Ira Hayes famously raised the flag on Iwo Jima and has gone down in history, but few know the harrowing story of this Native American Marine.
Virginia Hall and her daring spy ring were crucial to the Allied victory—but their accomplishments came at a brutally high cost.
Roxelana fought with every fiber in her being to rise from lowly consort to the power behind the throne of Suleiman the Magnificent.
In 1974, John Stonehouse took a trip to Miami. He left his clothes in a neat bundle at the beach...and then vanished into thin air.
Little is known about the dynamic between William Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway—but his will revealed a bizarre truth.
Terry Jones was the Welsh comedian and writer who spun his quirky love of history into one of comedy’s most iconic franchises: Monty Python.
Harold Lloyd was as popular as Charlie Chaplin, but he’s almost completely forgotten now. Maybe that’s because of his extremely dirty secret.
As the favorite child, Maria Christina got everything her siblings wanted but couldn’t have—and in the end, they made her pay a brutal price for it.
Forget William Hung. Florence Foster Jenkins is the undisputed worst singer in the history of the world—but was she in on the joke?
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