Coco Chanel once tried to betray her Jewish business partners during the Nazi occupation of France by writing to German officials, arguing that their company was Jewish property and so should be confiscated, then redistributed, namely to her, according to…
Disney has dropped attempts to trademark the traditional Mexican Day of the Dead festival for the purposes of a new Pixar animated film following angry online protests. Critics took to social media after it emerged that the studio was applying to trademark…
In 1963, a sixteen-year-old San Diego high school student named Bruce McAllister sent a four-question mimeographed survey to 150 well-known authors of literary, commercial, and science fiction. Did they consciously plant symbols in their work? he asked. Who noticed symbols…
There are certain people who speak directly into their moment, and others who leave a message for history to decipher, whose work gains in relevance or whose life becomes uncannily meaningful decades after their death. It’s hard to think of…
A pedophile who was serving 17 years behind bars for abusing babies and young children has been found dead in prison.Jared Perry was found dead on November 3 while in custody at Parc Prison in Bridgend, Wales. It is understood…
A man was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl. However, not long after starting his lengthy sentence, the child-killer was welcomed with a particularly sinister homecoming surprise courtesy of his cellmate.…
A Longmont woman who was found guilty of abusing and killing her 16-month-old foster child was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday. Cassidy Lemmon, 25, was found guilty by a Boulder County jury in July on two Class 2 felony counts…
Police arrested a Miami woman on an aggravated battery charge over the weekend after they said she stabbed her boyfriend in the eyelid with a hypodermic needle during a domestic dispute. According to an arrest report from the Miami Police…
Off the Rails: The Darius McCollum Story is a 2016 American documentary film about Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger’s syndrome who was jailed 32 times for impersonating New York City bus drivers and subway conductors and driving their routes. The film was written, directed and…
Since 1977, actor James Earl Jones has struck fear into the hearts of moviegoers across the galaxy as the voice of Darth Vader, the faceless villain of the popular Star Wars franchise. But now, at 91, Jones has decided to retire from the role.…
