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WINE BRICKS ($65,000 – $85,000)
On January 17, 1920, the United States enacted a nationwide ban on alcohol. Their goal was to curb the social chaos associated with...
Nov 24, 20242 min read
AQUA TOFANA ($65,000 – $85,000)
The bottle was elegant, but its contents were deadly. Aqua Tofana – colourless, odourless, and tasteless – was the perfect poison! For...
Nov 21, 20242 min read
THAT’S BANANAS ($125,000 – $150,000)
At a Sotheby’s auction in New York, on November 20, 2024, a piece of art sold for a whopping $6.2 million, surprising everyone with its...
Nov 21, 20242 min read
THE GINGER ALE GAMBLE ($161,000 – $195,500)
Growing up, my family was firmly embedded towards the lower end of ‘middle class’. We had enough to get by, but there wasn’t very much...
Oct 26, 20243 min read
BLABBERMOUTH ($103,000 – $109,000)
On August 8, 1963, a gang of 15 robbers executed a meticulously planned heist, stealing £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train in the UK....
Oct 23, 20242 min read
THE FAST & THE FOOLISH ($55,000 – $65,000+)
In Denmark, police were baffled by a series of dangerous motorcycle stunts – reckless speeding, wheelies, and near-misses – that had put...
Oct 9, 20242 min read
THAT’S GONNA COST YA ($135,000 – $180,000+)
In September of 2023, a Jetstar flight bound from Perth, Australia was forced to perform an emergency landing due to the actions of an...
Oct 8, 20242 min read
ADA BLACKJACK ($115,000 – $160,000+)
Ada Blackjack was an Iñupiaq woman born in 1898. She was also the sole survivor of a doomed 1920’s Arctic expedition to Wrangel Island....
Oct 8, 20242 min read
ICE ICE BABY ($115,000 – $140,000+)
Robert Van Winkle was born in 1967. Better known by his stage name, Vanilla Ice – he rocketed to fame in the early 1990s with his hit...
Oct 8, 20242 min read
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