# crime
This Husband Blew Up a Passenger Airplane to Cash in on His Wife’s Insurance
On September 9th, 1949, Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 108, a DC-3 airplane, took off from Quebec. It followed a route…
20 Historical Events Seldom Taught in School
From the twelve year old American child soldier who became a war hero, to the crazy pilot who flew around…
This Heartthrob Marine Became an Italian Folk Hero For Hijacking a Plane
Airplane hijackings today are no light matter, especially when carried out by terrorists seeking to extract political concessions by executing…
Here’s the Scoop on this Dysfunctional Dynasty in History
Few ruling families have been as dysfunctional, perverse, or given to more intra-familial murders, than the Ptolemaic Dynasty, which ruled…
20 Fascinating Historic Scandals From Around the World
The drumbeat of scandals has been steady and unceasing over the past few years, and you can hardly turn on…
History’s Most Prolific and Deadly Female Poisoner Helped Women get Rid of their Husbands
In 17th century Italy, most women who did not wish to take up a nun's habit and enter a convent…
18 Inhumane and Notorious Prisons in History
Some names immediately conjure images in the mind of harsh conditions, surrounded by dangerous, even deadly inmates, desperate men with…
20 Important Historical Figures Who Survived Assassination Attempts
A concise and seemingly simple means to remove an individual stymieing one's own objectives, the orchestrated murder of a prominent…
20 Facts that History Class Didn’t Cover
Did you know that the guillotine was still being used in France to behead people even as Star Wars was…
40 Facts About the Tudor Era’s Awful Courtier, Thomas Seymour
There are run of the mill slimy politicians, and then there are politicians whose sliminess is so exceptional, it elevates…