

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.

In the rolling paddocks of Western Australia, a black and white Holstein Friesian stands like a skyscraper among single-story houses.

In the early 20th century, a man in Kansas became one of the richest doctors in America without ever performing a legitimate surgery.

Stefan Mandel played to ensure a mathematical certainty. Between the 1960s and the 1990s, this Romanian-Australian economist didn’t just get lucky; he systematically dismantled the game, winning the jackpot an astounding 14 times.