Flu Julia: The Con Artist Nurse That Made Bank Off Of Misery

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CLASSIC: I Modi: The Scandalous Erotic Blockbuster Banned By The Vatican

Nowadays it's no secret that some Papal administrations from centuries past were a bit more scandalous than others, but when master engraver Marcantonio Raimondi created prints of explicit art located within the papal palace, the church was scandalized. Learn more about the bizar ...  Show more

The Dark Side of Frank Lloyd Wright, Part Two: Mass Murder, Cults, and the FBI

Even if you're not an architecture enthusiast, odds are you've heard of Frank Lloyd Wright. This massively famous architect fundamentally changed the discipline of architecture as we know it. Yet as Ben, Noel and Max learn in the second part of this special two-part series, Frank ...  Show more

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