LONGFORM

The classic labor song "Which Side Are You On?" was born during the Harlan County Wars of the 1930s.

The daughter of King James VI and I was Electress Palatine of the Rhine and Queen of Bohemia, and through her grandson, the founder of a new British ruling dynasty.

In the late 1970s, children were scared out of their wits by an eerie animated short on ‘Sesame Street’ featuring a crack monster. Some believed it never existed. Then things got weird.

In 1946, college student Paula Welden went for a hike on a local path known as the Long Trail. Her fate has become part of Vermont's folklore.

In 1865, author Charles Dickens survived a train crash—and he was never the same.

In 1975, upstart automaker Liz Carmichael promised a $2000 car with a space-age body and incredible fuel economy. The only problem? It didn't exist.

A team of dedicated scientists is raising eastern hellbenders and releasing them into rivers, helping these ample amphibians to survive.

Mary Elizabeth Dunning thought a friend had sent her chocolates as a treat. Instead, they were a death sentence.

John Leonard’s demand was simple. All he wanted was for Pepsi to deliver the Harriet jet he believed they had promised. In 1996, Leonard, then a 21-year-old col

Open your takeout containers, break apart your disposable chopsticks, and dig into the cuisine of the Chinese diaspora.

Before Nathan Fielder and Sacha Baron Cohen pushed the boundaries of performance art, Alan Abel was able to convince media and the public of just about anything, including his own death.

How an Ohio-made kitchen knife was reimagined as a piece of Japanese steel—one endorsed by Lorena Bobbitt, in a manner of speaking.