At the center of the case was a beautiful young woman named Grace Marks. But was she really responsible for the crime?
On the 500th anniversary of his 95 Theses, look back at some of the surprising aspects of the man who changed Christianity and the world
A tour of the city’s dead can unearth some fascinating stories
A new book explores the little-known life and career of Hans Sloane, whose collections led to the founding of the British Museum
Declassified records and journals to be released in coming decades will shed new light on pivotal 20th-century figures and events
The 170,000 pages found might be “the most important collection of Jewish archives since the Dead Sea Scrolls.”
A new book explores the deadly and nefarious plots designed by Hitler and his supporters
With Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the National Museum of Natural History, we look at the past, present and future of the flu
The notables who recovered from the pandemic included a pioneer of American animation, world-famous artists and two U.S. presidents
When the British army held Francis Scott Key captive aboard one of their warships during the Battle of Baltimore, his stay inspired enemy's patriotic song
During World War I, the scientist invented a mobile x-ray unit, called a "Little Curie," and trained 150 women to operate it
An iconic Hamburg building, built by Jews and now a chocolate museum, once housed the distributors of one of Nazi Germany's most gruesome inventions
“Veep” creator Armando Iannucci’s upcoming dark comedy pulls from the stranger-than-fiction real-life events surrounding Stalin’s death
We journey through Vladimir Putin’s Russia to measure the aftershocks of the political explosion that rocked the world a century ago
Mass death changed how we think about illness, and government's role in treating it
In total, the Queen Mother was a widow for 50 years of her life. During that time, she became known for two things: extravagance and an unpaid tab
Near the end of her reign, Queen Victoria developed a friendship with an Indian servant, elevating him to trusted advisor and infuriating her court
An Iraqi archaeologist braved ISIS snipers and booby-trapped ruins to rescue cultural treasures in the city and nearby legendary Nineveh and Nimrud
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