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Annie Besant Published A Book On Birth Control — So They Arrested Her

Annie Besant started out married to a clergyman, but became an anti-religious activist. Her arrest for publishing a book that dealt with birth control only catapulted her fame.

By Kara Goldfarb • Mar 2, 2018

Annie Besant Published A Book On Birth Control — So They Arrested Her

Annie Besant started out married to a clergyman, but became an anti-religious activist. Her arrest for publishing a book that dealt with birth control only catapulted her fame.

By Kara Goldfarb • March 2, 2018

Meet The Bowery Boys Gang That Once Ruled New York’s Five Points

From saloon murders to street brawls to the infamous New York Draft Riots, the Bowery Boys embodied the bloody history of 19th-century New York.

By Katie Serena • Mar 1, 2018

Meet The Bowery Boys Gang That Once Ruled New York’s Five Points

From saloon murders to street brawls to the infamous New York Draft Riots, the Bowery Boys embodied the bloody history of 19th-century New York.

By Katie Serena • March 1, 2018

‘Our Worst Fears Have Been Realized’: The Story Of Black September And The Munich Massacre

At the 1972 Olympic Games, members of Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage, only to execute them when a German rescue plan went wrong.

By Aimee Lamoureux • Mar 1, 2018

‘Our Worst Fears Have Been Realized’: The Story Of Black September And The Munich Massacre

At the 1972 Olympic Games, members of Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage, only to execute them when a German rescue plan went wrong.

By Aimee Lamoureux • March 1, 2018

The Rise And Fall Of Milton William Cooper — The King Of Conspiracy Theories

William Cooper has often been called the father of conspiracy theories. He covered it all: the JFK assassination, the AIDS epidemic, and the extraterrestrial threat he thought was going to bring America to its knees.

By Kara Goldfarb • Feb 28, 2018

The Rise And Fall Of Milton William Cooper — The King Of Conspiracy Theories

William Cooper has often been called the father of conspiracy theories. He covered it all: the JFK assassination, the AIDS epidemic, and the extraterrestrial threat he thought was going to bring America to its knees.

By Kara Goldfarb • February 28, 2018

Woman Who Falsely Accused Three Black Men Of Rape To Receive No Jail Time

At most, 19-year-old Briana Harmon of Texas will receive probation.

By All That's Interesting • Feb 28, 2018

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Woman Who Falsely Accused Three Black Men Of Rape To Receive No Jail Time

At most, 19-year-old Briana Harmon of Texas will receive probation.

By All That's Interesting • February 28, 2018

55 Vintage Mugshots That Prove They Don’t Make Female Criminals Like They Used To

These women, charged with everything from theft to murder, are anything but prim and proper — and will still chill you to the bone a century later.

By Erin Kelly • Feb 27, 2018

55 Vintage Mugshots That Prove They Don’t Make Female Criminals Like They Used To

These women, charged with everything from theft to murder, are anything but prim and proper — and will still chill you to the bone a century later.

By Erin Kelly • February 27, 2018

The Weathermen: Inside The Free-Loving, Bomb-Planting Radical Group

Experience the most outrageous stories and photos from the Weathermen a.k.a. the Weather Underground, the Vietnam War-era radicals that made their protests with bombs.

By Erin Kelly • Feb 26, 2018

The Weathermen: Inside The Free-Loving, Bomb-Planting Radical Group

Experience the most outrageous stories and photos from the Weathermen a.k.a. the Weather Underground, the Vietnam War-era radicals that made their protests with bombs.

By Erin Kelly • February 26, 2018

Inside The Twisted Mind And Murders Of “Jolly” Jane Toppan

Even after she was sentenced to a mental hospital, Jane Toppan continued to feel her murderous tendencies, routinely asking her caregivers to kill with her.

By Katie Serena • Feb 26, 2018

Inside The Twisted Mind And Murders Of “Jolly” Jane Toppan

Even after she was sentenced to a mental hospital, Jane Toppan continued to feel her murderous tendencies, routinely asking her caregivers to kill with her.

By Katie Serena • February 26, 2018

Nurse Caught On Video Laughing As Elderly Veteran Died Has Been Charged With Murder

See the video that will now likely put this nurse behind bars.

By All That's Interesting • Feb 22, 2018

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Nurse Caught On Video Laughing As Elderly Veteran Died Has Been Charged With Murder

See the video that will now likely put this nurse behind bars.

By All That's Interesting • February 22, 2018

Meet Bartholomew Roberts, The Most Successful Pirate Of All Time

Bartholomew Roberts may have been history's most polite pirate, but that didn't stop him from being the ultimate swashbuckling sailor of the high seas.

By Andrew Milne • Feb 22, 2018

Meet Bartholomew Roberts, The Most Successful Pirate Of All Time

Bartholomew Roberts may have been history's most polite pirate, but that didn't stop him from being the ultimate swashbuckling sailor of the high seas.

By Andrew Milne • February 22, 2018