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There were lots of interesting figures in the Wars of the Roses. Richard III was the most ruthless, Margaret of Anjou was the most conniving, and Elizabeth of York? She was the most beautiful—but there's...
JRR Tolkien never forgot the friends he lost in the trenches of WWI, and his harrowing experience there strongly influenced how he wrote The Lord of the Rings saga.
An appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show could make or break a career—but it really seems like Sullivan preferred to break them.
For years, people thought that the adventurer Chris McCandless starved to death—but in 2013, a jaw-dropping new theory emerged.
Quiet and struggling with a speech impediment, few thought that King George VI could rule a nation. But when scandal rocked the monarchy, he stepped into the head role without a choice. What followed redefined the nation, and the man who led it.
Abraham Lincoln is often considered to be the greatest American president, but he was also responsible for the largest mass execution in American history.
With his own presidential dreams down the toilet, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. ruthlessly traded his daughter's future for his sons’ political success—and kept the secret buried for decades.
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