Category Archives: Scandals & Revolutions

Poland’s SOLIDARITY Movement was the 1st Crack in Communism

Poland’s Solidarity [Solidarnosc] labor union was nothing less than Revolutionary, the 1st crack in the Soviet Union’s Iron Curtain, leading to its ultimate demise.  Since the mid-1970s, Poland’s Communist economy was spiraling downward — production had plummeted, wages stagnated, and shortages were everywhere. In 1979, the new Polish Pope John Paul II famously visited Warsaw,Continue reading “Poland’s SOLIDARITY Movement was the 1st Crack in Communism”

‘Count’ Cagliostro, Europe’s Charlatan Extraordinaire

Most everyone has heard of Europe’s’ legendary lover Casanova, but how many of you have heard of his equally infamous counterpart, Cagliostro? Though not a famed womanizer, Cagliostro was nonetheless Casanova’s equal when it came to sheer audacity.

The Many Murders of Russia’s Rasputin

How many murder attempts did it take to finally kill the infamous Siberian monk Rasputin?  Five, and all in the same night! Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, was a Siberian-born peasant and monk.  At the young age of 23, he left his wife and three children to follow his calling and join an Orthodox monastery.  After onlyContinue reading “The Many Murders of Russia’s Rasputin”

The Lindbergh Kidnapping – a Real Crime of the Century

Most know aviator Charles Lindbergh famously flew his single engine plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, for 33 hours from Long Island to Paris in 1927, becoming the first to cross the Atlantic solo.

Australia began as a British Penal Colony over 230 years ago

It’s no longer a well-hidden fact, nor even an embarrassment, that Australia was founded as the Botany Bay Penal Colony in the late 18th century.  But how exactly did an entire continent come to be settled by British convicts? Botany Bay is an inlet on the eastern coast of Australia, just south of Sidney.  InContinue reading “Australia began as a British Penal Colony over 230 years ago”