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One feature I see again and again from the 1930s to the 1950s is the Gentlemanly Library.  In so many cases, I […]

This is more about words than it is about nuclear war. But it’s trivia that has been lodged in my brain for […]

A great book called Secret Soldiers:  How a Troupe of American Artists, Designers, and Sonic Wizards Won World War II’s Battle of […]

In the movie The Shining, Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson, and his wife and son drive up to The Overlook Lodge […]

I have always been a fan of weird connections, and this one combines several things I already like:  The Shining, the movie […]

It comes as no surprise that Michael Jackson’s Neverland had a secret bunker in the works.  A Los Olivos contractor named Tony […]

Duress code.  Yes, it’s a real term and it means “panic code,” or a code that you give instead of your “real” […]

I am reading an excellent book called Iron Coffins, by Commander Herbert A. Werner, who served on five German u-boats between 1941 […]

There’s a good overview in an October 5, 2006 New York Times article about ordinary homeowners who add secret rooms and hidden […]

90% of this video is worthless–mostly, a slightly pudgy guy looking around suspiciously, as if someone were following him.  There’s also the […]