futility closet In 1896, Helga Estby set out to win $10,000 by walking across the United States Futility Closet
futility closet Grey Owl, the world's best-known conservationist in the 1930s, turned out not to be who he'd claimed Futility Closet
futility closet Britain's most remote community gave up their unique way of life in 1930 Futility Closet
futility closet In 1907, hunter Jim Corbett stalked a Nepalese tiger that had killed 434 people Futility Closet
futility closet In the winter of 1931, a mysterious fugitive led police on a 300-kilometer chase through northern Canada Futility Closet
futility closet Socialite Rose O'Neal Greenhow was a surprising spy for the Confederacy Futility Closet
futility closet In 1965, a retired truck driver was convicted of one of the greatest art heists in British history Futility Closet
futility closet Frances Glessner Lee created miniature death scenes to train investigators in the 1940s Futility Closet
futility closet In 1822, a desperate band of convicts fleeing a Tasmanian penal colony ended up resorting to cannibalism Futility Closet
futility closet In 1902, scam artist Cassie Chadwick claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie Futility Closet
futility closet In 1978, Kim Jong-Il abducted two South Korean cinema stars to make films in North Korea Futility Closet
futility closet In 1631, Barbary pirates abducted 107 people from an Irish village and forced them into a life of slavery Futility Closet
futility closet Detective novelist Arthur Upfield invented the perfect murder, then watched a killer adopt it Futility Closet
futility closet In 1868 a Scottish castaway had to make a new life among the people of the Solomon Islands Futility Closet
futility closet Richard Proenneke lived alone for 30 years in the Alaskan wilderness in a cabin he built himself Futility Closet
