13 Best Westerns About Wyatt Earp Ranked
Here are the best onscreen portrayals of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp, ranked from worst to best.
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Times Grant Lied To You
History's 3-part miniseries Grant details the life of 18th president and celebrated Union general Ulysses S. Grant. However, the series isn't always accurate.
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The True Story Of The First Police Department
While they seem ubiquitous now, police departments are a relatively modern invention. The police as we know them did not really come into being until after the passage of the Metropolitan Police Act in England in 1829.
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The Real Reason The Doobie Brothers Have Had So Many Lineup Changes
Folks might think the band had just two iterations, changing into its final form when five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald joined, but Ultimate Classic Rock tracked the Doobie Brothers' lineup changes over the decades and counted up to 17.
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The Hidden Meaning Of Radiohead's Street Spirit
When singer Thom Yorke calls one of the band's own songs the most "hopeless" out of anything they've ever written, that's a sign that there's some seriously heavy, tragic, and horrifically mournful music at hand.
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What The Last 12 Months Of Marvin Gaye's Life Were Like
Marvin Gaye was tragically shot by his own father on April 1, 1984, a day short of his 45th birthday. In his final 12 months, Gaye enjoyed critical success.
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The Bizarre True Story Of The 1917 Prophecies Of Fatima
Many know of Fatima, in Portugal, and many know in 1917 the Virgin Mary appeared to three children and told them some top-secret info, but... what did she say?
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The Truth About Jimmy Page And Scarlett Sabet's Relationship
Despite a 46-year age gap, Jimmy Page and Scarlett Sabet started a relationship in August of 2014.
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The Untold Truth Of Bareknuckle Boxing
Boxing may seem vicious now, but compared to the sport's beginnings in the United States, it's actually quite tame.
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What Humanity Would Look Like If It Had Evolved To Survive Car Crashes
An Australian team set out to create a model of what humanity would look like if it had evolved to survive car crashes. The results are a little jarring.
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The Best Portrayals Of Cleopatra On Screen Ranked
Cleopatra has been portrayed in countless flicks and TV series. Here are the best portrayals of Cleopatra on screen ranked.
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Marriages That Changed The Course Of History
Marriages sometimes change more than lives. They change history. They might have started out as love affairs, political alliances, or arrangements, but they all had a major impact on the world. Here are some marriages that changed the course of history.
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The Untold Truth Of Coffin Clubs
Williams, told how she "gathered some old blokes who were ex-carpenters and builders, and a group of women that would get creative, and we started it up in my garage and carport." From there a small community of 50 to 60 people would show up on Wednesdays to construct and decorate coffins.
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The Truth About The Whirling Dervishes
The practice of spinning to reach Sufism was begun by the followers of the 13th-century poet and Sufi mystic Rumi, also known as Mevlana. Rumi met a traveling dervish, or holy man, named Shams al-Din in 1244 and believed him to be divine. Rumi began to devote more time to al-Din than his studies.
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What The Last 12 Months Of Whitney Houston's Life Were Like
Singer Whitney Houston died tragically on February 11, 2012, when she accidentally drowned in a bathtub after taking cocaine.
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The Mysterious Disappearance Of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt
On the morning of December 17, Holt went to Cheviot Beach in Portsea with his neighbors and two of their friends. While the weather was perfect for a swim, the sea looked rough. Holt, however, insisted they swim.
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Details You Didn't Know About Madonna And Dennis Rodman's Relationship
The power forward legend and the Queen of Pop dated for a while around 1994, and while Rodman has told several versions of the story over the years, Madonna has been rather more reluctant to spill the beans. Still others have told versions that differ significantly from Rodman's.
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The Tragic Death Of Bodybuilder Trevor Smith
Trevor Smith's death at just 33 years old was tragic. Smith weighed over 400 pounds at his peak. He trained ferociously, and he used steroids.
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Tragic Details About The Little Rascals
Drug abuse and untimely death are just a two of the demons that haunted the Little Rascals. These are the tragic details of their troubled lives.
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The Real Reason They Stopped Putting Missing Kids On Milk Cartons
Patz's widely publicized disappearance made media headlines and grabbed the nation's attention. Concerned parents began pushing for a nationwide system to track missing kids, eventually forming the Missing Children Milk Carton Program in 1984. The program was soon adopted nationwide.
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The Childhood Tragedy That Made Kurt Angle Who He Is
There's one particular event in Angle's early life, however, that affected him possibly more than any other awful event in his life. Let's take a look at the childhood tragedy that made Kurt Angle who he is.
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The Real Reason So Many Victorian Men Had Beards
Thick beards, doctors believed, trap impurities from the air before they entered the body, much as nose hair does. Some doctors told their patients, especially those who often engaged in public speaking, like politicians, to grow full beards to prevent sore throats.
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The Strange Origin Of Stockholm Syndrome
Kristin Ehnmark, one of the hostages, exhibited strange behavior. She had grown enamored of her captor.
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The Untold Truth Of McKamey Manor, America's Most Controversial Haunted House
The term "haunted house" may be an understatement for McKamey Manor. There, volunteers take part in an actual, real-life, interactive torture experience.
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George Washington's Tragic Death Explained
George Washington died suddenly on December 14, 1799, just two years after he left office as the first President of the United States.
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Roald Dahl's Unceremonious Last Words
You'll remember him from the classic childhood adventures he told in books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, and others. But you might be surprised by the last words to come out of Roald Dahl's mouth before he died.
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The Magical Door You've Never Heard Of In Rome
Porta Alchemica is an actual door in modern-day Rome, in a park next to Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, practically smack dab in the center of the city. When we add the odd occult superstition into the mix, the reality of Porta Alchemica does indeed start to sound like something stranger than fiction.
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