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How Irish Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley Defied Elizabeth I And Conquered A Man’s World

How pirate queen Grace O'Malley ruled the high seas, bent the English crown to her will, and rose to the top of a world with little place for women.

By Daniel Rennie • Mar 10, 2018

How Irish Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley Defied Elizabeth I And Conquered A Man’s World

How pirate queen Grace O'Malley ruled the high seas, bent the English crown to her will, and rose to the top of a world with little place for women.

By Daniel Rennie • March 10, 2018

Lloyd Neurauter Told His Daughter He’d Kill Himself If She Didn’t Help Murder Her Mom – So She Did

The father forced Karrie Neurauter into a tough spot – save her mother's life, or his.

By Katie Serena • Mar 9, 2018

Lloyd Neurauter Told His Daughter He’d Kill Himself If She Didn’t Help Murder Her Mom – So She Did

The father forced Karrie Neurauter into a tough spot – save her mother's life, or his.

By Katie Serena • March 9, 2018

The Harpe Brothers Were America’s First And Maybe Most Psychopathic Serial Killers

The Harpe Brothers were America's first recorded serial killers and their murders are proof that serial killing didn't get off to a slow start.

By Kara Goldfarb • Mar 7, 2018

The Harpe Brothers Were America’s First And Maybe Most Psychopathic Serial Killers

The Harpe Brothers were America's first recorded serial killers and their murders are proof that serial killing didn't get off to a slow start.

By Kara Goldfarb • March 7, 2018

26 Famous Gangsters From The Height Of The Public Enemy Era

From Al Capone to Bonnie and Clyde, these famous gangsters of the 1920s prove that they just don't make criminals like they used to.

By Laura Martisiute • Mar 6, 2018

26 Famous Gangsters From The Height Of The Public Enemy Era

From Al Capone to Bonnie and Clyde, these famous gangsters of the 1920s prove that they just don't make criminals like they used to.

By Laura Martisiute • March 6, 2018

The Mystery Of Nicholas Barclay And His Imposter, Frédéric Bourdin

Nicholas Barclay went missing in 1994 and turned up three years later. But after being reunited with his family, not all was as it seemed.

By Katie Serena • Mar 6, 2018

The Mystery Of Nicholas Barclay And His Imposter, Frédéric Bourdin

Nicholas Barclay went missing in 1994 and turned up three years later. But after being reunited with his family, not all was as it seemed.

By Katie Serena • March 6, 2018

Peg Entwistle: The Starlet Who Killed Herself By Jumping Off The Hollywood Sign

It seemed like Peg Entwistle had everything going for her – until she threw herself from the Hollywood sign.

By Aimee Lamoureux • Mar 6, 2018

Peg Entwistle: The Starlet Who Killed Herself By Jumping Off The Hollywood Sign

It seemed like Peg Entwistle had everything going for her – until she threw herself from the Hollywood sign.

By Aimee Lamoureux • March 6, 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 • 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