From her twisted love story to her harrowing months spent behind bars, Gayatri Devi’s beginning and end were soaked in scandal.
The tragic and disturbing story of Ann Woodward is chilling proof that the higher you climb, the further there is to fall.
One of the most beautiful women and most raucous socialites of her time, Alice Roosevelt lit up newspapers around the world with her antics, driving her father Theodore Roosevelt wild.
Jimmy Hoffa had a willingness to go even lower than his enemies. But in the end, those enemies brought about a legendary downfall.
Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine were married for 58 years—but the couple hid disturbing secrets behind bedroom doors.
As the mother of “Mad King George,” Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha got a raw deal in life—but that doesn’t excuse her unspeakably cruel behavior.
Powerful. Beautiful. Poisonous. These words have been used to describe Agrippina the Younger—but few know her even darker history.
When Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg’s husband died, she had his heart embalmed, and hung it in a golden casket above her daughter’s bed.
The infamous Colette may have been the most gifted writer of her day, but she was also the most scandalous woman in Paris.
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