Disaster
Dramatic Deaths These People Did Not See Coming
"Amusing" and death usually don’t belong in the same sentence, what with the latter typically being so tragic. However, tragic…
Titanic Survivor’s Stories Are As Dramatic As The Sinking
The century-old story is familiar, but still intriguing, born of tragedy and catapulted into legend. The ‘unsinkable’ Titanic, carrying passengers…
Shocking Tales from New Orleans’ Early French Quarter
There is nothing like a stroll around the New Orleans French Quarter. The historic buildings line the streets boasting delicate Spanish-style…
Unearthing Antarctic Secrets: Shackleton’s Ill-Fated Expedition Revealed Shocking Discoveries
Ernest Shackleton knew the South Pole holds the world's greatest mysteries. It is a desolate, forbiddingly cold place without natural…
Historic Plans That Catastrophically Backfired
The road to hell is often filled with good intentions. Few things better illustrate that than the efforts of Catholic…
The Worst Avoidable Disasters In World History
Disaster is likely if somebody shouts “FIRE!” in a crowded theater – which is why that is frowned upon, to…
The Most Dramatic Aerial Attacks That Changed Military History
A raid in 1945 that used air-dropped incendiaries was history’s deadliest aerial attack. It set a significant chunk of a…
Ancient City’s Destruction by Asteroid Gave Rise to Biblical Sodom Story
The destruction of the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah is one of the Old Testament’s more gripping stories. A…
The Fate of the Rockefeller Scion Eaten by Cannibals and Other Macabre History
In 1961, a scion of the Rockefeller family came to a macabre end in New Guinea. For decades, it was…
Business Pioneers that Had Quite the Disturbing Background
French designer and business entrepreneur Coco Chanel revolutionized fashion, came up with one of history’s most popular perfumes and was…