The Richmond Murderess
"Julia Martha Thomas had been choked to death by her maidservant, the body then dismembered, boiled and thrown headless into the Thames. The torso washed up downstream a few days later and she was condemned to hang at Wandsworth Prison. But the remains were never formally identified as Julia's, not until 2010 when the octogenarian who owned the house nextdoor started work on an extension and a skull was unexpectedly unearthed."
Habsburg Royal Jewels hidden in Canada
"The legendary Florentine Diamond and fifteen other historic Jewels of the House of Habsburg long thought sold, stolen or lost have been hidden for decades in a Bank Vault in Canada, since Empress Zita found refuge there during the Second World War."
It's been that way since Time Immemorial...but how long ago was that?
"1275, and the recently crowned King Edward I is busy drafting and passing laws to tidy up his Kingdom. One of them was the Statute of Westminster, which covered a lot of matters relating to how legal processes should be carried out, oh and of course, new taxes...it’s also the document that introduced the concept of Time Immemorial."
Time Immemorial turns 750: The Medieval law that froze history at 1189
Indianapolis Westside history: Indy 500 edition
"Racing roots run deep on the west side of Indianapolis...The 560-acre Indianapolis Motor Speedway has shaped the west side for more than a century.
It was built in 1909 as a testing facility for some of the automotive technology facilities that had set up shop in Indianapolis. The city was one of the top places for automobile production in the country at the time."
