The 11 Most Popular History Uncovered Stories Of The Year So Far

The secret life of Julia Child as a spy, inside the gulags of the Soviet Union, what Jesus really looked like, and more. [History Uncovered]( [Before Becoming A Beloved Celebrity Chef, Julia Child Worked As A World War 2 Spy]( ["My first big recipe was shark repellant that I mixed in a bathtub for the Navy, for the men who might get caught in the water."]( [Inside Eltz Castle, Germany’s Majestic Medieval Stronghold That Hasn’t Changed In Hundreds Of Years]( [Hidden in a woodland valley and surrounded on three sides by the Elzbach River, Burg Eltz is one of Germany's most picturesque strongholds. Construction on the 120-room castle began in the 12th century and continued until the mid-1500s. Since then, it has looked much the same as it always has both outside and within — including the medieval kitchen, an armory, and several bedrooms that still have their original 16th-century paint and furniture.]( [Marvin Heemeyer Wanted Revenge — So He Built A 'Killdozer']( [On June 4, 2004, Marvin Heemeyer sealed himself inside the cockpit of his customized "killdozer" and went on a two-hour rampage throughout the town of Granby, Colorado — knocking down 13 buildings and causing about $7 million worth of property damage.]( [What Did Jesus Look Like? Here's What The Historical Evidence Actually Says]( [Though Jesus Christ is often depicted with long hair and a beard, one of the earliest known depictions of him — dating back to 235 C.E. — shows him with short hair and no beard.]( [32 Disturbing Photos Of Life Inside Soviet Gulag Prisons]( [During the reign of Stalin, 14 million people ended up in a Soviet gulag where they were forced to literally work themselves to death.]( [Meet Olga Of Kyiv, The Viking Ruler Who Became Ukraine's 'Patron Saint' Of Vengeance]( [In 945 C.E., a Slavic prince killed the ruler of Kievan Rus and then offered his hand in marriage to his widow, Olga. Instead, she killed all of his ambassadors, noblemen, and dignitaries — and burned his capital city to the ground.]( [In 1928, The World's Third-Richest Man Stepped Out Of His Own Plane Mid-Flight — By ‘Accident’]( [Though authorities ruled that Alfred Loewenstein's 4,000-foot fall from his private plane into the English Channel on July 4, 1928 was simply an accident, aviation experts proved that such an “accident” would have been literally impossible.]( [This 'Hobbit-Like' Species Of Early Human May Still Be Living In The Jungles Of Indonesia]( [Anthropologist Gregory Forth began doing field work in Indonesia in 1984, and over the years he has gathered at least 30 eyewitness accounts of these "Hobbits" from members of the island's Lio tribe.]( [He Stopped The U.S. Army's Worst Massacre Of Civilians During Vietnam — And Was Branded A Traitor]( ["We kept flying back and forth… and it didn’t take very long until we started noticing the large number of bodies everywhere. Everywhere we’d look, we’d see bodies. These were infants, two-, three-, four-, five-year-olds, women, very old men, no draft-age people whatsoever."]( [Inside The Chilling Pennsylvania Ghost Town That's Been On Fire For Almost 60 Years]( [The town has now become a macabre tourist attraction for thrill-seekers hoping to witness plumes of noxious steam and smoke rising from the earth.]( [31 Colorized Photos Of The Civil War That Show America's Deadliest Conflict As It Truly Was]( ["I confess, without shame, I am sick and tired of fighting — its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families, appealing to me for sons, husbands, and fathers."]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](