In 1762, Lady Sarah Lennox married a nobleman named Charles Bunbury. The couple were the picture of happiness—but behind closed doors, they were living in an utter nightmare.
Capucine's stunning beauty catapulted her to stardom—but behind the scenes, a fiery love triangle threatened to ruin everything.
Music manager Lou Pearlman came crashing down in a storm of lawsuits after horrifically scamming several boy bands in the 90s—but a much more sinister story emerged in 2009.
In 2015, the body of an unidentified man appeared lying unresponsive on the ground right outside the Cecil Hotel. It appeared as though he had intentionally jumped off the roof—but the truth is much more sinister.
Elsa Lanchester’s time on the set of The Bride Of Frankenstein was more horrific than the film itself. Lanchester’s eyes were actually taped open for longer scenes—and that’s not even the worst part.
In 1927, American golden boy Eben Byers got injured and a “doctor” prescribed him Radithor, a “cure” that was actually just radium. Not long after taking the “medicine”, Byers had to have his entire jaw removed.
Virginia Oldoini, better known as the Countess of Castiglione, might be the original Queen of the Selfie. But few know her dark history.
Meena Kumari’s exquisite beauty made jaws drop—but no one realized that her elegant face hid a multitude of dark secrets.
Queen Isabella wasn’t called the “She Wolf” for nothing: Married off at only 12 years old, Isabella was forced to play the game of thrones—and as the King soon found out, she was terrifyingly good at it.
From his scandalous affairs to his tragic final years in a mental institution, Vaslav Nijinsky’s lurid story is straight out of a twisted period drama.
Alma Mahler was no stranger to twisted love affairs, but there was one tryst that was far more sinister than the others.
On her deathbed, the beautiful socialite Babe Paley made a confession that was so dark, it shocked the room into silence.
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