Joanne Woodward had a heartthrob husband and an Academy Award, but being a Hollywood darling was both a blessing and a curse.
Until his tragic death in 2006, Steven Irwin worked tirelessly to advocate for animals.
Artie Lange once tried to impress a woman at a bank by slipping her a flirty note, only for it to be mistaken for a robbery attempt.
Long before the internet, pinup models pushed the limits of what was acceptable in society—and the iconic Bettie Page was at the forefront of it all.
After decades of tyranny, King Charles VIII met a cruel end: he hit his head on a door frame and died after 9 hours in a coma.
After Queen Mariamne’s execution, her cruel husband King Herod had her body preserved in honey.
After falling down the stairs, Sandy Denny suffered an undiagnosed brain hemorrhage that later led to her sudden death.
Bartholomew Roberts (AKA Black Bart) dominated the seas, from the Caribbean all the way to West Africa. But Roberts wasn’t your average buccaneer.
Just as people thought cheapskate Wallace Beery had turned a new leaf, he took a 12-year-old costar to lunch and made the kid split the bill.
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