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Evelyn Nesbit was one of the most recognisable faces of early 20th-century America – a model, actress, and chorus girl whose beauty...

In 1952, Jacques Léonard—born in 1909 in Paris—left behind a life of artistic opportunity and familiarity to settle in Barcelona, Spain....

In May 1955, Kiyoshi Tanimoto—a Methodist minister and Hiroshima survivor—arrived at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood under the...

In the great ledger of British history—wedged somewhere between the invention of the lawnmower and the founding of the Temperance...

If you’ve ever heard the name Dick Turpin, chances are you’ve pictured a daring highwayman galloping across the English countryside on a...

Daniel and his bus In 1973, while David Bowie was busy reinventing glam rock and the three-day week loomed over British industry, a young...

It’s hard to believe that a man could convince dozens of adults to leave their families, quit their jobs, and follow him into the forest...

In the bustling streets of post-war New York City, amidst a tide of returning soldiers, jazz clubs, and a booming urban life, Todd Webb...

In the long history of criminal investigations, few cases have gripped the American public like that of the Unabomber. For nearly 18...

From the clouded mist of 19th-century frontier legend emerges one of the most arresting, gruesome, and enduring characters of the...

At first glance, witchcraft and Hinduism might seem worlds apart – one often associated with hidden practices on the fringes of society,...

On a chilly Tuesday night in March 1932, one of the most sensational crimes in American history unfolded in a quiet rural estate in New...

In the chaos of war, one man’s photographs spoke louder than words ever could. Larry Burrows, a name synonymous with iconic images from the Vietnam War, captured the raw essence of conflict through his vivid and deeply moving photography. But who was the man behind the lens, and how did his time in Vietnam shape the world's perception of this turbulent era? A Photographer in the Midst of Chaos Born Henry Frank Leslie Burrows in London in 1926, Larry Burrows joined LIFE magazi

Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered worldwide as one of America’s most influential civil rights activists. Known for his steadfast...

Imagine an idyllic Caribbean island transformed into a fortress of wealth and power, hidden behind crystal-clear waters and white sandy...

In an age when airport security was little more than a handshake and a nod, one man managed to commit a mass murder that would send...

“Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again…” These were among the final words Virginia Woolf ever committed to paper, penned in a...

Tucked away among the hills of Northern Lazio in Italy is a garden like no other. Imagine wandering through a lush landscape, turning a...

On 27 March 1977, an otherwise quiet Sunday in Tenerife, Spain's Canary Islands, was shattered by an unprecedented aviation tragedy. Two...

Decades before the FBI Behavioural Science Unit started profiling serial killers, before Ted Bundy’s chilling charm or Jeffrey Dahmer’s...

It’s not often that a woman with a past as a Parisian courtesan finds herself rubbing shoulders with royalty, marrying into Egyptian aristocracy, and then standing in the dock at the Old Bailey accused of murder. But that is precisely the story of Marguerite Marie Alibert—later known by many names, including Maggie Meller, Marguerite Laurent, and most famously, Princess Fahmy. Her tale is one of reinvention, survival, and controversy, told against the backdrop of early 20th-c

On a mild Saturday afternoon, March 25, 1911, as New Yorkers were finishing their workweek, tragedy ignited in the heart of Manhattan. In mere minutes, the bustling Triangle Shirtwaist Factory was engulfed in flames, forever imprinting its name in history as one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the United States. What began as a seemingly routine workday would end with unimaginable los, sparking major changes in labour laws and workplace safety that resonate even toda

It sounds like the start of a bad joke: What do you get when you cross a JCB digger, a fake bomb made out of a Fray Bentos pie tin, and...