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10 Deadly Film Sets in History
The rewards for success in Hollywood are heady and exhilarating - celebrity, adoration, and riches for those reach the heights…
10 of History’s Most Remarkable Hoaxes and Forgeries
Hoaxes are falsehoods deliberately concocted to masquerade as the truth and can range from the trivial, amounting to little more…
12 Secrets Revealed About History’s Brutal Mistress, Madame LaLaurie
The descendant of some of the first Irish-French colonists of New Orleans, Marie Delphine McCarty, otherwise remembered as Madame LaLaurie…
10 Over the Top Activities of the Notorious Kray Twins
It was called Swinging London. The Beatles, the Stones, Herman’s Hermits, The Kinks and many others provided the soundtrack. Carnaby…
The Man they Couldn’t Cage: How One Officer Escaped During Both World Wars
During both the First and Second World Wars it was the duty of all captured Allied officers to attempt to…
Lyudmila Pavlichenko: The Incredible Story of the Deadliest Female Sniper in History
What do you do if you're a young student at a university and the Nazis suddenly invade your country? Do…
Wrath of Olympus: 10 Bizarre and Horrific Punishments of the Ancient Greek Gods
Examining a culture's religion, mythology, and folklore, is a great tool for shedding light on its collective worldview, and how…
How the Legendary Shaka Zulu Became the Zulu Kingdom’s Most Famous Leader
The Zulu Kingdom was a relatively short-lived kingdom which was founded by Shaka Zulu in around 1816, although some historians…
10 of the Most Heinous and Heartbreaking Genocides in History
According to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the definition of genocide…
His Darkest Hour: 12 Times Winston Churchill Was Far From Being a Hero
Winston Churchill is one of Britain’s most revered figures. In fact, in the eyes of the majority of the public,…