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Top Ten Classic Mystery Novels - 3,000 Years of Puzzles

The top well known and time-honored mystery stores of all time come from Greece, France, America, England/UK, and China. The oldest dates back to 600 or 700 BC or earlier. They all are read and viewed on film or in stage productions around the world.

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Sherlock Holmes 2009 - New Film

Of all the actors and writers that have portrayed Sherlock Holmes, one author filled in all the gaps and backstory in an incredible piece of writing. Meet William Sherlock Scott Holmes and the author W.S. Baring-Gould.

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Houdini - The Legendary Master Magician and Escapologist

Harry Houdini grew up as Erich Weiss in Milwaukee where, for a time, he worked as an apprentice to a local locksmith. Those locksmith skills came in handy when Erich later took the name Houdini, the last name...

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The cover of the September 21, 1889, issue of Puck magazine, featuring cartoonist Tom Merry's depiction of the unidentified Whitechapel murderer Jack the Ripper80

Jack The Ripper

Jack the Ripper was the name given to a serial killer active in the Whitechapel area of London in the later half of 1888.The name was taken from a letter sent to the Central News Agency by someone who...

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Walk on Hound Tor, Dartmoor

I am very fortunate to live in the Dartmoor National Park, amongst some of the prettiest scenery in the UK (although, as I write this, it is blanketed in mist!). Rather than keep all our wonderful walks to...

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Five Greatest Hoaxes of All Time

It will start as practical jokes, then to moneymaking schemes until it will be recognized internationally or worldwide deceptions. Hoaxes have always been part of human history. Some have become successful...

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The White Chapel Horrors

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most beloved detectives in the history of mystery novels. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle brought him to life and I believe Edward B. Hanna has resurrected him from the grave. This book...

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Hot! Robert Downey Jr - Life, Music & Video

One of history's iconic actors, Robert Downey Jr., with mega hits such as Chaplin and Iron Man is scheduled to release on December 25, 2009 Sherlock Holmes. Downey;s two greatest artistic contributions...

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The unexplained ancient and modern

  U F O’s and crop circles seem to me to be a modern phenomenon that has only been reported since the industrial revolution.  Before this time people who saw lights in the sky, or anything that...

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Free Online Books and Content

This is one of the most overlooked and under-rated sites I've come across recently. If you're a student, particularly a College or University student, you've probably had many professors assert, "Use of...

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