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The Grandson of Warren G. Harding's Mistress Wants to Prove His Presidential Lineage—By Exhuming Harding's Body

Warren G. Harding looking dapper in June 1920.

The Grandson of Warren G. Harding's Mistress Wants to Prove His Presidential Lineage—By Exhuming Harding's Body

Weekend at Errol Flynn’s: When John Barrymore’s Friends Stole His Corpse From the Morgue for One Last Prank

They did what? —John Barrymore

Weekend at Errol Flynn’s: When John Barrymore’s Friends Stole His Corpse From the Morgue for One Last Prank

New Study Suggests That Raphael Died from Bloodletting and Pneumonia—Not Syphilis

Fever in the mornin', fever all through the night.

New Study Suggests That Raphael Died from Bloodletting and Pneumonia—Not Syphilis

Grave Error: A Man Attempting to Fake His Own Death Was Caught Because of a Typo

Faking one's own death is never easy.

Grave Error: A Man Attempting to Fake His Own Death Was Caught Because of a Typo

The Teddy Roosevelt-Inspired Roller Coaster That Killed 7 People at Coney Island

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Alexander Hamilton’s Son Also Died in a Duel

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What Did Aaron Burr Do After Shooting Alexander Hamilton?

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Washington Irving Bishop: The Mind Reader Who Was Killed By His Own Autopsy

Washington Irving Bishop entertains a crowd.

Unearthing Richard III: The Luckiest Find in History

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Newly Uncovered Documents Date First-Ever Death By Meteorite Back to 1888

An unlikely cause of death, streaking through the sky.

6 Inventors Killed by Their Own Inventions

Franz Reichelt is now remembered as the "flying tailor."

University College London Moves Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon to a New Location

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8 Facts About Lupercalia—the Ancient Festival Full of Whippings and Ritual Sacrifice

Andrea Camassei, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

The 50-Year Journey to Solve the Murder of Harvard Student Jane Britton

Jane Britton

The Teenage Girl Gang That Seduced and Killed Nazis

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Mount Vesuvius's Volcanic Eruption Turned One Victim's Brain into Glass

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