Mystery: Hours before his death, Edgar Allan Poe was found in the gutter, disheveled and raving
Steampunk triumphs in the Neverwas Haul, a Victorian house on wheels inspired by science fiction novels
Johnny Stompanato, Lana Turner’s gangster boyfriend, was jealous of her co-star, Sean Connery, and tried to do something about it
Take-out restaurants existed in ancient Rome and were called “thermopolia”
Digital reconstruction reveals an 18th century Scottish woman condemned as a witch–and she has “quite a kind face”
Before the Cultural Revolution, many Iranian women followed fashion trends, wore makeup, and favored elaborate hair styles
When John Gotti ordered the murder of his boss, “Big Paul” Castellano, outside Sparks Steak House, it became “the hit of the century”
One of the last autographs John Lennon signed was on December 8, 1980, the day he died, and it was at the request of his murderer
Edith Head, Hollywood’s legendary costume designer, created dresses for everyone from Barbara Stanwyck to Grace Kelly
Why questions linger about Natalie Wood’s 1981 drowning death off Catalina Island
