She married a bisexual man in order to secure her claim to England, he had other goals — Mary, Queen of Scots, can be called many things, but chief amongst the descriptors is shrewd. She knew her hold on Scotland was tentative, that she could be usurped when a male heir came around. But she still needed a child for succession purposes. Her marriage to King Francis II…

Who really invented the world’s favorite board game? — Charles Darrow has long been hailed as the first millionaire game designer. His signature work was Monopoly, the game that launched millions of family feuds. As of May 2022, it is estimated that 250,000,000 copies of the game have been sold. For many years, the official history of Monopoly said…

He loved them and left them until someone got the upper hand on him — George O. Frank was a complicated man. He wed May F. McCann when they were young. The pair had a passionate affair that was followed by a marriage that seemed to inspire an Edward Albee play. …

She was told to read her contract, her bosses should have — In 1972, Beverlee McKinsey came into the soap world like a sheep. Her first role was Emma Frame on Another World. It wasn’t a loud or splashy part for her, but she made an impression on head writer Harding Lemay. He was enamored with her performance that he created a…

Another high profile lawsuit including Johnny Depp was derailed by murder — During the 1990s, The Viper Room was the hangout for young stars to see and be seen. Paparazzi hung out to get glimpses of the stars and tried to catch them misbehaving. They rarely got what they wanted or were paid off to not print the pictures they did get. …

Lies put democracy at stake — Famed journalist and Sheffield University professor Jonathan Foster once said, “If someone says it’s raining, and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the f*******g window and find out which is true.” It’s a powerful statement, especially in…

An attempt at making a live play article — BitLife had a prompt called “The Gilmore Girls Challenge.” It seemed easy enough. All I needed to do was be a female born in Connecticut, get a degree in journalism, do every activity with your mom, cheat on your partner, and get pregnant with your ex’s baby. It’s the sort…

Her ex-husband broke into her house and exposed her private life — From a young age, Margaret Whigham enjoyed the company of males. In 1928, when she was 15, she had a passionate affair with 18-year-old David Niven. The future Oscar winner seemed to be as in love with the young woman as she was with him. When her parents found out…