J. Clarke articles

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George Gordon Lord Byron’s classic poetry is praised for its passion and romance. But judging by the life of his only wife, Lady Byron, life with the poet was everything but a fairytale.

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After learning about the loss of a young girl, Teri Hatcher testified against her own uncle to save other girls from suffering a similar fate.

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David Crosby passed in January 2023, and the cause of his death is still unverified.

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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was a major player In the infamous custody battle over Gloria Vanderbilt—and she did everything she could to win her case.

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When Minka Kelly met Harvey Weinstein, he offered to give her both success and luxury if she agreed to date him.

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In 2025, Giorgio Armani received a fine for “untruthful ethical statements”—and when authorities looked closer, what they found was horrifying.

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If the king thought he’d found the perfect mistress, he was SO wrong. Lucy Walter wasn’t as innocent as she looked.

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Circuses back in the day boasted all things bizarre. Out of that center of exploitation comes the strange, sad story of Schlitzie the Pinhead.

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It took one fatal error for Kaspar Hauser to go from sympathetic figure and victim of a shadowy captor to complete fraud.



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