As folk lore would have it, life in the Middle Ages was deeply depressing. Unless you were an aristocrat or a royal, you were likely to live as a peasant, in a ...
History has served up its fair share of unruly leaders. Over the course of noted history, there has been no end to the reigns of tyranny that have taken place a...
Throughout American history, there have been a huge number of strange cases of rioting. From the meaningful right down to the very bizarre, the American public ...
Looking back over the course of history is one of the easiest ways that we can get better acquainted with our ancestors and social activity. When it comes to th...
Throughout history, there has been no end to the number of unsolved murder cases or lost serial killers. In some circumstances, people seem to disappear without...
The image of the cowboy is one that has been associated with American history for years. With the golden age rearing its head in 1866, the reign of the cowboy w...
Film sets have a habit of being dangerous. Ever since the birth of cinema more than 100 years ago, there has been no end to the amount of accidents that have ta...
As well as becoming one of the most celebrated American horror writers after his death, H. P. Lovecraft managed to achieve the impossible, carving out his very ...
Illusionists and magicians have been boggling the minds of pundits for hundreds of years. Throughout history, our fascination with magic has rarely wavered and ...
History has served up a whole range of grisly events. From war to sacrifice, ancient tales of times gone by have shown us some of the darkest sides of the human...
