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After the Fame – James Williamson, From Punk Rock Pioneer to Semiconductors
Leslie Harvey: The Rocker Electrocuted to Death Live Onstage
Beefs: Prince’s Rivalry With Michael Jackson Got So Bad, He Tried to Run MJ Over With a Limousine
The Shaggs: A Prophecy, a Dad’s Delusions, and an Awful Album that Became a Cult Classic
The Tycoon and the Teenager: When Actress Jane Greer Rejected His Advances, Howard Hughes Bought a Studio to Wreck Her Career
Bela Lugosi, ‘Hollywood’s Prince of Darkness’, Fought Real Life Monsters as an Antifascist Labor Activist
Megastar Josephine Baker Risked Her Life for the French Resistance to Spy on the Nazis in WWII
Strongwoman Katie Sandwina, the ‘Lady Hercules’ and Pioneer of Women’s Strength Sports
Clark Gable Ditched Hollywood in WWII to Fight the Nazis in a B-17
Cus D’Amato: Inventor of Peek-a-boo Boxing and Creator of Champions
The Lovable Tramp’s Kinky Side: The Scandals That Got Charlie Chaplin De Facto Deported from the US
Jack Johnson: The Unapologetically Black Heavyweight Champion Who Challenged Jim Crow Conventions
After the Fame: Danny Torrance, the Tricycle Kid From ‘The Shining’, is Now a College Professor
Rock & Roll’s First ‘Wild Man’ Jerry Lee Lewis Wrecked His Career by Marrying His Thirteen-Year-Old Cousin
After the Fame – Dolores Hart, From Hollywood Hottie to Holy Vows
Jackie Coogan, the Addams Family’s Uncle Fester, in World War II
Myths and Realities: Ninjas in Pop Culture vs Real Life Ninjas
The Decca Records Exec Who Passed on Jimi Hendrix – and It Wasn’t Even His Biggest Mistake
Folklore and Mythology: The Real Life Origins of the King Arthur Legend
Folklore and Mythology: The Original King Arthur Legend Was Dark and Decidedly Non-Disney
The Man Who Laughed Himself to Death Watching ‘The Goodies’
After the Fame – Cooter: From the Dukes of Hazzard to the House of Representatives
Age Is Nothing But a Number: Cora Coralina Published Her First Book in Her Seventies, and Became a Literary Icon in Her Nineties
Humor That Backfired: Johnny Carson Was Slapped Silly For Cracking Gay Jokes About Wayne Newton
Lee Marvin Excelled in Tough Guy Roles Because He Had Been a Real Life Tough Guy WWII US Marine
Golden Girl Bea Arthur Was a WWII US Marine Sergeant
The Military Entertainment Complex: Hollywood’s and the Pentagon’s Mutually Beneficial Relationship
Saving Sergeant Niland: The Real Life WWII Tragedy that Inspired Saving Private Ryan
The Paratrooper Who Led His Men Into Battle Carrying an Umbrella
Folklore and Mythology: Disney’s Hercules vs the Hercules of Ancient Greek Myths
Audrey Hepburn vs the Nazis: The Hollywood Icon Was Once a Child Courier for WWII’s Dutch Resistance
The Math Mistake That Made Spinach a Super Food
After the Fame – George Murphy, From Tinseltown to the US Senate
Bill Mauldin: The WWII Cartoonist Who Enraged General George S. Patton
Weird Deaths: Actor Albert Dekker’s Extraordinarily Bizarre Demise
Folklore and Mythology: Amazons in Wonder Woman vs Amazons in Ancient Greek Myths
Tolkien and C.S. Lewis vs Disney: The Creators of The Hobbit and Narnia Hated Mickey Mouse’s Maker
Beefs: Rick James vs Prince, and the Time the Super Freak Wanted to Beat Up the Purple One
Myths and Realities – Were the Middle Ages as Drab as Depicted by Hollywood?
When Frank Sinatra Was Arrested for Seduction
Dick Rowe, the Record Label Exec Who Made the Music Industry’s Worst Business Decision
The Astor Place Riot: New Yorkers Almost Burned Down Manhattan Brawling Over Who Was the Best Shakespearean Actor
The Men Who Made Ancient Athens – Aeschylus, the Playwright Who Invented Acting as We Know it Today
Shipwreck Kelly, the Eccentric Who Kicked off a Flagpole Sitting Fad
Obi Wan Kenobi in World War II: Sir Alec Guinness in the Royal Navy
After the Fame – The Kid From the ‘Little Mikey’ Ads Grew Up to Become an Ad Executive
Costly Mistakes – The Studio That Surrendered the Star Wars Merchandising Rights
After the Fame – Charlie Bucket of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Gave Up Acting to Become a Veterinarian
After the Fame – The Grady Twins From ‘The Shining’