eighties New Order's 'Blue Monday' but played on 1930s instruments Rusty Blazenhoff

science fiction Pioneering sci-fi and fantasy author C.L. Moore reads her 1933 story "Shambleau" Gareth Branwyn

film history The behind-the-scenes nightmare of The Wizard of Oz (1939) Gareth Branwyn

Weird New Jersey has a road called Shades of Death and residents grease the sign to stop theft Ellsworth Toohey

History Robert Wadlow stood 8 feet 11 inches tall and refused to be a sideshow act Ellsworth Toohey

religion A cargo cult in Vanuatu has been waiting for an American named John Frum since the 1930s Ellsworth Toohey

websites Make your own futuristic computer logo with the Sinclair-o-Matic Rob Beschizza

History 1936 exposé: How Chicago's charity rackets worked Ellsworth Toohey

guns in a lake Guns discovered in Minneapolis lake reveal unusual move by police in 1927 Jason Weisberger

History Workers routed a highway through this boulder rather than blast it Popkin

nyc This 1930s children's book on city planning is a delight Gail Sherman

art Jim Woodring's Frank finally speaks in a 3.5-inch Big Little Book Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Reviewers love the Super 8-style Instax Mini Evo Cinema, but not its price tag and problems Rob Beschizza

puzzles Four students solved a geometry puzzle by pretending squares were resistors Ellsworth Toohey

History How comic publishers tricked the trademark office with garbage comics Ellsworth Toohey

History "STOP – DEATH – STOP" a gloriously excessive 1930s railroad crossing signal Ellsworth Toohey

art Monkey Jesus painter Cecilia Giménez dead at 94 Rob Beschizza

public domain Works entering the U.S. public domain in 2026 Rob Beschizza

worse things happen at sea The submarine that died and came back: USS Squalus's terrifyingly true tale Jason Weisberger

mistakes Inconvenient geneological result for author of "The Inconvenient Indian" Rob Beschizza