Just before his death in 2005, notorious writer Hunter S Thompson wrote a short note to his new wife—and its contents were absolutely chilling.
Coco Chanel is best known for her chic fashion designs, but her personal life also dripped with scandal. This is her unforgettable story.
Ambrose Bierce was a major American writer whose disappearance in Mexico in 1913 is one of history's most enduring head-scratchers.
Smashing into the art scene in the mid-1900s, Salvador Dalí ensured that artistic expression never looked the same—but he also had a penchant for controversy.
At just fourteen, Thomas Nickerson was the youngest crewmember of the whaleship Essex. When the ship was struck and sunk by a whale, he was launched into one of the most grueling sagas of survival in maritime history.
Anna Pavlova had a frail appearance that made her an underdog, but she became one of the most powerful forces in the dancing world.
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