# Britain
30 Ghosts of Historical Figures That May Still Walk Among the Living
The ghosts of many historical figures are still said to haunt the earth. Some hang around their burial sites, while others visit their homes or other significant places from their lifetime. There…
16 Medical Procedures and Devices from the Early 1900s that are Straight Out of a Nightmare
Medical devices from the early part of the 1900s looked like torture devices dreamed up by the devil himself. They…
V-1s: The Flying Bombs That Terrorized Britain
The Third Reich's scientists had an alarming tendency to think outside the box and come up with lethal technological innovations.…
10 People Who Laughed Themselves to Death
Of the many ways to shuffle off the mortal coil, death from laughter is probably among the better way to…
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…
Money, Mistresses & Mayhem: How Charles II’s Womanizing Almost Destroyed Britain
After his father was executed at Whitehall in 1649, Charles II went on the run to avoid the same fate.…
27 Hours to Freedom: The Incredible Escape Story of Slave Henry ‘Box’ Brown
Given the nature of his remarkable escape, it is hardly a surprise to learn that Henry ‘Box’ Brown became a…
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: How the Legendary French Commander Met His Waterloo
The Hundred Days is the term given to the period between Napoleon’s return from exile to the second restoration of…
Exercise Tiger: D-Day Rehearsal Claimed The Lives of 946 and Was Kept Confidential Until 1988
The D-Day landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944, was one of the most pivotal events of World War II,…
Your Money or Your Life: 5 Famous Highwaymen Who Lived Fast and Died Young
For romanticists and anarchists, highwaymen are the ultimate rebels and outlaws. They had no regard for authority or the law…