Crime
16 Infamous Cults in History
Cults are notoriously tricky to define. Mainly though, for something to qualify as a cult, it needs to hold a…
16 Macabre Instances of Cannibalism in History
Cannibalism is widely regarded as one of the last great taboos of human behavior. Despite our willingness as a collective…
Blanche Monnier Spent 25 Years Locked in an Attic, just because she had a Boyfriend
During the 1800s, love and marriage were very different than they are today, especially for members of the upper class.…
Mysteries of the “Mystery” Author Agatha Christie’s Disappearance in 1926
Agatha Christie is best known for being one of the best mystery writers in history, but on December 3, 1926,…
Peter the Great Pickled the Head of His Wife’s Lover
Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) was a bad man to anger. A transformative figure in Russian history, Peter was…
Marguerite Alibert Was a Royal Mistress Who Got Away With Murder
In 1923, a French woman named Marguerite Alibert shot her husband multiple times in the back, and his body crumbled…
This Aristocratic Family Turned on its Abusive Patriarch
In the late 16th century, Renaissance Rome was rocked by a sensational murder whose victim was a dissolute and depraved…
16 Historical Events Too Gruesome to Google
Since the beginning of the internet, there have always been things you just shouldn’t google. Whether they were hoaxes, gross…
Richard III’s Bed and Fabled Treasure Led to a Murder… and Some Say a Very Persistent Ghost
The English City of Leicester has had a Blue Boar Inn Since the Middle Ages. While its latest incarnation is…
Peggy Shippen, Thought to Be Benedict Arnold’s Innocent Wife, Actually Initiated His Treasonous Plot
Peggy Shippen, the beautiful, vivacious, and charismatic wife of infamous American Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold, was long thought to…