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The Goat Gonads Doctor Who Almost Became Governor of Kansas
Dr. John R. Brinkley sold Americans two kinds of salvation: Jesus for the soul and goat testicles for the body. Neither required much scientific evidence. New York Evening Journal, September 11, 1926. Public domain.
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The Republican Party’s Masque of the Red Death
Illustration for “The Masque of the Red Death” by Harry Clarke, 1919 | Public Domain
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The Men Who Waited for the End of the World
John and Robert Kennedy confer during the Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962. National Security Archive
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No One Appreciates the Catholic Church’s Demon Hunters Anymore
The Devil Presenting St Augustine with the Book of Vices, Michael Pacher, c1455 | Public Domain
Grim Historian reminder: The Catholic Church has twelve bishops, holy water, and a Vatican-sized budget. I have a laptop, a suspicious browser...
Lincoln Wants His Whistleblower Program Back
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Grim Historian reminder: This newsletter digs up the receipts, exhumes the bodies, and reminds people that history is considerably more interesting than the nonsense being passed around as fact. Help me get those receipts into m...
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Carlyn Beccia is an award-winning author, illustrator, and columnist. Latest books — 10 AT 10, MONSTROUS: THE LORE, GORE, & SCIENCE, and THEY LOST THEIR HEADS. Represented by Red Fox Literary
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