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!["The Axeman of New Orleans": the story of one maniac who killed for the glory of jazz](/img/2025/the-axeman-of-new-orleans/the-axeman-of-new-orleans-540x310.jpg ""The Axeman of New Orleans": the story of one maniac who killed for the glory of jazz")
06-05-2025
The Wild West in pictures by Timothy O'Sullivan
Since childhood, we have associated the Wild West with endless prairies, along which brave cowboys jump, shooting back at ...
06-05-2025
Robert Fisher: The killer who blew up his family was never caught
Many people believe that the lists of the most wanted criminals include only terrorists or heads of drug cartels. In fact, this is ...
05-05-2025
The Eerie Secret of the Lawson Family Photograph
At first glance, this old photo seems like the most ordinary one. But that's only if you don't know its history. The photo ...
04-05-2025
Grace and seduction: 30 hot photos of ballerinas
The art of ballet is one of the most amazing. The feelings embodied in the dance are impressive in their depth. The American ...
04-05-2025
Elusive femininity by photographer Nina Lin
Nina Lin's beautiful black and white photographs reflect the notion of beauty and style in the 1940s and 1950s. Lyn was one of ...
03-05-2025
The best pictures of Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
On May 4, 1947, the Hells Angels motorcycle gang was formed in California. There have been many scandals around this legendary club ...
03-05-2025
"Bad blood", or How Elizabeth Holmes swindled the whole world ...
The American Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the startup "Teranos", was called "Steve Jobs in a skirt." Her fortune in 2014 was ...
03-05-2025
Oil painting: dark hyperrealistic drawings by Damien Loeb
Damien Loeb, an American artist from New Haven, Connecticut, uses oil paints to create hyper-realistic paintings that are sometimes ...
02-05-2025
18 quirks in American culture that Americans themselves don't ...
In any culture, there are phenomena that seem at least strange, illogical and bizarre to representatives of another nationality. We ...
30-04-2025
A rattling mix: spies, beauties, Nazis and heroes in stunning ...
Artist Mort Kunstler is known for his vivid live works, which bring to life scenes from American history. Especially often the ...
28-04-2025
Up, down and out
Photographers Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton not only work together, but also live in their small bohemian apartment in the center of ...
27-04-2025
The Guevedos Phenomenon: Why Girls in the Dominican Republic ...
Every person is born either male or female. But there are exceptions - for example, cases of genetic or hormonal disorders, when a ...
27-04-2025
Las Vegas night from a height
On May 15, 1905, Las Vegas was founded, the same Sin City in the Nevada Desert, which for many years became a symbol of excitement, ...
27-04-2025
Tuskegee: A Terrible page in American History
For 40 years, the United States has conducted an unprecedented human experiment. Black residents from Alabama were deliberately ...
26-04-2025
Ugliness eternal seal: the tragic fate of the "girl with big ...
The so-called "freak shows" were very popular in the USA at the end of the 19th century. People came in droves to look at disabled ...
26-04-2025
Photos of Manhattan 1870-1900, when the island was a slum of ...
In the last decades of the XIX century, Lower Manhattan in New York could be safely called the capital of the slums. In those ...
26-04-2025
"Children are not yours, and you're not you" or the unborn ...
"These children are not your" — to such conclusion came the doctors after comparing DNA Lydia Fairchild and her own children. ...
25-04-2025
10 false ideas about slavery in the United States
Slavery existed in the British American colonies and the United States from 1619 to 1865. Today, this is a difficult topic for ...
25-04-2025
Pretty Eve Meyer: a brilliant life with a tragic ending
American pin-up model, actress and film producer Eve Meyer, was one of the brightest beauties of the 1950s. She shone on the covers ...
25-04-2025
Russian artist changed the gender of the heroes of "Star ...
The artist Andrew Tarusova (who was born in Rybinsk, but now lives in Los Angeles) — their own vision of pop culture. He ...
25-04-2025
Retro Mix: Sex, Drugs and Disco in New York Nightclubs in the ...
It seems to the current generation that their fathers and mothers, grandparents behaved strictly and decently half a century ago. ...
25-04-2025
Ted Bignon's Cursed Millions: Will the treasure hidden by the ...
Treasures are all associated with pirates, robbers and the affairs of bygone days. You will be surprised, but countless treasures ...
24-04-2025
Why are prisoners in the US dressed in orange robes?
From Hollywood movies, we know that in the US all prisoners are dressed in orange robes. Actually this is not true. The orange ...
24-04-2025
Experts say that by cutting the daily diet by only 250 ...
Yummy treats delight the soul, but they are harmful to health. Nevertheless, to keep a good shape, it is enough to give up one of ...
24-04-2025
The Triple Life of Lori Erica Ruff, a Secret That Remains ...
As a rule, everything ends with the death of a person. But there are exceptions. When a woman named Lori Erica Ruff committed ...
24-04-2025
Moshpit, fire and stench: how the Woodstock Festival was held ...
The Woodstock Rock Festival, which took place in 1999 in Rome, New York, was supposed to be an atmospheric event where peace and ...