History

These creepy stories involve cases that still feel wrong and too bizarre to be fiction. But they're all totally real.

History may celebrate their accomplishments, but their contemporaries weren't always nearly as impressed with their personalities.

Physical attraction wasn't a new development with online dating; these ten historical figures were profoundly impacted by it, leading to a life of isolation.

Why did some courts drown women while sending men to the gallows? Find out the rules and ideas that played a part.

Gas chambers, burning cities, church massacres, and mass graves. These are seven moments when ordinary people were trapped inside history’s darkest hours.

History doesn't always change because of grand plans. Sometimes it's just one little detail that decides who wins, who survives, and what comes next.

A pirate queen, a bagpipe-playing commando, and a reporter who entered an asylum. Find out some of the coolest people in history.

While podcasts love a good cold case, police and historians already know what happened in these nine famous mysteries.

History's tapestry is woven with extraordinary talents and powerful leaders, sadly cut down before their time.

A queen with poison trials. A drug boss tied to three murders. A warrior commanding 13,000 troops. Which woman was the most dangerous?