Étienne Léopold Trouvelot left behind two legacies. One deserves admiration and respect, while the other earns him contempt and criticism. ...
James Tilly Matthews was delusional. He believed that secret gangs of people were operating across London, using a bizarre machine called th...
In April 1303, one of the most daring burglaries in English history took place within the walls of Westminster Abbey. Thieves broke into the...
World War II led to the creation of some truly bizarre and unconventional aircraft as nations scrambled to gain a technological edge. Among ...
Throughout history, many outlaws have gained fame for their exploits, often becoming romanticized figures in folklore, literature, and film ...
The Mary Rose was a large warship in the Tudor Navy of King Henry VIII. She was the second most powerful ship in King Henry VIII’s fleet an...
The idea that humans could summon rain at will is historically rooted to superstition, until modern cloud-seeding techniques demonstrated it...
In the world of grand promises and bold claims, the line between confidence and deception can blur all too easily. What begins as ambition c...
The story of William Buckley—an English convict whose daring escape from a penal colony and subsequent life in the uncharted Australian wild...
Henry Every was one of the most successful pirates to ever operate in the Atlantic and Indian oceans during the Golden Age of Piracy. Though...
