Winston Churchill thought he could turn war hero Adrian Carton de Wiart into a diplomat when WWII ended. He was dead wrong.
Some Hollywood murders just seemed to have all the right elements, and the story of Paul Bern absolutely reeks of them: a rising and beautiful starlet, a powerful MGM producer, a secret and possibly deranged...
Poet Percy Shelley left behind a trail of utter destruction that included broken promises, jilted lovers, and ruined lives.
Queen Elizabeth II's mother-in-law, Princess Alice, was forcibly sent to a mental institution after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
Theodore Roosevelt survived everything from battle to disease, and even an assassination attempt—only to be undone by something far more heartbreaking.
Veronica Franco was one of the most sought-after courtesans of the 1500s—but the higher she rose, the farther she had to fall.
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