One of history’s most notorious gangsters, Gambino family boss John Gotti was known as “The Dapper Don” because of his expensive clothes and ability to eloquently handle himself on camera. His ...

This is the story of Gianni Versace’s life, murder, and legacy. Born on Dec. 2, 1946, in Reggio Calabria, Italy, to a poor family, Gianni Versace was fascinated by fashion from a young age. He grew up ...

Christopher Reeve’s accident at an equestrian competition on May 27, 1995, made headlines around the world. The actor had risen to fame in the 1970s in the Superman film series as the Man of Steel ...

In 1988, two scuba divers off the coast of Bulala, Sicily discovered the wreck of an ancient Greek ship from the 5th century B.C.E., later named “Gela II.” The ship was initially explored in 1995, and ...

An unsuspecting farmer in Türkiye’s Eastern Anatolia region recently made a groundbreaking discovery: a nearly 1,000-square-foot mosaic from the Late Roman or Early Byzantine period just beneath the ...

Translator Eric Shahan recently published English-language versions of four centuries-old texts passed down by the samurai that detail how they carried out the suicide ritual of seppuku. Translated ...

Richard Ramirez’s death was supposed to happen in an execution chamber. The California serial killer known as the “Night Stalker” had been sentenced to death for his murder spree, which lasted between ...

New evidence has identified Billy Jack Lincks as a prime suspect in Morgan Nick’s 1995 disappearance in Arkansas after DNA evidence from his vehicle was linked to the missing girl. On June 9, 1995, ...

Hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World, Europeans and Indigenous Americans may have already been engaging in trade. A new study just revealed that Norse Vikings hunted ...

These vintage pictures will transport you back to the beaches and the big waves of the '60s and '70s. If the Beach Boys’ hit single “Surfin’ U.S.A.” is an indicator of anything, it’s that surf culture ...

Built in 1884, the John Evenson was a steam-powered wooden tugboat that operated in Lake Michigan. It played a key role in towing ships through the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal in northern Wisconsin during ...