The Peculiar Truth about the Banned Erotic Song
Early 1972: Phone calls and letters poured into the BBC from irate radio listeners. A recording by unknown musical artists had played on...
Feb 33 min read
The Peculiar Truth about the Aussie James Bond
Throughout his life, George Lazenby has been a successful failure. He failed in school. He failed as a car salesman. He failed to win the love of a sweetheart whom he had followed across the world. His biggest success, however, was landing the film role of a lifetime when he was cast as 007 in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969). He managed to fail at that, too. Lazenby was an Australian born and raised in farm towns in New South Wales. After high school, he joined the Aus
Jan 273 min read
The Peculiar Truth about the Bulgarian Nostradamus
For decades during the Cold War era, Eastern Europeans traveled to a remote village in southwestern Bulgaria. The town had nothing special to offer in terms of commerce, resources, or natural beauty. The only reason people visited was to seek out a blind woman. Her name was Vangeliya Pandeva Surcheva. Everyone knew her as Baba Vanga. (Grandma Vanga) She became famous for making predictions about the future that rivaled Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce. Some were believed to be qui
Jan 202 min read
The Peculiar Truth about the Woman Who Stabbed MLK
September 20, 1958: On a Saturday afternoon in Harlem, 29-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. appeared at Blumstein’s Department Store to...
Jan 133 min read