Crime
Top 10 Historic Scandals That Would Cause a Firestorm Today
Few things these days get the gossip going, the water cooler conversations flowing, and the internet blowing up, as well…
10 Historic Events and Fads That Would Break the Internet Today
The internet did not invent viral stories that captivate the country and become a burning topic and conversation trend. Nor…
Breaking News in Historic Ripper Murders: Diary May Reveal Identity of the Real Jack the Ripper
Unlike the man himself who is long since deceased, the story surrounding serial killer Jack the Ripper simply refuses to…
10 Remarkable Fraudulent Discoveries and Inventions that Shook the World
New discoveries and scientific inventions can bring the discoverer or inventor great wealth, fame, celebrity, prestige or all the preceding.…
Murder, Mystery and Moneylending: The Peculiar Tale of the Cock Lane Ghost
In 1762, an unusual scandal riveted the population of London: the case of the Cock Lane Ghost. The story had something…
The Holodomor: Stalin’s Genocidal Famine that Starved Millions in the 1930s
In June 1933, a doctor in what is now Ukraine penned a letter to a friend. "I have not yet…
Ten Intense Events from the Real War on Coal- America’s Most Dangerous Industry
The 19th century was the century of steam power and from the 1850s onward it was the burning of coal…
Bandit Queen Cut Down in Prime: The Life and Mysterious Death of Old West Gunslinger Belle Starr
The archetypal gunslinger in the Old West was mean, grizzled and potentially deadly. While Belle Starr was certainly capable of…
10 of the Most Heinous Forgotten War Crimes of the American Civil War
The American Civil War was notable for the savagery with which Americans slaughtered each other. Historians have long blamed the…
What You Don’t Know About the Tsuyama Massacre and Tuberculosis Pushing a Madman Over The Edge
Unfortunately, there is an increasing number of massacres perpetrated around the world. The United States has been the scene of…