# witch hunt
Oddities, Misconceptions, and Facts About the Middle Ages that Made it So Delightfully Strange
In Middle Ages Europe, getting a divorce was next to impossible, and the only way out of a marriage was the death of a spouse or annulment. A woman who sought annulment…
Horrific Facts from History that Will Invade Nightmares
History is full of horrific but frequently overlooked moments. Take Vlad the Impaler, a real-life medieval ruler whose dark reputation…
Colonial America Was a Wild and Difficult Place to Be
Just about everybody has heard of the Boston Tea Party. However, Beantown was not the only colonial city that held…
Panic Outbreaks That Shaped History and Controlled the Masses
Mass panic outbreaks can shape historic events – for worse, but sometimes for the better. On the bad side, as…
A Definitive List of Some of History’s Most Awful People and Events
Terrible people and terrible events have been far too common throughout history. Take the conman who styled himself “Witch Finder…
Cleopatra Lived Closer to the Computer Age than to the Pyramids, and Other Atypical History Facts
We all have mental images of what we picture history was like. Implanted by schools, history books, conventional wisdom, popular…
The Unfortunate Scapegoats of the Black Death Were Mainly Heretics, Jews and Witches
During the period from 1348 to 1350, the scapegoats for the Black Death were mainly heretics and members of the…