Futility Closet

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145-The Pied Piper of Saipan

Guy Gabaldon was an untested Marine when he landed on the Pacific island of Saipan during World...

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144-The Murder Castle

When detectives explored the Chicago hotel owned by insurance fraudster H.H. Holmes in 1894, they...

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143-The Conscience Fund

For 200 years the U.S. Treasury has maintained a "conscience fund" that accepts repayments from...

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142-Fingerprints and Polygraphs

Fingerprint identification and lie detectors are well-known tools of law enforcement today, but...

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141-Abducted by Indians, a Captive of Whites

In 1836, Indians abducted a 9-year-old girl from her home in East Texas. She made a new life...

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140-Ramanujan

In 1913, English mathematician G.H. Hardy received a package from an unknown accounting clerk in...

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139-The Painter's Revenge

When critics dismissed his paintings, Dutch artist Han van Meegeren decided to seek his revenge...

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138-Life in a Cupboard

In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell two stories about people who...

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137-The Mystery of Fiona Macleod

When the Scottish writer William Sharp died in 1905, his wife revealed a surprising secret: For...

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136-The Boston Molasses Disaster

In 1919 a bizarre catastrophe struck Boston's North End: A giant storage tank failed, releasing 2...

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135-Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Here are six new lateral thinking puzzles to test your wits and stump your friends -- play along...

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134-The Christmas Truce

In December 1914 a remarkable thing happened on the Western Front: British and German soldiers...

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133-Notes and Queries

In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll explore some more curiosities and...

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132-The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

In 1944, a bizarre criminal assaulted the small town of Mattoon, Illinois. Victims reported...

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131-Escape From Libby Prison

Libby Prison was one of the most infamous prison camps of the Civil War -- thousands of Union...

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130-The Unlikely Ultramarathoner

Australia's Westfield ultramarathon had a surprise entrant in 1983: A 61-year-old potato farmer...

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129-The Voynich Manuscript

In 1912, bookseller Wilfrid Voynich discovered an illustrated manuscript that was written in a...

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128-The Battle for Castle Itter

The closing days of World War II witnessed a bizarre battle with some unlikely allies: American...

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127-Rowing Across the Atlantic

In 1896 two New Jersey clam diggers made a bold bid for fame: They set out to cross the North...

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126-The Great Australian Poetry Hoax

In 1943, fed up with modernist poetry, two Australian servicemen invented a fake poet and...

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