After a mysterious attack and to prepare for the invasion of Sicily in Operation Husky, the U.S. turned to an unlikely source for help: Lucky Luciano and the Italian Mafia.

The full story behind the hotly-debated deaths of the men aboard Soyuz 11.

Although the Peshtigo Fire was the deadliest in American history, there's one astounding reason why few remember it today.

Hear from Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the survivor ("hibakusha") who endured the Hiroshima blast only to flee home to Nagasaki, where he survived that bombing too.

London's Great Stink of 1858 didn't merely cause nausea citywide, it led to world-changing developments in science and engineering.

These interesting North Korea facts couldn't be true of any other country and prove that the Hermit Kingdom is even more unique than you thought.

Discover the unbelievable story of Project Azorian, the CIA's Cold War effort to steal the K-129 nuclear submarine that the Soviets had lost.

Even the agent who arrested Victor Lustig said, “You’re the smoothest con man that ever lived.”

You can probably only picture these famous faces when they were old, but here they are like you've never seen them before.

From Cinderella to the Little Mermaid, the origins behind your favorite secretly dark Disney movies are more shocking and violent than you could imagine.

How the gang behind the Antwerp diamond heist committed one of history's biggest thefts and got away with it — almost.