• So far, stories of the following have been written for this project:
  
  1) COUNTESS ELIZABETH BATHORY The original vampire, she bathed in the blood of murdered virgins, etc.
  
  2) GHENGIS KHAN Mongol emperor, warlord, dark, whiskers, round face
  
  3) MARY READ & ANNE BONNY 18th century women pirates, ferocious, muscular, 20s, pictured together
  
  4) ATTILA THE HUN Dark, short, stocky, thin whiskers, deep eyes, flat nose
  
  5) GRIGORI RASPUTIN Courtier to Tzar Nicholas, bazaar religious figure, major player in the downfall of the Russian monarchy, long black beard and hair
  
  6) NERO Liked music, possibly mad, outrageous emperor of Rome
  
  7) CAPTAIN EDWARD TEACH "Blackbeard," horrible pirate, bloodthirsty, 14 wives, big black beard
  
  8) ADOLPH HITLER Austrian bad guy, at age 13
  
  9) MOHAMMED Arab religious figure, driven, slick, very well groomed, perfumed beard
  
  10)BUDDHA Nepalese, preached in India, jovial, relaxed, fit and trim
  
  11)JESUS Middle Eastern Jewish peasant, worked with his hands, black, nice smile
  
  12)ZOROASTER Iranian religious figure, dark, mystical, 660 BC
  
  13)CONFUCIUS Chinese teacher, slight, long narrow beard, pragmatist, ethical
  
  14)MARY MAGDALINE Jesus' girlfriend, plump, Christianity exists because of her
  
  15)ST. CALVARIA Martyr, murdered in a privy
  
  16)POPE ALEXANDER VI Bought the Papacy, sponsored orgies and copulation contests while Pope
  
  17)POPE JOHN VIII (female !) Her gender was discovered when, pregnant, she went into labor, 9th century
  
  18)CHARLEMAGNE 8th century king of the Franks, tall, large, white beard, 60s
  
  19)CLEOPATRA Queen of Egypt, she was a Greek, light hair & eyes, small, well formed
  
  20)ZENOBIA 3rd century Syrian queen, 40s, chagrined
  
  21)EDWARD, THE BLACK PRINCE Knight in shinning armor, strong, determined
  
  22)MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS 5';11";, slender, red hair, attractive in youth; later life: heavy, pale
  
  23)MONTEZUMA Aztec emperor, regal, aloof, small beard
  
  24)ALEXANDER THE GREAT Macedonian Greek conqueror, 4th century BC, gay
  
  25)HERNANDO CORTEZ Spanish Conquistador, destroyer of Central American culture
  
  26)FREDERICK BARBAROSSA 12th century "Father of Germany", yellow hair, big red beard
  
  27)LADY JANE GREY Queen of England for 9 days in 1553, a political pawn, beheaded at 17,beautiful
  
  28)EMPRESS IRENE 1st empress of Byzantium, ruthless, beautiful, Greek
  
  29)JOAN OF ARC Saint, hero, 19, boyish, determined, spiritual
  
  30)JOSEPHINE BONAPARTE 1st wife of Napoleon, half Creole, attractive, promiscuous
  
  31)LEIF ERICSSON Viking explorer, robust, bearded
  
  32)LUCREZIA BORGIA Duchess, 15th century, daughter of the Pope, many marriages, long light hair
  
  33)SIR JOHN HARINGTON Elizabethan courtier, translator, author, wit, invented the flush toilet
  
  34)MATA HARI An exotic dancer, she turned into a notorious spy, dark hair, sensual
  
  35)EMPRESS THEODORA Consort of the Byzantine emperor Justinian, engaged in incredible sensual excesses, exhibitions, middle eastern
  
  36)LOLA MONTEZ Femme fatale,caused downfall of King Ludwig I of Bavaria; would be queen of "Lolaland", "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets..."
  
  37)LADY GODIVA Lived ca. 1040-1080 in Coventry, England, tax protester, to be photographed in 11th century clothing (maybe)
  
  38)PRAISE-GOD BAREBONE 17th century exotic leather goods merchant, bearbaiter, controversial preacher, curly long hair
  
  39)ADA BYRON LOVELACE Female 19th century mathematician, world's 1st computer programmer, tall, romantic good looks, she died at 36
  
  40)ISAAC NEWTON Very heavy, white hair, round pink face, balding, 50s
  
  41)GEORGE SAND (female) 19th century Victorian author, infamous, prolific
  
  42)GEORGE ELIOT (female) 19th century Victorian author, eccentric, very gifted
  
  43)ISADORA DUNCAN Fabulously inventive dancer, tragic life, beautiful, long red hair
  
  44)MARY FIELDS "Stagecoach Mary", black, 6' tall, heavy, gun totin' female wild west figure
  
  45)BILL PICKETT Black frontier figure, fearless cowboy, invented steer 'bulldogging', Will Rogers and Tom Mix worked as his assistants, mustache, handsome
  
  46)CALAMITY JANE 19 th century gunslinger and friend of Wild Bill Hickok, tall, slim, alcoholic
  
  47)VICTORIA WOODHULL 1st female candidate for the U.S. presidency, very radical philosophies, dark hair, long face
  
  48)WILD BILL HICKOK Frontier marshal, sharpshooter, gambler, shot in the back while holding a pair of eights and a pair of aces in his hand, long mustache, lots of long hair
  
  49)HARI KRISHEN Sikh guru, born 1656, died at age eight
  
  50)NELLIE BLY the inventor of investigative journalism, 19th century
  
  
  Photographs of the following have been completed:
  
  1)ELIZABETH BATHORY
  
  2)MARY READ & ANNE BONNY
  
  3)NERO
  
  4)ZOROASTER
  
  5)MARY MAGDALINE
  
  6)POPE ALEXANDER VI
  
  7)ST. CALVARIA
  
  8)POPE JOHN VIII
  
  9)CLEOPATRA
  
  10)ZENOBIA
  
  11)EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE
  
  12)MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
  
  13)ALEXANDER THE GREAT
  
  14)HERNANDO CORTEZ
  
  15)LADY JANE GREY
  
  16)EMPRESS IRENE
  
  17)JOAN OF ARC
  
  18)JOSEPHINE BONAPARTE
  
  19)LEIF ERICSSON
  
  20)LUCREZIA BORGIA
  
  21)SIR JOHN HARINGTON
  
  22)MATA HARI
  
  23)LOLA MONTEZ
  
  24)LADY GODIVA
  
  25)PRAISE-GOD BAREBONE
  
  26)ADA BYRON LOVELACE
  
  27)GEORGE SAND
  
  28)GEORGE ELIOT
  
  29)BILL PICKETT
  
  30)VICTORIA WOODHULL
  
  31)WILD BILL HICKOK
  
  32)MARY FIELDS
  
  33)CALAMITY JANE
  
  34)NELLIE BLY
  
  35)EMPRESS THEODORA
  
  
  
  
  As is mentioned everywhere else, all of the above are © 1995 thru 2005 Jerome C. Krause