The Vintage News Mar 22, 2018 Nikola Budanovic Little is known of the King of Denmark, Sweyn Forkbeard, today, but this Norse monarch was once the King of England as well, albeit for only five weeks, making the small town of Gainsborough in eastern England his capital. One reason for the mystery surrounding him is several … Read more
The Vintage News Jun 8, 2018 Nikola Budanovic Animals are unfamiliar with administrative borders set up by humans in order to separate countries from one another. They migrate through vast woodlands, unaware that they are moving from one state into the other. But during the Cold War, even deer knew of the East-West divide. The border … Read more
The Vintage News Aug 25, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau The man who shot and killed John Lennon outside his New York City apartment on December 8, 1980, has been denied parole by a prison board that concluded releasing Mark David Chapman “would be incompatible with the welfare and safety of society and would so deprecate the serious … Read more
The Vintage News Jan 11, 2018 E.L. Hamilton Fashion designer Gianni Versace poses on the stairs in his home in 1990, next to a photo montage of himself. (Photo by © Stephanie Maze/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Fashion designer Gianni Versace was gunned down outside his ornate villa in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach just … Read more
War History Online Sep 30, 2018 David Baker There are legends surrounding every war, many of which are inventions of soldiers either terrified or bored depending on their circumstances. These inventions will often include fantastic and unusual elements meant to buoy the spirits, provide amusement, or ease the anxieties of soldiers waiting to face down death. … Read more
The Vintage News Jun 20, 2018 Stefan Andrews Of all American real-life horror stories of the past, rarely there has been one in which the victim has been found “saponified.” The tragic case involved a woman who was apparently beaten to death, strangled, and then dumped in a lake, her remains wrapped tightly with ropes in … Read more
