One crucial element of Western-themed media is the classic shoot-out. At one point during his career, Wild Bill inadvertently invented the quick draw duel.
Adnan Syed and Zachary Witman were both teens accused of murder, with a very significant thing in common — their defense attorney, Christina Gutierrez.
Hanging out with a queen all day, every day, could be deeply and disturbingly stressful in times past. Here's the messed up history of being a lady-in-waiting.
Why are commercial flights so safe today? One reason is because industry pioneers risked their lives, and sometimes tragically lost their lives, to make it so.
So many things are called "playing Russian roulette" that it's easy to forget how deadly the real thing is. Here's the messed up truth about Russian roulette.
Franklin was almost fourteenth state of the US. Clearly, it didn't make the cut; now, the area is just northeast Tennessee. What happened? What went wrong?
One of Australia's most-feared criminals was appropriately dubbed Mr. Cruel since his crimes played on parents' worst nightmares. His identity is still unknown.
The witness protection program has been in operation for 50 years and was the brain child not of law enforcement, but of an attorney taking down mobsters.
After Doc saved Wyatt's life, the pair would become friends, together surviving the gunfight that was to become known as the shootout at the O.K. Corral.
The Parthenon survived well into the modern era, and likely would be standing still, if it weren't for some very careless Turks and trigger-happy Venetians.
Queen Elizabeth eats a bowl of cereal in the morning and reads the newspapers — maybe like your a.m. routine. But her morning snooze alarm is cooler than yours.
For over a decade, a mystery bedeviled authorities around the Salish Sea, British Columbia. At least 20 human feet have washed up on the region's beaches.
In 1709, people across Europe were faced with below-freezing temperatures that just didn't break. Here's why the deadly Great Frost of 1709 is still a mystery.
The JonBenét Ramsey murder case is among the most-discussed crimes in recent history — in no small part due to its bizarre ransom note. Here's what it said:
Journalist Edward R. Murrow asked Salk who owned the vaccine patent: His reply: "Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"
Pablo Escobar's Hacienda Nápoles estate was the stuff of legends, thanks to its exotic animals and its Medellín Cartel connection — but now it's a theme park.
The tragic death of Omayra Sanchez might have been lost to the world of natural disaster statistics had it not been for the 60-hour effort to rescue her.
The tragic photo of 14-year-old stowaway Keith Sapsford falling from an Japan Airlines flight was seen around the world. This the sad story behind the photo.
Unlike nearly every other head of state in the world -- for instance, President Biden -- the United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth is often seen driving a vehicle.
Operation London Bridge is the codename for what happens after Queen Elizabeth II, the current monarch of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth, dies.