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A rare photo of Thomson himself with two Manchu soldiers in Xiamen in 1871 In the mid-19th century, photography was still in its infancy,...

Shortly after midnight on June 12, 1963, civil rights organizer Medgar Evers pulled into his driveway in Jackson, Mississipi. He stepped...

Nestled on the eastern coast of Cyprus lies Varosha, an eerily silent testament to a bygone era of glamour and geopolitical upheaval....

It’s strange to think that a shy, awkward mathematician who loved long-distance running and chemical experiments would end up cracking...

Known as "the wickedest city on earth," Port Royal, Jamaica evokes images of pirates, naval battles, plunder, wealth, and destruction....

The Tiananmen Square Massacre, also known as the June Fourth Incident, stands as one of the most sombre and controversial events in...

Victor Lustig was a master of deception, infamous for his bold scams that spanned Europe and the United States in the early 20th century....

Everyone knows Thomas Edison, the prolific inventor behind the phonograph and the electric light bulb, but what you might not know is...

Born in Holyoke in 1912, Margaret and Mary Gibb toured with circuses across America and Europe before settling down to run a small gift shop together.

In the spring of 1942, two parachutists pedalled frantically through the streets of Nazi-occupied Prague. One was bleeding from a grenade...

During a roundup in Eindhoven on Tuesday, May 16, 1944, a young girl was arrested. Three days later, she, along with her family, was...

Way back in 1990, Lindi St Clair, better known to Britain’s tabloid readers as “Miss Whiplash”, lost her long and rather colourful...

In the heart of the Holocaust, a grotesque paradox was unfolding. Just 30 kilometres south of Auschwitz, a place where over a million...

On 16th March 1978, along via Fani in Rome, a faction of the militant far-left organization called the Red Brigades intercepted the...

In pre-war Germany, during the 1930s, there was no shortage of wild ideas when it came to transportation, especially when rockets were...

Mae West wasn’t just a movie star, she was a cultural force. With her sharp wit, bold sexuality, and fearless defiance of censors, West reshaped Hollywood and inspired generations to come.

Constantine the Great, revered as a pivotal figure in the establishment of Christianity as the state religion of the Roman Empire, is...

The Mabinogion finds its roots in the 14th-century manuscript known as the 'Red Book of Hergest.' This compilation comprises eleven tales...

In the early part of 1890, Robert McGee sat for photographer E.E. Henry (1826-1917). The picture, the portrait you see above, shows...

While the Munich Agreement was being negotiated in Europe in the autumn of 1938, Charles Chapin was completing the first draft of a...

On the afternoon of Sunday 13 April 1919, British officer General Reginald Dyer entered the city of Amritsar in Punjab, northern India,...

The bizarre story of Napoleon’s preserved penis, amputated at his autopsy in 1821, sold across Europe and America, refused by France, and hidden under a bed in New Jersey. A tale of relics, ridicule, and history’s strangest souvenir.

He was Stalin’s right-hand man — and one of history’s most feared figures. Lavrentiy Beria ruled through terror, orchestrated purges, and preyed on countless victims. This is the story of power, brutality, and absolute corruption.

What do a man who wore an alarm clock on his wrist, munched raw onions like apples, and once strutted out of the shower to bark orders...