Josephine Earp’s story was shrouded in mystery throughout her life, but modern historians posit that she lied about her early years in an effort to conceal her unsavory past.C. S. Fly/Wikimedia CommonsA portrait of Wyatt Earp’s wife, Josephine Earp, in 1881, the year they met.
She went by several names: Josephine Marcus, Sadie Mansfield, and Josephine Behan. But the name “Josephine Earp” made her famous.
In 1881, the same year as the notorious shootout at the O. Read More...
From Herbert Hoover's mishandling of the Great Depression to George W. Bush's unpopular war in Iraq, go inside the stories of some of America's worst-ranking presidents.Ever since George Washington first took the oath of office in 1789, scores of men have followed in his footsteps. But not all of America’s presidents have left their terms with a glowing reputation. A number of these leaders have been harshly judged by history for their scandals, political decisions, inaction in the face of crises, and even for dying too quickly. Read More...
Mildred Harnack moved to Berlin with her German-born husband in 1929 and joined a Nazi resistance group — and was later sentenced to death by Adolf Hitler himself.Wikimedia CommonsMildred Harnack’s mugshot, taken in 1942.
“Despite our being separated, let’s not be worried and anxious,” Mildred Harnack wrote to her family back home in Wisconsin in August 1942.
But her family had reason to worry – war raged in Europe, and Harnack had moved to Berlin over a decade earlier. Read More...
