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Roy Orbison, the man with the haunting voice and the sorrowful ballads, carried the weight of personal grief through much of his life....

“Today the real knights are no more… The last one died in 1945." In a world increasingly shaped by industrialisation and modern warfare,...

On a quiet June morning in 1981, the kind of day when national traditions meet the celebratory spirit of the public, a teenage boy from...

In 1983, the world stood on the precipice of destruction. It was more than two decades after the Cuban Missile Crisis, that harrowing...

In the late 19th century, one of the most peculiar and controversial forms of entertainment began to make waves across America: diving...

The capture of Rudolf Höss, the notorious commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, marked a significant moment in the post-war effort...

On the night of April 14, 1912, two young brothers, Michel and Edmond Navratil, found themselves aboard one of the last lifeboats to...

The dark depths of human psychology are often disturbing, but few cases delve as deeply into horror as that of Joachim Kroll, one of...

Dorothy Counts, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1942, was thrust into the heart of the battle for desegregation at the tender age...

Few literary works have captured the imagination of readers across generations as vividly as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland  by Lewis...

In a time when societal expectations and laws seemed to conspire against women, one young woman stood up to defy the status quo, sparking...

Ilse Koch, notoriously known as the “Bitch of Buchenwald,” stands as one of the most infamous figures in the brutal history of Nazi...

When we think of notorious criminals, it is often their crimes, trials, or mugshots that come to mind. However, in the case of Ted...

In the late 1930s, Adolf Hitler and his chief architect, Albert Speer, embarked on an ambitious project to transform Berlin into a...

Italy, a country steeped in rich history and cultural splendour, also bears the stain of one of the most chilling figures in criminal...

Charles Raymond Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate remain infamous for their roles in a 1958 spree of violence that shocked the American...

Lewis Hine was an American photographer whose pioneering work not only reshaped the art of photography but also played a vital role in...

The Cuban capital of Havana, known today for its political history and revolutionary past, was once a city synonymous with luxury,...

Irena Sendler is credited with having saved the lives of some 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto during the Second World War. By...

At the heart of Paris, towering over the skyline with its iron lattice structure, stands the Eiffel Tower —an architectural marvel...

Commissioned in 1854 by a businessman named Eugene Thomas, in 1971 Villa Nellcôte, in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Côte D'Azur was the...

Frances Farmer was once a rising star of the silver screen, known for her striking beauty and intense performances. But behind the...

When people picture a serial killer, the image that often comes to mind is someone lurking in the shadows, a figure clearly out of step...

Nestled on the coast of Snowdonia in North Wales, Portmeirion is one of the UK's most remarkable and distinctive architectural treasures....