futility closet In 1928, the world's third-richest man inexplicably fell from an airplane Futility Closet
futility closet After losing his sight at age 25, James Holman became the most prolific traveler of his day Futility Closet
futility closet Joseph Medicine Crow fulfilled four traditional war deeds during World War II Futility Closet
futility closet George Parker Bidder could do stupendously difficult arithmetic in his head Futility Closet
futility closet Eccentric adventurer John Hornby clawed a living from the inhospitable tundra of northern Canada Futility Closet
futility closet Friedrich Kellner kept a secret diary to record the crimes of the Third Reich Futility Closet
futility closet Mildred Norman gave away her possessions to walk North America in the cause of peace Futility Closet
futility closet In 1967, American businessman Jim Thompson disappeared from a cottage in Malaysia Futility Closet
futility closet Beryl Markham trained racehorses, flew across the Atlantic, and wrote a book that impressed Hemingway Futility Closet
futility closet In 1914, a series of horrific murders unfolded at Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin estate Futility Closet
futility closet In 1913, New York publicist John Duval Gluck proposed to answer Santa's mail Futility Closet
futility closet In 1911 the last member of the Yahi people appeared in Oroville, California Futility Closet
futility closet In 1912, 4-year-old Bobby Dunbar disappeared during a family outing in Louisiana Futility Closet
futility closet In 1939, British stockbroker Nicholas Winton helped 669 children escape the Nazis in Czechoslovakia Futility Closet
futility closet In 1829 a group of convicts stole a ship in Tasmania and made their way into the Pacific Futility Closet
futility closet In 1890, cinema pioneer Louis Le Prince boarded a train and disappeared Futility Closet