Samantha Henman articles

The “Victorian” Era contained some of the most dazzling and darkest moments of English history, but who was the monarch behind the glorious name? Queen Victoria led a nation for longer than anyone before her—and it was a reign full of personal scandal, tragedy, and heartache.

The brave, iconoclastic Lee Miller was many things—model, muse, artist, and more. Yet the more she pushed herself, the higher the price she paid.

When Jackie Kennedy found out Aristotle Onassis was cheating on her, she hopped on a plane to confront him. She had one demand to make—and it was utterly bizarre.

In the 1930s, Wallis Simpson got a daily bouquet at her door—not from her husband, former King Edward VII, but her secret lover. And that was the least of it. Her lover’s identity could topple the kingdom.

In the 1970s, Lee Radziwill was due to walk down the aisle and marry businessman Newton Cope. Then, Lee’s sister Jackie Kennedy phoned up the groom—and her one call destroyed everything.

Abducted by the tribe that killed her family, Olive Oatman’s life was never the same. But when she finally returned home, a more terrifying nightmare awaited her.

As the eldest son and namesake of one of America’s best-loved presidents, John F. Kennedy, Jr. spent his entire life in the public eye. He was just three years old when his father was assassinated, and became a living symbol of the hope, optimism, and vitality of the Kennedy administration.

Consuelo Vanderbilt’s marriage to the Duke of Marlborough was horrific—and it all began with the deranged confession he made on their honeymoon.

Myrtle Corbin, an American sideshow performer with four legs, began feeling pain in her left side in 1887. Corbin was pregnant—and that’s when her doctors came up with a chilling realization.