From 1921 to 1927, flapper bandits were all the rage in the media. Young women, wearing heels and flapper dresses, took up guns and began robbing individuals on the streets, holding up motorists and taxi drivers, and participating in store robberies. They were called girl bandits, sometimes the bobbed-haired bandits, and at first they were…
Author: Elizabeth Yetter
While it has been boasted that P.T. Barnum created the original freak show, the truth is that people have always been attracted to the odd and unusual. On the other hand, people born with disabilities, and who have been deemed unemployable by so-called normal people, have discovered that they can make a healthy living being…
From about 1550 to 300 BC, the Phoenicians ruled the Mediterranean. They influenced the ancient Greeks and Romans, and traded with people from as far north as Wales and throughout the continent of Africa. In spite of inhabiting a large territory, including modern day Lebanon, very little is known about these people. But what we…
American history is full of women who have been long forgotten. Some of these women changed the course of history, some did things that others thought women couldn’t or shouldn’t do, and there were women who simply decided that it was time to take their place in history by doing what the men have been…
Why do the ancient Greeks continue to fascinate us in modern times? Are we morbidly intrigued by the brutalities of their culture or do we prefer to focus on their rich, religious lives? Most of what we know about the ancient Greeks has come to us through their literature, comedies and poetry, as well as…
Very little is known about the prehistory of America, making it a fascinating time period to investigate. Every day, old views and beliefs are being challenged, new ideas are being brought forth and questioned, and the field is wide open to speculation and ridicule. Prehistory is the study of the time before history was recorded…
The executions that took place inside the arenas of Ancient Rome were never quick and easy. They were, instead, a public display of cruelty and savage creativity. Brutal executions were meant to keep the public in line and to show those who stepped out of line what would happen to them if they did not…