Room 39 is one of the most secret organizations in arguably the world's most secretive state. It is believed to be involved in obtaining foreign currency for the nation’s leaders.
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Hanns Scharff: The Luftwaffe Nicest “Master Interrogator” 1942-45
Hanns Scharff was a Master Interrogator working for The Luftwaffe at Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah: The Founder of Pakistan in 1947
Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Muhammad Ali Jinnah did all three in 1947 as the Founder of Pakistan
The Reichstag Fire – 1933
On Monday 27 February 1933, after dictator Adolf Hitler was inaugurated as Chancellor of Germany, there was an attempt on the Reichstag German parliament known as the Reichstag Fire (Reichstagsbrand, in German).
Government Files
Flaps and Seals and Project HTLingual – 1952 to 1973
The term “flaps and seals” is derived from the original opening-and-resealing procedure used to open surreptitiously letters and dispatches inside either a flapped envelope or folded and fastened with a wax seal.
Entomological Warfare in the US: 80 Years of Human and Animal Experimentation
Entomological warfare (EW) is a form of biological warfare in which insects are used to disrupt supply lines through damage to crops, or directly to injure enemy combatants and civilian populations
Project MK-Ultra: The CIA Secret Quest for ‘Mind Control’ – 1953
Project MK-Ultra was the code name of the CIA's covert mind control program. It was designed to identify techniques and drugs that might be used in interrogations to weaken subjects and compel confessions through psychological torture and brainwashing
Project Artichoke 1951: The CIA’s Quest to Find the Real Manchurian Candidate
Project Artichoke or Operation Artichoke, was a CIA research project that began in 1951 and whose aim was to determine whether a person could be forced via hypnosis or forced drug addiction such as morphine or LSD, to commit an act of attempted assassination.
Important Events
The Invention of Radar 1935
The invention of radar has revolutionized the way we navigate and interact with the world around us. It was first developed in the early twentieth century by a British physicist named Sir Robert Watson-Watt, and has since become an invaluable tool for navigation, surveillance, and defence.
Medieval Dance Mania, the Dancing Plague and Tarantism: 7th to 17th Century European Outbreaks
Medieval Dance Mania, the Dancing Plague and Tarantism are often confused and named as the same event, but in reality, they were different outbreaks of the crazed plague that swept Europe at different periods of time and in different locations.
Gaugamela: The Battle That Changed The World – 331 BC
The battle of Gaugamela was no doubt a decisive battle that changed the history of the world. Its triumph opened the door to the known world for the Macedonian Army. Alexander became the king of kings after this battle as he went on to defeat the remaining Persian Army and became the king of the known world (Persia, at that time).
The Thule Bomb Accident 1968: A Series of Catastrophic Events
The United States of America installed several military bases in Greenland. One of those bases was Camp Century, the other was the Thule Air Base where the Thule Bomb Accident of 1968 took place
Serial Killers
Jack the Ripper: The Victorian Serial Killer 1888–1891
The Victorian Serial Killer Jack the Ripper was originally known as the ‘Whitechapel Murderer’, given that his crimes were committed in the neighbourhood of East London by the same name.
‘El Arropiero’: The Vagabond of Death – 1964-1971
‘El Arropiero’: The Vagabond of Death is said to have carried out 48 murders across Italy, France and Spain between 1964 and 1971. This psychopath holds the sad record of being the ‘greatest serial killer’ in Spanish history.
Baba Anujka: The Witch of Vladimirovac
Behind the façade of the sweet old lady, there was a terrible secret. Baba Anujka was the first and the most prolific of the former Yugoslavia’s serial killers, and probably also among the world’s most prolific.
Baba Anujka: The Witch of Vladimirovac
The Chilling Case of Ed Kemper
On August 27, 1964, the California police received a strange phone call. A 15-year-old boy named Ed Kemper confessed to them that he had killed both of his grandparents.
The Chilling Case of Ed Kemper
Technology
Weird Facts
Leech Collector and Bloodletting in the 19th Century
An old profession that has largely disappeared is that of leech collector, sometimes called leech gatherer or leech finder.
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