Biographic profiles of the men and women who — for better or for worse — helped write the pages of human history.
Biographics
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Harry Thaw: The Original Killer Playboy
Napoleon II: Emperor for 20 Days
William Stephenson: Spymaster
Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen: A Notorious Transatlantic Murder Mystery
Henry VIII: England’s Larger Than Life Monarch #sponsored
Brasidas: Sparta's Greatest General #sponsored
The Luddites: Raging Against the Machines
The Dassler Bross: The Family Feud That Created Adidas and Puma
The Industrial Revolution: The Birth of the Modern World
The Great Train Robbery: Britain's Most Infamous Heist
The Fox Sisters: The Frauds Who Helped Found Spiritualism
The Lost Battalion: An Epic True Story of American Courage in World War I
Neanderthal: The Origins, Evolution, and Extinction of Humanity’s Closest Relative
Charles II: The Merry Monarch
John Dee: The Necromancing Navigator of the Elizabethan Age
James Madison: The Genius of Politics
Chuck Berry: The Father of Rock and Roll
Sean Connery: Fame, James Bond, and Controversy
Leopold and Loeb: Criminal Supermen or Dumbest Criminals in History?
Vito Genovese: The Mafia's Deadliest Don
Daisy and Violet Hilton: The Siamese Twins of Vaudeville
EDWARD III: England's Real Life King Arthur
Gene Roddenberry: The Creator of Star Trek
Francis Galton: The Man Who Invented Eugenics
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood's Ultimate Sex Symbol
George Reeves: The Mysterious Death of Superman
Bob Marley: Legend of Reggae
Erich von Manstein: Hitler's Best General
The Donner Party: America’s Most Gruesome Tale of Survival
Edward the Elder - One Step Closer to a Unified England
Philippe Petain: From French Hero to Nazi Collaborator
Stephen Girard - America’s Forgotten Multi-millionaire
Voltaire - The Best of All Possible Worlds
Diocletian - Rome's First Retired Emperor
David Ben-Gurion: Founding Father of Israel
Sidney Poitier - Breaking Down Hollywood's Color Barrier
Hideki Tojo -The Face of Japanese Militarism in WWII
Charles Cullen - America's Most Notorious Angel of Death
Harper Lee - The Reclusive Author
Joe McCarthy: The Original Conspiracy Theorist
Captain William Kidd - From Privateer to Pirate Hunter to Pirate
Iron Felix Dzerzhinsky - Head of the CheKa, Architect of the Red Terror
John Tyler: The Most Hated President of the 19th Century
J. Edgar Hoover - America’s Top Cop or Chief Inquisitor?
Richard Pryor - The Gold Standard of Comedy
Nathanael Greene - The Fighting Quaker Who Became Washington's Most Steadfast Officer
Dag Hammarskjold: The Man Who Built the United Nations
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