Scandal-Makers

Mary Seacole spent her life playing second fiddle to Florence Nightingale, and this lifelong rivalry continued beyond the grave.

When her ex Serge Gainsbourg died, Jane Birkin spent four days with his body, mourning—but that’s not the strangest part.

Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle was beautiful, kind, and trusting—and she definitely didn't deserve what her own sisters did to her.

Lady Diana Manners was “the most beloved woman in England”—but no one realized the twisted truth about their favorite socialite.

There are many roads a person can take in an effort to gain power, but none is perhaps more controversial than the act of usurpation. Many of history's most greatest rulers were those who took power, even when they had no legitimate claim to do so—these are the stories of some of those ruthless usurpers.

Joan Collins had the most traumatizing and heartbreaking track record of any Hollywood actress—and it all began when she married her attacker at the age of 19.