Thoughts on modern technology and concerns about its potential harms, looking at some historical examples that may offer insights

The reality and the myth of Nazi gold trains

The story of the Piltdown hoax

A look at the fabled crystal skull forgeries.

I trace the Eurasian legend of the Fountain of Youth to the New World and find that it afterward became a historical myth

A look at how the rumors of hidden cities of gold animated conquistadors in the 16th century

I explore the rabbit hole that is the Holy Lance of Longinus

A look at the legend of the Holy Grail

The black legend of the Order of Assassins, a medieval sect of Islam known for their reliance on infiltration and murder

A refutation of the myth that Thuggee strangler bandits in 19th-century India were a blood cult devoted to the worship of Kali