May 7, 2008
In the 1970s, female East German athletes came from nowhere to dominate international sport. But behind their success lay a horrif...Read more
May 14, 2008
Five thousand years ago the Minoans, Europe’s first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. Yet in their heyday, th...Read more
October 1, 2008
In 1910, an American doctor named Hawley Crippen was convicted in England of poisoning and dismembering his wife. The vicious murd...Read more
April 22, 2009
Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard, was the most notorious pirate of his day. At the height of his rein, he commanded a fleet of four ...Read more