Crime
The Children That Grew Up on Alcatraz Had a More Fun Childhood Than You Might Imagine
Just outside of the city of San Francisco, Alcatraz Island sat in the middle of the bay, and served as…
Pope Stephen VI Dug Up His Predecessor’s Corpse and Put it on Trial
Generally speaking, the papacy is a prestigious institution today, and popes are highly respected figures. During long stretches of the…
Lovestruck Minister Fascinates Media After Committing this Grisly Crime
Crawfordsville is a small town in western Indiana, where seemingly little happens. Its main historic distinction is probably that Lew…
You Be the Judge of these 16 Fascinating Historical Females Labeled as “Traitors”
History is full of traitors; people deemed disloyal to their country, cause or those closest to them. However, while many…
20 Chilling Cases of Patricide and Matricide from History
Whilst murder is a terrible and evil crime in itself, the killing of a close relative resides even deeper within…
Africatown, Alabama Was Founded After A White Man Bet He Could Smuggle in a Hundred New African Slaves, Costing Thousands Their Lives
In 1807 to 1808, the United States outlawed the slave trade, and started prosecuting people who captured new slaves and…
20 Forgotten Atrocities Committed by the Allies During World War II
As Hawkeye Pierce poignantly quipped "war is war, and hell is hell. And of the two, war is a lot…
18 Facts Most People Didn’t Know about H. H. Holmes
He has been called America’s first serial killer. He wasn’t, many serial killers preceded him, Including the Harpe Brothers and…
17 Reasons Why Germany’s Weimar Republic Was a Party-Lovers Paradise
Germany emerged from the First World War broken and disillusioned. Defeat in the Great War heralded the end of the…
16 Remarkable But Frequently Overlooked Women
There are plenty of fascinating people from history who helped shape the world, only to end up overlooked, without receiving…