Elizabeth Berry was hanged at Walton Prison in 1887 after murdering her 11-year-old daughter, Edith. Working as a nurse at ...

The story of Les Misérables (the book), written by Victor Hugo and published in 1862, is set in post-revolutionary France, ...

It was found when the Bastille prison was stormed during the French Revolution. Paris' Orsay museum has devoted an exhibition to de Sade to show his influence on great artists throughout history ...

The 21st century pharmaceutical and biotech sector has come a long way from its roots in 19th century pharmacy ... as that of penicillin, enabling women to effectively control their fertility ...

The history of monarchies remains pertinent for the modern republic: Where there are political dynasties, evils of disunity ...

For seven years, the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women, a high-security prison facility in Chino, has been abusing his patients, according to a civil lawsuit ...

A judge has granted the release of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after his 2020 rape conviction was vacated by ...

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th ...

The Scottish Prison Service has previously described the new jail as having more in common with a school or college campus than with a 19th-century prison. Community groups from the surrounding ...

Four inspiring historical Irish women we should all know. We all know the men in our history books but what about the women?

Strangely, over a century, America’s two major political parties gradually reversed identities, like the magnetic poles of Planet Earth switching direction. When the Republican Party was ...

The attack from all sides was so general, that they were almost instantaneously covered with mud.” These angry scenes took ...