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Known as "the wickedest city on earth," Port Royal, Jamaica evokes images of pirates, naval battles, plunder, wealth, and destruction....

The Tiananmen Square Massacre, also known as the June Fourth Incident, stands as one of the most sombre and controversial events in...

Victor Lustig was a master of deception, infamous for his bold scams that spanned Europe and the United States in the early 20th century....

In 1929, Margaret Gibb, one half of the famed Siamese twins, got engaged to Carlos Daniel Josefe, a gentleman from Mexico City whom she...

During a roundup in Eindhoven on Tuesday, May 16, 1944, a young girl was arrested. Three days later, she, along with her family, was...

In the heart of the Holocaust, a grotesque paradox was unfolding. Just 30 kilometres south of Auschwitz, a place where over a million...

On 16th March 1978, along via Fani in Rome, a faction of the militant far-left organization called the Red Brigades intercepted the...

In pre-war Germany, during the 1930s, there was no shortage of wild ideas when it came to transportation, especially when rockets were...

Born on August 17, 1893, Mary Jane “Mae” West was a pioneer in the realms of entertainment and free speech. From her earliest years, West...

Constantine the Great, revered as a pivotal figure in the establishment of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire, is...

The Mabinogion finds its roots in the 14th-century manuscript known as the 'Red Book of Hergest.' This compilation comprises eleven tales...

In the early part of 1890, Robert McGee sat for photographer E.E. Henry (1826-1917). The picture, the portrait you see above, shows...

While the Munich Agreement was being negotiated in Europe in the autumn of 1938, Charles Chapin was completing the first draft of a...

In the tumultuous tapestry of 20th-century Soviet history, few figures cast as sinister a shadow as Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria. Born on...

In a tragedy not befitting one synonymous with sartorial splendour, the demise of Maurizio Gucci bore the unmistakable stamp of ignominy....

Percy Bysshe Shelley, born in 1792, emerged into the world as the eldest son of Sir Timothy Shelley, a prominent Member of Parliament,...

Starting in the mid-1800s, police began capturing the faces of known criminals. Dubbed "mug shots" (derived from the British slang "mug"...

The mass suicide of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult in March 1997 remains one of the most chilling and enigmatic episodes in modern...

The Berberov family’s story is a peculiar and tragic chapter in the history of Soviet Baku (modern-day Azerbaijan), where an architect’s...

In the heart of Victorian London, amidst the bustling streets and hidden alleys, two men embarked on a groundbreaking project that would...

James Ricalton, born in 1844, was an intrepid American photographer and educator whose career was marked by a relentless pursuit of...

The My Lai massacre will always be a disturbing memory in the American conscience and will often resurface in any discussion or...

When reflecting on the true heroes of the Second World War, few names evoke as much admiration and awe as that of Sir Tommy Macpherson....

Throughout history few stories are as harrowing and cautionary as that of Eben Byers, a wealthy industrialist whose life was forever...