Crime
The Nigerian Prince Scam Is Actually Hundreds of Years Old, But Continues to Scam People Today
When was the last time you opened your email inbox and found that if you send someone, usually a deposed…
20 Facts that History Class Didn’t Cover
Did you know that the guillotine was still being used in France to behead people even as Star Wars was…
20 Mind-blowing Facts About Alcatraz Island
Situated a little over a mile in picturesque fashion off the coast of San Francisco, California, Alcatraz Island stands as…
40 Facts About the Tudor Era’s Awful Courtier, Thomas Seymour
There are run of the mill slimy politicians, and then there are politicians whose sliminess is so exceptional, it elevates…
40 Fascinating Facts About the Relatives of Nazis After WWII
The children of Nazis who had some serious crosses to bear, growing up after Germany's defeat. While they had it…
16 Crazy Facts About The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst
Every so often, a crime occurs that shocks the nation. In the 1970s, that crime, or rather, a string of…
16 Steps These Criminals Took To Escape The Notorious Alcatraz Prison
In X-Men: The Last Stand, a subject of national controversy is a little boy who, though a mutant, has the…
20 Significant Mafia Hits
The mafia is often glamorized in the movies, as illustrated by The Godfather. However, real life in the mob is…
This Failed Plot Nearly Changed History and the ‘Traitor’ Responsible Turned Into a Symbol of Resistance that Spans Centuries
“Remember, Remember, the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason…
This was the European Witch Craze that Fueled the Salem Witch Trials
The European Witch-Craze spanned over centuries during the early modern period, resulting in the deaths of thousands across Europe. Most…