Crime
12 Notorious Wild West Outlaws
The United States relentlessly pushed its frontier westward during the 19th century in pursuit of Manifest Destiny, steadily populating vast…
A Painful Affair: 8 Stomach Churning Punishments Used by the Ancient Persians
In the 21st century, there is often a lamentation about the perceived leniency of sentences handed out to criminals. Even…
38 Photos of Russia’s Harsh Gulags, Past and Present
Gulag, an acronym of ‘Glavnoye Upravleniye LAGerej,’ meaning ‘Main Camps’ Administration’ was a government agency created under Vladimir Lenin which…
Life on the Edge: 8 Harrowing Tales from the American Frontier
The founding and development of the United States of America certainly didn’t happen overnight, nor did it occur without bloodshed…
The “Werewolf” Serial Killer Who Terrorized Spain
The life of Manuel Blanco Romasanta was in many ways doomed from the start. He was born on November 8,…
The Real Countess Dracula: 12 Facts about the Life and Crimes of Elizabeth Bathory
According to the Guinness Book of Records, Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory was the most murderous woman in history. She is…
A Bloody Legacy: 12 Steps in the Evolution of Historic Terrorist Organizations
Terrorist groups that relied on violence to intimidate societies and governments in order to achieve political, ideological, or religious aims,…
24 Images of the Heartbreaking Jonesboro Middle School Massacre
Mitchell Scott Johnson and Andrew Douglas Golden are the former middle school students who perpetrated March 24, 1998, Jonesboro Massacre…
This is What Al Capone Did to the Hospital that Treated his Debilitating Syphilis
Alphonse Gabriel Capone, more famously known as Al Capone, was one of the most ruthless and vicious gangsters of the…
How Queen Victoria Survived 8 Assassination Attempts
Queen Victoria gave her name to the entire era of British history and presided over a period in which Britain…