Russian Marxist revolutionary, Leon Trotsky, rose to leadership during the Russian Revolution in the early twentieth century. The ambitious and intelligent politician made a name for himself spreading the ideals of socialism and with his abilities unionizing Russian workers. As an effective activist he impressed Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik Communist Party that gained […]
Of course raiding a monastery is a big deal in this culture, rather like storming a Basilica in Italy. The authorities it seems held off a long time, confronted by pro-temple mobs, but finally made their move. Why engender all those hard feelings, over one alleged religious crook? There’s intrigue here, behind the scenes, to […]
If some foreign policy watchers are to be believed, the so-called military “coup” in Turkey in July of 2016 was the most transparently phony-baloney since a barker at a fair asked everyone to come up and find the pea hidden beneath a cup. The analysts use deductive reasoning and critical thinking to arrive at their […]
In one of the many documentaries about “Custer’s Last Stand,” narrator Dick Cavett begins by asking: why the undying interest in all those dead soldiers? Why is the Battle of the Little Big Horn one of the most studied, and storied, battles of all time? It held, after all, almost no strategic importance in the […]
The article goes on to describe the technology, “isotope testing,” which we’ve discussed elsewhere at Mind Over Mystery. In simplest terms, surviving body materials may reveal elemental clues that help reconstruct histories of where those tissues have been, geographically. This little fellow had probably started life in the western United States, the science suggested. Examination […]
November, 2017. It’s been over a year now since Sherri Papini, an athletic and beautiful mother of two small children, disappeared like a wisp of California fog on a jogging trail near her home in Mountain View. The photogenic blue-eyed blond made national news–would that have been the case if she had been dark, with […]
Conspiracy, works of art, curves and arcs, global finance and international terrorism. Sounds like a screenplay for a new, modern-outlandish James Bond movie. But if you’ve never heard of Mark Lombardi, you are in for a fascinating ride of intrigue. Imagine just going to the museum to relax and experience some “art” with the family, […]
The series is really called “Turn” but the subtitle that makes clear the focus on Revolutionary War espionage. No one could watch this forty-episode long treatment of US-British intrigue in the 1770’s without being reminded that half of war, or more, is good intelligence. Knowing the enemy’s plans before they know yours. Even changing their […]
Rebecca Mawii Zahau, 32, was discovered dead on July 13, 2011, at the Spreckels Beach House in Coronado, California, owned by her live-in boyfriend Medicis Pharmaceutical CEO Jonah Shacknai. Zahau’s death occurred two days after Shacknai’s 6-year-old son, Max, took a fatal fall from a staircase banister in the same beach house. Zahau was the […]
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Other theorists don’t give the Phoenix Islands, TIGHAR researched scenarios a second look mostly because they find other evidence and logic overwhelming: “The Japanese got her.” The post below from 2016 seems to jump around a bit, but it’s more substantial, and factual, than it seems. We offer it because it offers so much apparent […]
Dag Hammarskjöld Those who remember the early days of the United Nations will recall the second Secretary General, Dag Hammarskjöld, of Swiss origins, who guided the organization from 1952 until his death, by plane crash, on September 18, 1961. Investigators wrote off the disaster in then northern Rhodesia, and the numerous deaths, to “pilot error,” […]
James Derham was born a slave in 1762 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At eleven years old, he was sold to Dr. John Kearsley, a physician specializing in throat care. Historians believe he taught Derham to read and write, two very unconventional skills for the common slave. He learned the foundation of pharmaceuticals, prepared medication, and assisted with […]
Shortly after her death, the L.A. County coroner concluded that Murphy died as a result of pneumonia combined with anemia and “multiple drug intoxication” from prescription and over-the-counter medication. “She was really sick with pneumonia, very anemic, and she was taking medication,” Ed Winter of the Coroner’s office said, “and all that combined killed her.” […]