The REAL New York underworld

The New York City Police Department has opened its vaults and released some of the most bloodcurdling images of the 20th century: its catalog of killers and their victims. The 1,326 police evidence photographs are now available on the Department of Record’s website, sure to inspire more than a....Read More...

The man who translated Hitler's will

Amelia Earhart May Have Survived Months as Castaway

Brunel and son's 'eighth wonder of the world' under the Thames

Frozen in the sands of time

A Second World War plane crashed by a British pilot in the Sahara desert, before he walked off to his death, has been found frozen in time 70 years later. Unseen and untouched, the Kittyhawk P-40 has been described as an aviation 'time capsule' after it was found almost....Read More...

Holocaust survivors can now track down works of art looted during World War Two

Diaries of Nazi Angel of death Josef Mengele to be auctioned for up to £40,000 in America.

Da Vinci 'zoo' code cracked

Buried treasure in Burma

Yar -- it's buried PILOT treasure!

Like a treasure chest stuffed with priceless booty, as many as 20 World War II-era Spitfire planes are perfectly preserved, buried in crates beneath Burma -- and after 67 years underground, they're set to be uncovered.

The planes were....Read More...

67th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

D-Day Piper Bill Millin Dies

French soldiers 'deliberately exposed' to nuclear tests

Did Cold Weather Cause the Salem Witch Trials?

By Natalie Wolchover

Historical records indicate that, worldwide, witch hunts occur more often during cold periods, possibly because people look for scapegoats to blame for crop failures and general economic hardship. Fitting the pattern, scholars argue that cold weather may have spurred the infamous Salem witch trials in....Read More...

WWI soldier's hidden diary reveals amazing trench truces

Lost letter raises questions about Abraham Lincoln's religious beliefs

Do not open until 2025

Museum of Racist Memorabilia

It is a museum which is probably best avoided for those with a sensitive disposition. Provocative exhibits at one of America's newest museum's include a full-size replica of a lynching tree with many items portraying black men as lazy, violent or inarticulate. The objects displayed in....Read More...

The day Niagara Falls ran dry

Bushranger Ned Kelly Gets Dying Wish Granted

Stunning colour film of 1920s London

Titanic and the Paranormal

It’s a sad and historic anniversary, yesterday was the the 15th of April, the 100th anniversary of sinking of the Titanic. Amid the 3d showings of the movie and the wild commercialism that seems endless, I wondered what else might be lurking in the Titanic story within my own field....Read More...

Titanic launch 100th anniversary marked by Belfast flare

New light to be shed of mystery of King Tut

Handwritten transcript of OK Corral's coroner's inquest found in box

The novella that predicted the wreck of the Titanic

In early April, a luxury ocean liner set off across the Atlantic. The boat didn't carry enough lifeboats to hold its 3,000-odd passengers, but that didn't matter since the liner was deemed to be unsinkable. One fateful night, the liner struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland, causing....Read More...

Nazis tried to teach dogs to talk and read

CIA Declassifies Documents from World War I

Titanic 'did not send distress signal for 45 minutes', book claims

Titanic: Journey to the bottom of the ocean

At 11.40pm on Sunday 14 April 1912 - 100 years ago - the Titanic was just a few days into its maiden voyage when a lookout delivered the fateful message: Iceberg, right ahead. Moments later, the passenger liner struck the iceberg, tearing a series of holes in its hull. Within three....Read More...

History Mystery: Lost U.S. Colony Found at Last?

Missing Spitfire ace shot down after D-Day found in Normandy estuary

How an imprisoned Hitler wrote to a Mercedes dealership begging for a car loan

Clint Hill memoirs of the day JFK was assassinated

The secret service agent employed to protect Jackie Kennedy has recounted the terrifying moments after the president's assassination in 1963, and how the First Lady scrambled to reach his limp body. In a memoir, Clint Hill, now 80, reveals his sheer determination to throw himself between the Kennedys and....Read More...

The Dead Tramp Who Won World War II

Even the Maya are getting sick of 2012 hype

First World War Heroes Set To Be Laid To Rest

Selling off the Titanic

Just too creepy for me.....

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Petticoat poisoner

MI5's official history published

Famous British WWII spy 'The White Rabbit' who survived Gestapo torture is honoured with blue plaque