In 2015, for a single day, the possession and use of over 100 drugs was completely legal in Ireland. But why? “The Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984, Misuse of Drugs Act 2015 and the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 are the acts of […]
‘Hamnet’s Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley pick who is more Irish, who is better at accents, and who reads more Shakespeare. Join Variety to get access to members-only perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgRQHK8Ttr1j9xCEpCAlgbQ/join Subscribe to Variety on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@variety?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe to Variety Events on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCNYLx3nct1l7Ng9Z2h4bo4w?sub_confirmation=1 Connect: http://www.facebook.com/variety http://www.instagram.com/variety http://www.twitter.com/variety
Qxir’s been cooped up in the house for a long time, so here it is – the longest video on the channel yet. Sit down and grab a beer, we’re watching a movie. A curious one, to say the least. “Fatal Deviation is a low-budget cult film produced and set […]
Mexican cartels are infamous for their brutality – you probably shouldn’t mess with them. But that’s what Alejo Garza Tamez did. “Alejo Garza Tamez (1933 – November 14, 2010), better known as Don Alejo, was a Mexican businessman and hunter. Don Alejo made news when he died heroically after having […]
All this little monkey was missing was corduroy britches. “Jack was the pet and assistant of double leg amputee signalman James Wide, who worked for the Cape Town–Port Elizabeth Railway service. James “Jumper” Wide had been known for jumping between railcars until an accident where he fell and lost both […]
Sadly not a story about history’s strongest man, but lifting an entire city fourteen feet with jackscrews is still pretty interesting! “During the 1850s and 1860s, engineers carried out a piecemeal raising of the level of central Chicago. Streets, sidewalks, and buildings were physically raised on jackscrews. The work was […]
He was a Nazi. After the war he joined an English football club and went on to be regarded as one of the most beloved players of his time. How? “Bernhard Carl “Bert” Trautmann EK OBE (22 October 1923 – 19 July 2013) was a German professional footballer who played […]
The show didn’t want to pay him, but with a flaw like that, how did this not happen sooner? “Paul Michael Larson (May 10, 1949 – February 16, 1999) was an American contestant on the television game show Press Your Luck in 1984. Larson is notable for winning $110,237 (equivalent […]
He made a lot of predictions, some came true, some yet to be seen, but one cost him everything. “Milton William “Bill” Cooper (May 6, 1943 – November 5, 2001) was an American conspiracy theorist, radio broadcaster, and author known for his 1991 book Behold a Pale Horse, in which […]
The bodies on the frozen slopes are spread out in disarray, but what caused the panic? Some succumbed to the cold, but others have inexplicable injuries… “The Dyatlov Pass incident (Russian: Гибель тургруппы Дятлова) was an event in which nine Russian hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between 1 […]
