Posts in category Vintage + Historical Oddities

Like Princess Leia and the woman who embodied her, Carrie Fisher, the legacy of these historical female figures will live on in history—buns and all!

By analyzing the composition of the soil found at a crime scene or on a suspect’s clothes or vehicle, a forensic geologist hopes to find certain clues.

This round table roulette wheel is equipped with a cheat that allows the dealer to choose which player will win or lose each game.

Although Jack the Ripper was never caught, the Bond report could be considered the first-ever criminal profile.

The Sutherland Sisters were talented singers and musicians, but all anyone seemed to care about was their hair.

Let’s recreate one of the Romans’ tastiest contributions to humanity: the minced meat and caul fat “burger.”

They may be gone, but these pop culture icons are far from forgotten.

While it may be known that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini were acquaintances, how they came to be this way is quite an interesting story.

Dating back to 114 B.C., this femur suffered a full-blown compound fracture.

Concealed on the card shark’s person, this Kepplinger-style device was used to secretly add or remove cards from the operator’s hand.