Wed, Jun 24, 2009
On 25th September 1888, a letter arrived at Britain's Central News Agency. It claimed to come from the most famous serial killer in history and for the first time, revealed the now legendary name, 'Jack the Ripper.' A closer look at history reveals how this serial killer could have been fabricated for readers who couldn't get enough tabloid thrills. If Jack was fiction, who made him up?
Thu, Jul 16, 2009
According to research, mainly from FBI files, British king Edward's abdication was not exactly the price for marriage to twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson, an outrage, especially for the royal head of the Anglican church. It was a convenient excuse for the British government to remove a royal prince who, from before his ascension to the throne end even during the Second World War, let his Nazi sympathies prevail on patriotism, making him a spy for Berlin, mainly trough Von Ribbentrop. Hitler hoped to restore Edward as a satellite pawn after militarily conquering Britain.