Sep 33 min readSNAKE OIL ($150,000 - $200,000+)Clark Stanley was born in Abilene, Texas, in 1854. After a decade working as a cowboy, he claimed to have spent two years learning from...
Sep 32 min readSWORDS TO STREETS ($90,000 - $150,000)Ever wondered why driving on the left side of the road is the norm in some countries? Well, the answer takes us back to medieval...
Aug 312 min readTHE GREAT MOON BAG HEIST ($165,000 - $210,000)In February 2015, Nancy Lee Carlson of Illinois, purchased a bag for $995 from a US government auction website. The bag, which had been...
Aug 272 min readCHECKMATE ($90,000 – $150,000+)On July 19, 2022, in Moscow, a 7-year-old boy (ranked among the best players in the world, under age 9) squared off in a chess match –...
Aug 82 min readTHE GREAT IMPOSTOR ($100,000 – $140,000)Ferdinand Waldo Demara, known as "The Great Impostor," captivated the world with his daring acts of deception. Born on December 21, 1921,...
Jul 312 min readTHE TERMINAL MAN ($70,000 – $90,000+)Born in 1945 in Soleiman, Iran, Mehran Karimi Nasseri had an Iranian father and a British mother. In 1974, he left for England to attend...
Jul 173 min readTHE KING WHO NEVER WAS ($80,000 – $100,000)Louis XIX, (better known as Louis Antoine), never officially became the king of France. That said, he was next in line for the throne...
Jul 163 min readFREQUENT FLYER POINTS ($90,000 – $125,000)On November 9, 2015, Amedeo Modigliani's painting – Reclining Nude went up for sale on the auction block at Christie's, in New York. It...
Jul 142 min readOH BROTHER ($73,000 – $178,000)In 2017, identical twin sisters Brittany and Briana Deane attended the Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio. It was there they met...