After Charles I was executed by his own people, his son, Charles II, began the long and brutal road to reclaim the English throne.
We may be standing on the shoulders of giants—and, if some legends are believed, that phrase might be shockingly literal.
Princess Charlotte was Queen Victoria's most scandalous granddaughter, yet very few people know her incredibly wild history.
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.
The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America “In Congress, July 4th, 1776…”With these opening words, a nation was born that would change the course of world history. The United States of America came...
As a frontiersman, Kit Carson witnessed some of history’s greatest horrors, but it was a broken heart and a sad diagnosis that spelled his doom.
Over a thousand people perished when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. These are their last, heartbreaking moments on Earth.
So notorious that its name is synonymous with madness, the history of Bethlem Royal Hospital, or Bedlam, is filled with some of humanity's darkest moments.
If history's lost women aren’t well-known today, it’s because people tried desperately to erase their twisted and tragic stories.
Eugène Vidocq was the real-life inspiration behind Les Misérables—but his life was FAR more twisted than the devastating novel.
Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle was beautiful, kind, and trusting—and she definitely didn't deserve what her own sisters did to her.
The whirlwind romance of Lord Alfred Douglas and Oscar Wilde seemed like a fever dream at first—but it was more like a horror story.
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