The 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: 5 Unsolved MysteriesIt’s the most spectacular unsolved crime in gangland history. Mobster Al Capone had an airtight alibi.Read more
Did Women Fight as Gladiators in Ancient Rome?Roman audiences craved novelty. Females battling each other with weapons fit the bill.Read more
Before America Had Witch Trials, Europe Had Werewolf TrialsA few of the accused may have been actual pedophiles or serial killers, but many were beggars, hermits or recent émigrés who were tortured into confessions.Read more
Why Suffragists Helped Send Women Doctors to WWI’s Front LinesDoctors of the Women’s Oversea Hospitals Unit operated under bomb and gas attacks. And their all‑female support teams built new hospitals—even the coffins.Read more
Could Any of These Men Have Been the Zodiac Killer?Here’s why they were suspected—and why they were ruled out.Read more