Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. thought he was going to be president one day. Instead, he became a pilot during WWII—and on August 12, 1944, his mission went awry.
Bobby Fischer was undoubtedly a chess prodigy—but trouble brewed inside his singular mind.
Edward I was a brutal king, but his weak spot was his wife, Eleanor of Castile. Her dark side was just as bad as his—if not worse.
The Regency was an era of extreme glitz and glamour for the upper echelons of society—and poverty and crisis for everyone else.
From Taxi Driver to The Intern, few actors are as versatile and acclaimed as Robert De Niro—but no one reaches his status without some stories to tell.
People might think they know Xerxes from portrayals in movies like 300—but the real King of Kings was a far-cry from what we have seen on screen.
Catherine Walters was one of the last great courtesans of Victorian London. But there was much more to this complex woman than the men she entangled herself with.
When former child star Anissa Jones died in 1976 at the age of 18, the circumstances were so disturbing it began to spark rumors of a curse.
This 19th-century Nepo baby soon proved he had the wit and cunning to compete with the big boys of the business world—until his life was cut short by a titanic symbol of the very decadence that defined his existence in the first place.
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