On August 12, 1958, a remarkable event in the history of jazz and photography took place at 17 East 126th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenue, in Harlem, New York. It was the day freelance photographer Art Kane, on commission from Esquire magazine, captured one of the most iconic images in jazz history. This photograph, known as “A Great Day in Harlem,” features 57 of the most influential jazz musicians of the time, creating a timeless snapshot of an era. The Conception

When Ringo Starr fell ill with tonsillitis and was hospitalised on 3 June 1964, just before the Beatles' 1964 tour of Australia, the...

Finnish soldiers displaying the skins of Soviet soldiers near Maaselkä, on the strand of lake Seesjärvi during Continuation War on the 15th of December in 1942. Original caption: "An enemy recon patrol that was cut out of food supplies had butchered a few members of their own patrol group, and had eaten most of them." In the autumn of 1942, four men were sent behind enemy lines near the shore of Lake Onega, in the Olonets region of Soviet Karelia, on a reconnaissance mission

The world of clowns is one of whimsical artistry, boundless humour, and a touch of the surreal. Yet, nestled within this vibrant tapestry...

On March 11, 1958, a quiet afternoon in Mars Bluff, South Carolina, turned into a historical moment of shock and destruction. The serene surroundings of this small community were abruptly interrupted by an explosion that would forever be remembered as the Mars Bluff Accident, a rare and alarming instance of a nuclear weapon mishap on American soil. A Routine Mission Gone Wrong The incident began with a routine mission. A U.S. Air Force Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber took off fr

Alexander the Great, one of history's most enigmatic figures, met his untimely demise in June 323 B.C. The circumstances surrounding his...

A costume party that was held at the Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin, though the date and photographer remain unknown. Magnus Hirschfeld, identifiable by his glasses, is holding hands with his partner, Karl Giese, who is in the center. On the night of May 10, 1933, roughly 40,000 people packed into Opernplatz in central Berlin to watch Nazi students and paramilitary troops burn some 20,000 books in a bonfire that's since become one of the most reproduced spectacles of

This photo series shows a model in a studio re-enacting the five stages of inebriation. The shoot, which coincided with the Drunkard Punishment Bill of 1886 in NSW, was possibly commissioned by a local temperance group for education purposes. The photographer Charles Pickering took the photographs between 1863 and 1868, when society clearly felt it had a problem with alcoholism. It appears, things have not changed that much since the mid-19th century. Stage 1: You’ve had a

The photograph of Ruth Snyder's execution in the electric chair at Sing Sing Prison on January 12, 1928, remains one of the most infamous...

In 1964, the González Valenzuela sisters, known as Las Poquianchis, were arrested in Guanajuato, Mexico, for operating a human trafficking and murder ring that claimed the lives of over 90 women and children. Their crimes remain among the darkest chapters in Mexican history.

Frank Morrill had owned the box of glass negatives for years before he had any real idea what he was looking at. He'd bought them from a collector in 2003, part of a much bigger haul of old central Massachusetts photography, and they'd mostly sat untouched ever since. Then one afternoon, while his ten year old granddaughter Hannah was helping him on an unrelated project, she picked up a small plate and asked a simple question. "What is this a negative of?" That question sent

On 10 June 1944, SS troops massacred 642 civilians in Oradour-sur-Glane. Only seven survived. The village still stands as a memorial. The full story of what happened and why.

Discover the chilling tale of Amelia Dyer, the notorious Victorian baby farmer turned serial killer. Uncover the macabre narrative and her horrifying crimes.

The Nuremberg Trials, held from 1945 to 1946, were a seminal moment in the annals of justice, where the principal architects of the Nazi...

In June 2008, Travis Alexander was stabbed nearly 30 times, had his throat slit, and was shot in the head. His killer was someone he knew. The Jodi Arias case remains one of the most obsessively followed trials in American history.

Many of us have likely walked past the site where this old farmhouse once stood, unaware of its existence or historical significance. In the latter half of the 18th century, Manhattan’s upper regions were dotted with a mixture of working farms and elegant country estates. One such farmhouse stood on a rocky knoll, roughly halfway between the Hudson River and Bloomingdale Road (which later became the Boulevard and then Broadway), at what would later be 84th Street. Originally,

Residing in the tranquil countryside of Bodyke, County Clare, the O'Halloran sisters – Annie, Honoria, and Sarah – shared their familial...

On the third day of a man's trial for murdering her seven-year-old daughter, Marianne Bachmeier pulled a pistol from her handbag and shot him dead in a courtroom full of witnesses. It happened in Lübeck, West Germany, in 1981, and it split the country in half. Some people saw a mother finally getting justice the system couldn't give her. Others saw a woman who'd taken the law into her own hands and got away with murder in everything but name. Both sides had a point, and Germa

The Zoot Suit Riots, a series of violent clashes in Los Angeles during the summer of 1943, remain a poignant reminder of racial and...

(H)ang me up at the door of a brothel-house William Shakespeare - Much Ado About Nothing (1.1.226-227) Frantisek Kotzwara, also spelled as František Kočvara, was a Czech composer and double bassist born around 1730. He was a musician of considerable repute during his time, particularly known for his composition "The Battle of Prague," which became a popular piece in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Kotzwara traveled extensively across Europe, playing in various orchestras a

Scroll down for this article in Cymraeg The story of John Jones, also known by many names—Little Turpin, Little Welsh Terror, Coch Bach Y...

In 1874, Dr. Lewis Sayre suspended a paralysed boy by the arms and wrapped him in wet plaster. It worked, and it became standard medical practice for the next 50 years.

Thirteen-year-old Barbara Kent (centre) and her fellow campers play in a river near Ruidoso, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, in the hours after the bomb’s detonation. Fallout flakes drifted down that day and for days afterward. ‘We thought [it] was snow,’ Kent says. ‘But the strange thing, instead of being cold like snow, it was hot.’ In the summer of 1945, as the world teetered on the edge of monumental change, a small dance camp in the desert near Ruidoso, New Mexico, was unk