The world has an eerie fascination with serial killers. Whether it’s hearing tales of the…
In the 6th century BC, Cyrus II of Persia embarked on a mission of conquest.…
“Felicior Augusto, melior Traiano”. According to 4th century historian Eutropius, that was the acclamation used…
One hundred years ago, a reclusive Czech-Jew living anonymously amid Prague’s spires managed to change…
Not many remember the name of Mary Mallon. If not for tragic circumstances, a strange…
Visitors to the Saratoga National Historical Park in New York may see the Boot Monument,…
Robert Mugabe. Hailed as an anti-colonialist hero; despised as an autocrat and dictator. At the…
Victorian era Britain was a time of massive change. From sweeping imperialist expansion abroad to…
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He’s one of the five longest-reigning monarchs in the history of the world. Emperor Franz…
He’s a man known to history literally as ‘the Terrible’. Ivan IV was the first…
In the winter of 1911-1912, a political earthquake in Asia brought one of our last…