John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, was a well-connected, high-rolling aristocrat who got away with murder—literally. After a brutal attack, the lord went on the lam, leaving one of the most notorious mysteries in the UK’s history not so much a whodunit…but a “where’d-he-go”? Was his escape aided by his close circle of powerful friends? Did guilt push him to take his own life? Or is he still out there somewhere? The theories are many—so let’s investigate the facts surrounding the vanishing act of Lord Lucan.
Pretty Boy Floyd was a bank robber and petty outlaw, but he was also the right man at the right moment: active during the Great Depression era of the 1930s, his story captivated regular Americans, who viewed him as a modern-day Robin Hood figure that refused to accept the depraved conditions forced on the working class. It was perhaps for this very reason that he was so relentlessly pursued by the most powerful authorities in the land.
Surrounded by luxury and indulgence from birth, Lady Jeanne Campbell never learned how to control herself. She took what she wanted; she enjoyed her pleasures. Yet, in the end, her carpe diem lifestyle couldn’t prepare her for the real world.
Some of the most innocent items of our daily lives emerged from disturbing circumstances.
There’s no denying that the Holocaust was one of the worst moments in modern history. Roughly six million European Jews were murdered before the end of World War II, and young Anne Frank was one of them. Only 15 years old when she died, she wrote a diary while in hiding, before her capture. Her incredible story, both brave and sad, lives on today through her diary.
People have been using these sayings every day since the Dark Ages.
Marion Jones sprinted and jumped her way to Olympic fame. But she racked up more doping allegations and scandals than gold medals. In the end, she couldn’t outrun her past mistakes—but she could sprint towards her hopeful future.
Piero de Medici took power at a pivotal time in the history of Florence. That was when everything began to go wrong.
Clay Allison wasn’t the most famous outlaw of the Wild West, but he was one of its most dangerous.
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