crime and punishment

Lady Jane Grey's reign was brief, a mere nine days in the summer of 1553. Yet, her tragic story encapsulates the tumultuous events during one of the most contentious periods in English history, dominated by faith wars, political intrigues, and the shiftin...

Joseph "The Animal" Barboza was one of the most feared hitmen in the realms of organized crime.

This is the tale of Leonarda Cianciulli, known as the 'Soap-Maker of Correggio', a gentle-looking woman who shocked all of Italy with her heinous crimes of murder and macabre repurposing of human bodies

Andrei Chikatilo murdered, raped and tortured over fifty known victims. And may have hurt many more before he was finally caught. Moving around a lot, he was able to evade capture for decades.

Jenny-Wanda Barkmann was one of the most brutal guards at Stutthof Concentration Camp

In the annals of maritime piracy, tales are dominated by infamous figures like Blackbeard or Captain Kidd, all daunting men whose lawless exploits helped forge the Golden Age of Piracy. Yet the most successful pirate in history was not a man at all, but a...

The trials and torments that revolved around witchcraft comprise some of the darkest chapters in human history.

In the quiet corners of Lancashire, England lies a haunting tale of witchcraft trials that have captivated the imaginations of historians and occult enthusiasts alike. The Pendle Witches, also known as the Lancashire Witches, remain a dark and enigmatic p...

Located in County Offaly, Ireland, Leap Castle's origins can be traced back over 700 years. It is famous as the most haunted castle in the world.

In the dark annals of English history, one name stands out vividly as a symbol of fear and oppression during the seventeenth century: Matthew Hopkins, the infamous Witchfinder General.

Elizabeth Berry has the odd distinctions of being the first woman to be hanged at Walton Prison in Liverpool and the only woman to be hanged by a man with the same surname as herself.

Mass Child Abduction in 1976 in California

This all-female, the real Peaky Blinders, gang tormented London at the beginning of the 20th century.

One man had been warning about Madoff's scheme for years: Harry Markopolos.

Dr. William Chester Minor's life is stranger than fiction. That an American surgeon came to be one of the largest contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is surprising.

After masterminding September 11th, the deadliest terrorist attack in history, bin Laden spent a decade successfully evading a global coalition. He was eventually tracked down and killed at a safe house in Pakistan in 2011, but not before he unleashed a v...