King Leopold II Biography: The Monster of the Congo
King Leopold II ruled over Belgium from 1865 to 1909. Today, the memory of his…
Alfred Nobel Biography: Chemist, engineer, inventor, and philanthropist
We remember him for the annual prizes that he gifted to the world, but Alfred…
Oliver Cromwell Biography: English military and political leader
He’s the man who killed a king. Oliver Cromwell, the English Puritan turned military dictator,…
Maximilien Robespierre Biography: The Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre promised to usher a fairer, more representative form of government to the French…
Mao Zedong Biography: Revolutionary, or Tyrant?
To some, Mao Zedong was a much-loved revolutionary hero who saved China from the rule…
Elizabeth Bathory Biography – The ‘Blood Countess’
Elizabeth Bathory – The ‘Blood Countess’ She is one of the earliest serial killers in…
Frank Abagnale Biography: Catch Me If You Can
Frank Abagnale He has achieved legendary status among con men by pulling off some of the…
Heinrich Himmler: Ruthless Architect of the Holocaust
He was the quiet, efficient and oh so ruthless architect of the Holocaust; Hitler’s most…
Siddhartha Gautama Biography: The Buddha
Twenty-five thousand years ago one’s man’s spiritual journey was the beginning of one of the…
Muammar al-Gaddafi Biography: Mad Dog of the Middle East
Long before Kim Jong-Un became the go-to tyrant for five star absurdity, there was another…
Anastasia Romanov: Finding The Lost Princess
During the Bolshevik revolution, the Romanov dynasty was killed after over a hundred-year reign in…
Jeffrey Dahmer Biography: The Cannibal Killer
Undoubtedly one of modern history’s most notorious and abhorrent killers — his crimes are the…