The Hacienda Arms Apartments in West Hollywood, which were originally called the Hacienda Park Apartments, have a rich and sordid history, including arson.
Princess Beatrice, the daughter of Prince Andrew, created a bit of a stir several years ago when the man she chose to date didn't quite meet royal standards.
In the 1970s and '80s, there was a lot of money to be made in the illicit drug trade, first with marijuana, and later through the smuggling of cocaine.
We all are familiar with earthquakes. The ground shakes. Windows rattle. But many would be surprised to learn that earthquakes can also cause lightning.
The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is an interesting, museum. It's been around since late 2017 and has already contributed to a lot — of controversy.
The four-day riot saw the prisoners of Attica Correctional Facility assume control of the building. But was this really the worst prison riot in history?
Spies worked as informants for the Drug Enforcement Administration. Jorge Salcedo Cabrera was one; he helped bring down a whole cartel in Colombia in the 1990s.
In 2008, Bob Irwin, Australia Zoo founder and patriarch of the Irwin family, left the zoo he'd called home for more than half his life. So why did he do it?
In 2015, Slipknot guitarist Mick Thomson tried to settle an argument with his brother in a very metal way: they got into a knife fight and stabbed each other.
The Bible is full of stories that feature murder, incest, cannibalism, and other horrific events. These are the most disturbing parts of the Bible ranked.
As the immortalized speeches of Winston Churchill were yet to come, in 1939 it fell upon King George VI to overcome his stutter and address the public.
No longer a thing of fairy tales or nightmares, this fish without a face has officially joined the 9% of sea creatures we've both observed and classified.
The Bible, the sacred text of Jews and Christians, and the Quran, the sacred text of the world's approximately 2 billion Muslims, share several similarities.
Given that the Olympics were so deeply infiltrated by politics and war, there's clearly a lot more story to what happened with the boycott of the 1984 Olympics.
The Attica Prison riot of 1971 is considered one of the most catastrophic episodes in New York's history. Dozens died and confusion reigned for several days.
An object or word has symbolism based on cultural understandings. Part of the challenge of Biblical scholarship is understanding the context of the writings.
Pin-up models, past and present, have faced a mixed reception. From bicycle girls to today's alt models, this is the untold truth about being a pin-up model.
Throughout Shirley Temple's acting career, some bizarre rumors have persisted about her. Here's the crazy things people used to believe about Shirley Temple.
You might think Mercury in retrograde isn't a big deal. Your nation's leader might think otherwise. Here are rulers who relied on astrology to make decisions.