# England

Mad Jack Churchill Fought in WWII With a Bow and Sword
With a name like Mad Jack, it’s a certainty that you’ve done a few things that make other people question…

Churchill Created a Secret 12 Day Life Expectancy Army to Fight the Nazis on British Soil
Members of the French Resistance have gone down in history as brave souls who were willing to sacrifice their lives…

This Is The Last Woman Hanged In Britain
On July 13, 1955, famed British hangman Albert Pierrepoint slipped the noose around the neck of Ruth Ellis. The execution…

Visit This Cold War Bunker Today!
During the Cold War, several bunkers were created throughout Withernsea, East Yorkshire in 1953. The British government built 120 warning…

2 Killers 0 Convictions: The Brighton Trunk Murders
The seaside town of Brighton, England was home to two bizarrely similar murders that were completely unrelated. In 1934, two…

England vs. Zanzibar: The Breakfast War
History is full of long wars that last for decades. Such conflicts can have millions of casualties and take a…

This Day in History: The Great Train Robbers escape in England (1963)
On this day in 1963, the gang of robbers, who staged in the Great Train Robbery in England escaped. It…