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In the bustling streets of Edo (present-day Tokyo) during the 18th and 19th centuries, entertainment took many forms, from kabuki theatre...

Danzig Baldaev, born in 1925 in Ulan-Ude, Buryatiya, Russia, led a life immersed in the dark complexities of Soviet repression and the...

Picture this: it’s 3 a.m. in a dimly lit dance hall in Wigan. The floorboards thud under the weight of dozens of dancers, their moves a...

Ah, cigarette dispensers—those ingenious little gadgets that somehow made the act of inhaling smoke a touch more refined, or at least a...

Picture this: two young boys, aged just 10 and 6, embarking on an audacious journey across the vast expanse of early 20th-century...

Imagine walking along Riverside Drive in the early 20th century and encountering a mansion so grand that it dwarfed even the gilded...

When John Stith Pemberton was born on July 8, 1831, in Knoxville, Georgia, few could have predicted that this small-town boy would invent...

It's 1921, an impossibly clever French businesswoman and belle of the Parisian social elite has created a scent that is revolutionising...

Hogarth with his Pug William Hogarth, the celebrated 18th-century painter and engraver, had an eye for the bustling, bawdy heart of...

In the early 20th century, Władysław T. Benda was a name as recognised as Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth, or Maxfield Parrish in the realms...

The life and assassination of Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria on April 15, 1931, has become one of the most compelling narratives in the...

On the evening of January 17, 1950, the streets of Boston’s North End were quiet under a winter sky. Inside the Brink’s Inc. security...

Albert Fish, born Hamilton Howard Fish on 19 May 1870 in Washington, D.C., is remembered as one of the most infamous and disturbing...

The Turpin family case remains one of the most harrowing accounts of abuse and control to come to light in modern times. The story of...

The story of Peter Manuel, often dubbed the "Beast of Birkenshaw," is a haunting chapter in Scottish criminal history. Convicted of seven...

On January 14, 1967, the polo fields of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park transformed into an ephemeral utopia of peace, music, and...

Café Lehmitz was never destined for guidebooks or glamorous postcards. Nestled on Hamburg’s infamous Reeperbahn, it thrived as a haven...

Bass Reeves was a man whose life reads like a chapter from a Wild West novel—yet every bit of it is true. Born into slavery in Arkansas,...

Sarla Thukral’s life is a testament to determination, adaptability, and resourcefulness. Born in 1914 in Delhi, she became one of the...

Errol Flynn’s life was nothing short of cinematic. Born on 20 June 1909 in Hobart, Tasmania, he lived a life filled with adventure,...

Few figures in fashion have left as enduring a mark as Coco Chanel. Known for revolutionising women’s style with innovations like the...

Few figures in medical history have managed to balance fame, controversy, and sheer eccentricity quite like Dr Serge Voronoff, a man who...

The history of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin is defined by its merciless pursuit of control, suppression of dissent, and reliance...

In the late 19th century, when the business of catching criminals was more art than science, a Parisian police records clerk named...