futility closet The U.S. government has a "conscience fund" for repayments from those who have defrauded it Futility Closet
futility closet Cynthia Ann Parker was abducted by Comanches, then abducted back by whites 24 years later Futility Closet
futility closet Dismissed by critics, Dutch painter Han van Meegeren set out to avenge himself by creating "the ultimate forgery" Futility Closet
futility closet An Irish cavalryman spent most of World War I living in this cupboard Futility Closet
futility closet Novelist William Sharp had a feminine alter ego with her own literary career Futility Closet
futility closet In 1944 hysteria swept Mattoon, Illinois, as residents reported a paralyzing gas being sprayed into their bedrooms Futility Closet
futility closet A Union soldier's determined efforts to break out of an "escape-proof" Confederate prison Futility Closet
futility closet The Voynich manuscript has been bewildering scholars for more than a century Futility Closet
futility closet The strangest battle of World War II took place at this medieval Austrian castle Futility Closet
podcasts In 1896 two New Jersey clam diggers set out to cross the North Atlantic in a rowboat Futility Closet
futility closet The great Australian poetry hoax, in which deliberate nonsense was hailed as great art Futility Closet
futility closet The story of D.B. Cooper, the only unsolved hijacking in American history Futility Closet
