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'The Lost King' Dramatizes the Search for Richard III's Remains. The Monarch's Life Was Even More Sensational
A new film offers a sympathetic portrait of the 15th-century ruler, who seized the crown from his nephew before dying on the battlefield
The Tenacious Women Reporters Who Helped Expose the Boston Strangler
A new film explores Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole's efforts to unmask a serial killer believed to have murdered 13 women between 1962 and 1964
Hans and Sophie Scholl Were Once Hitler Youth Leaders. Why Did They Decide to Stand Up to the Nazis?
Archival evidence offers clues on the radicalization of the German siblings, who led a resistance movement known as the White Rose
How a New York Tabloid Captured the First Photo of an Execution by the Electric Chair
In January 1928, Tom Howard of the "Daily News" smuggled a camera into Sing Sing, where he snapped a picture of Ruth Snyder’s final moments
Untold Stories of American History
How History Forgot Rosewood, a Black Town Razed by a White Mob
A century ago, a false accusation sparked the destruction of the Florida community
National Archives Releases Thousands of Kennedy Assassination Files
Over 97 percent of documents related to the event are now publicly available
Spain's Oft-Forgotten Nazi Ties
A new law recognizes the thousands of Spaniards killed by the Germans during World War II
How Construction of a Parking Lot Uncovered New Insights About Medieval Jews
A new DNA study suggests Ashkenazi Jews living in 14th-century Germany were surprisingly genetically diverse
A Gilded Age Tale of Murder and Money
The 1885 death of Black entrepreneur Benjamin J. Burton divided the close-knit community of Newport, Rhode Island
The Nation's First Woman Senator Was a Virulent White Supremacist
In 1922, Rebecca Latimer Felton, a Georgia women's rights activist and lynching proponent, temporarily filled a dead man's Senate seat
These 84-Year-Old Nazi Photos Paint a Harrowing Picture of Kristallnacht
The images show mobs ransacking Jewish-owned homes, businesses and synagogues in 1938
A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials
One town's strange journey from paranoia to pardon
How Emmett Till's Mother Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement
A new film dramatizes the life of Mamie Till-Mobley, who forced America to confront the brutality of her son's 1955 murder
Adnan Syed, Subject of 'Serial,' Is Released From Prison
The decision comes 23 years after he was convicted for the murder of 18-year-old Hae Min Lee
The Many Myths of Catherine de' Medici
A new Starz series, "The Serpent Queen," dramatizes the life of the much-maligned 16th-century ruler
Bones Found in Medieval Well Likely Belong to Victims of Anti-Semitic Massacre
A new DNA analysis suggests the 17 individuals were Ashkenazi Jews murdered in Norwich, England, in 1190
The 20th-Century History of Anti-Semitic Attacks on Jewish Politicians
Russian rhetoric against Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy echoes the language directed toward Jewish leaders in post-WWI Europe
This Lavish Silver Box Tarnished Mary, Queen of Scots—and Contributed to Her Downfall
The controversial container played a role in the deposed monarch’s fall from favor
Untold Stories of American History
The Holocaust-Era Comic That Brought Americans Into the Nazi Gas Chambers
In early 1945, a six-panel comic in a U.S. pamphlet offered a visceral depiction of the Third Reich's killing machine
How a Failed Assassination Attempt Pushed George Wallace to Reconsider His Segregationist Views
Fifty years ago, a fame-seeker shot the polarizing politician five times, paralyzing him from the waist down
