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The Steiff Polar Bear and Fanta’s Wartime Mascot
A smiling polar bear posed with soldiers and children in wartime Germany. Made by Steiff to promote Fanta during the Second World War, the costume reveals how normality was staged through advertising, even as violence and persecution shaped daily life.
Claudine Longet: From Soft Pop Stardom to One of Hollywood’s Most Unsettling Trials
From soft pop stardom and Kennedy friendships to a fatal shooting in Aspen. The full story of Claudine Longet, Spider Sabich, and the trial that quietly ended her public life.
Big Nose George and the Afterlife of an Outlaw
A true Wild West story. Big Nose George was lynched in 1881, and parts of his body were turned into shoes, skull artefacts, and medical specimens. His legacy still raises questions in Wyoming today.
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