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  • The West Cork Murder Case: Sophie Toscan du Plantier and Suspect Ian Bailey

    UPDATE: 2024 Below is my personal analysis and theories relating to the horrifying murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in West Cork, Ireland, 1996. This was an article that attracted the attention of the case’s prime suspect who reacted to it personally on Twitter in a less than favourable light (as you can read at

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  • Percy Shelley and His Insane Love Triangle, Most Scandalous

    Percy Shelley. You know him as one of those poetry dudes. He was a privileged young English poet in the 1810s, who had a progressive, yet romantic voice that attempted to influence religion and politics. But, his very brief life was full of secrets and intrigue that eclipse anything he put down on paper. Percy Shelley

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  • LOST: The Island, Smoke Monster, and Everything Else Explained

    Most series finales are awful. Seinfeld was absurd. The Sopranos left us edgy. And Game of Thrones didn–Bran did not have the best story and that is NOT why you make someone a king, especially because he was the villain the whole time and they’re all going to suffer and die now and it’s the

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  • The Fake Melania Conspiracy Theory

    First Lady Melania Trump has a fondness for large sunglasses that hide a third of her face. I appreciate her wont to be shielded not only from the sun, but also the direct gaze of her companions. That’s only natural, if not also subliminally indicative of her culpability in her husband’s reign of terror and

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  • The “Where is Melania?” Mystery

    UPDATE: SOLVED!It was 24 days that we went without seeing Lady Mel, but on June 5, she reemerged from her hidey hole. No full explanation has been given for the inconsistencies from her office and schedules, but it’s probably safe to assume that she had medical issues to overcome. She may have been sicker than

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  • What Happened to the 1890 Census?

    Genealogy nerds like me frequently weep and fan themselves to exhaustion over a gaping hole in America’s historical record: The 1890 U.S. Census is gone. The original was destroyed. No copies exist. No scans. No photos. Therefore nearly all of it has been erased from history. That, my friends, is no small deal. Every ten

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  • Game of Thrones: Bran Stark is the Super Villain No One Saw Coming

    (Update: I’ve been cooking this theory since before season 7, so please read the primer in Bran’s villainy below, and then head over to read my Season 7 update and then roll your Branchair over to the Season 8 Bran Finale Discussion!) Forget Joffrey and his crossbow. Or even Ramsey Bolton and his dogs (and his

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