China

From her perverse bedroom exploits to her chilling punishments, the pirate queen Ching Shih had one of the most dramatic lives in history.

When he first became Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang exiled his own mother—but what he did to his siblings was even more disturbing.

Ching Shih was likely the most successful pirate in history. The Pirate Queen ruled the seas in China and beyond—but few people know about her dark history.

There's never been anywhere in the world quite like the Kowloon Walled City of Hong Kong—and there probably never will be again.

An Emperor at the age of two, Puyi had a life full of tragedy, betrayal, and intrigue—but just before he died, fate had one more dark twist in store.