The personification of the rainbow, the goddess Iris represented a connection between Heaven and Earth and sent messages between the two. Here's her story.
What did democratic rule look like in its original form, some 2,500 years ago in ancient Athens? We must look to Solon, the Greek "Father of Democracy."
The Led Zeppelin song "Royal Orleans" purportedly tells the story of a night Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones spent with a drag queen - is it true?
The Menendez brothers were sentenced to life in prison in 1996 after being convicted of the murder of their parents. What has their life really been like?
Many sporting trials have captivated the attention of the public from beginning to end. Here are some outrageous court cases that rocked the sports world.
Things could get pretty dodgy when it came to dying in the Wild West. The ultimate fates of the bodies of Wild West legends aren't always what you'd expect.
In 1985, law enforcement officials used the promise of free tickets to an NFL game to bait wanted individuals to all show up in the same place at the same time.
The George W. Bush years have become synonymous with a string of major emergencies from September 11th to Hurricane Katrina to the 2008 financial crisis.
Ancient people relied on harvests for survival, so it makes sense they developed stories to explain the changing of the seasons. Here are some involving spring.
Larry Hagman was the only actor to appear in every episode of "Dallas." But he and his co-stars went on to a range of fates in their lives and careers.
Brian Laundrie's mother, Roberta, reportedly wrote a letter to her son with chilling references to burying a body and to helping her son break out of prison.
Evidence suggests that the legend of St. Brendan's voyage should not be discarded. Here is the legend of the Irishman who may have "discovered" America.
If you were in Venzone, Italy in the country's northeast Alps circa 1647 or so, you might have spotted a mummy propped against a wall like a mannequin.
His influence can be seen in the music and acts that came after the Ramones, but it wasn't all fun and games. Here are some tragic details about Joey Ramone.
It's generally not okay to store pieces of dead people in the cupboard. The medieval Christian world used to be full of relics of the famously holy dead.
Scientists say an asteroid is poised to possibly hit Earth in 2046, but it's only a 1 on the Torino scale. Here's the measurement of asteroid impact explained.