Gwen Shamblin Lara rose to fame thanks to her Christian diet program Weigh Down Workshop — then transformed it into a religion that many have described as a cult.Wikimedia CommonsFounder of the Remnant Fellowship Cult and the Weigh Down Workshop, Gwen Shamblin achieved great fame and untold wealth before dying at age 66 in 2021.
For Gwen Shamblin, dieting was divine. The weight-loss guru turned church leader grew to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s by encouraging people to “transfer over their love of food to a love of God. Read More...
Before Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow was the original "blonde bombshell" — and these iconic photos show why. Jean Harlow in a publicity still for Blonde Bombshell in 1932.Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images As the original "blonde bombshell," Jean Harlow inspired future Hollywood stars like Marilyn Monroe.Bettmann/Getty Images Jean Harlow posing in a car. Circa 1930.John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Jean Harlow at age 12. Bettmann/Getty Images Jean Harlow, before her platinum days. Read More...
Founded in present-day North Carolina in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh, the Roanoke Colony and its inhabitants vanished just two years later — and their fate remains unknown to this day.The story of the Lost Roanoke Colony is one of history’s most famous mysteries for a reason. It has pirates, shipwrecks, skeletons, hoaxes, family drama, and an enduring question that has puzzled historians for 400 years… How did 117 people simply vanish? Read More...
