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.
Rose Kennedy watched as dark twists of fate picked off her children one by one—but one tragedy hit her so much harder than any of their deaths.
When the British king hopeful Charles Stuart died in 1788, one detail about his death was so humiliating, his brother made up a bizarre story.
In 1962, Gloria Grahame became the most infamous woman in Hollywood, when she married her own stepson.
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