LONDON'S RIVER TURNED MURKY: A SUMMER OF FILTH, 1858

The city of London breathed in the heat of summer, 1858. But it was not merely the sun that baked the metropolis. An even more detestable force infested its very heart: the River Thames. Years of industrial discharges had transformed London's lifeblood into a nauseating odor. The stench was oppressive, a miasma that clung to every cobblestone and i

The year eight hundred forty-five AD. A chill wind swept across the Viking Explorers Seine River, carrying with it the scent of salt and fear. The Norsemen were amongst us, a horde swarm of warriors seeking riches. Their longships, like serpents, sliced through the waters, their flags fluttering in the wind. A city once peaceful now trembled beneat