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During the Middle Ages (also known as the Medieval period) public torture and execution was common throughout the United Kingdom and regarded as a socially accepted form of punishment. Different ...

How rich was Al Capone? We separate Outfit revenue from his take, translate to today’s dollars and bust myths.

Battle Treasures tells the stories behind some of the rarest and most remarkable military artefacts ever discovered. Hosted by Jason Fox and Bruce Crompton, each episode explores three extraordinary ...

In 1945, after three long years of war, the fight between the Allied forces and Japan over Burma finally ended. Japan was ...

What do you know about the Peaky Blinders in real life? The truth is quite different to the popular TV crime drama, as a new ...

A sword engraved with Templar crosses. An ornate libation vessel hewn from alabaster. An iron box depicting Biblical images. These are some of the tantalising treasures in the possession of Carl ...

The UK has many church buildings, with some especially reputed for their hauntings. Here are several of those sites — and ...

He married a nineteen-year-old bride in 1772 but, after another break down, forced her into a Convent. From 1783, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' was ill and was nursed by his daughter until 1788, when he ...

The dashing young officer slid easily into American high society. With his easy-going charm, striking good looks and stories of wartime derring do, the former fighter pilot was a big hit around town, ...

Almost half a millennium after his death, Nostradamus is still history’s most famous astrologer and seer. His number one status is also particularly remarkable when you consider just how strange and ...

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