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Pentonville Prison, LondonThe Diplomat Hanged As A Traitor And Honoured As A SaintPlace des Terreaux, LyonThe King's Favourite Who Bet Against RichelieuBermondsey, LondonThe Murder Dickens Turned Into FictionShadehill, South DakotaThe Real Survival Story Behind The RevenantJerusalemThe Leper King's Story No Film Would ShowTyburn, LondonThe Only Peer Ever Hanged At TyburnBrightonThe Poisoner Who Weaponised A Town's Sweet ShopsParisThe Rape Trial That Ended In Trial By CombatPlace de Grève, ParisThe Poisoner Of The Sun King's CourtWenceslas Square, PragueThe Student Who Set Himself Alight In ProtestKasselThe Blood And Blindness In The Original CinderellaFrankfurt am MainThe Christmas Gift Book Full Of HorrorHorsemonger Lane, LondonThe Colonel Accused Of Plotting To Kill The KingYorkThe Horse-Thief Turned Into A Folk HeroTower Hill, LondonThe Jacobite Lord Who Faced The Axe Unbroken

509 stories · 3300 BC to 1992

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Every story in the archive, in the order it happened.

509 stories

The Ancient World

to AD 500 · 56 stories

  1. 3300 BCThe 5,000-Year-Old Murder VictimTisenjoch, Ötztal Alps, Italy
  2. 1550 BCThe Pharaoh Who Refused To Kneel To The HyksosThebes (Luxor), Egypt
  3. 1458 BCThe Female Pharaoh Erased After DeathDeir el-Bahri, Luxor, Egypt
  4. 1336 BCThe Pharaoh Who Erased Egypt's GodsAmarna, Egypt
  5. 1184 BCThe Wooden Horse That Ended A Ten-Year WarTroy (Hisarlik), Turkey
  6. 1180 BCThe Only One Who Recognised The Beggar KingIthaca, Greece
  7. 1155 BCThe Pharaoh Murdered By His Own HaremThebes, Egypt
  8. 1150 BCThe Tomb Robber's Charge SheetDeir el-Medina, Egypt
  9. 560 BCThe Bull That Turned Screams Into BellowsAgrigento, Italy
  10. 550 BCThe Bronze Bull Built To Turn Screams Into SongAkragas (Agrigento), Italy
  11. 550 BCThe Bull That Sang With Human ScreamsAgrigento, Italy
  12. 490 BCThe Runner Who Died Delivering VictoryMarathon, Greece
  13. 480 BCThe Real Battle Behind The Legend Of 300Thermopylae, Greece
  14. 480 BCThe Wooden Wall That Saved AthensSalamis, Greece
  15. 424 BCSparta's Secret Death Squad Of Teenage KillersSparta, Greece
  16. 401 BCThe Soldier Devoured Alive by InsectsPersia, Iran
  17. 400 BCThe BoatsPersepolis, Iran
  18. 399 BCThe Old Man Athens Put On Trial For Asking QuestionsAthens, Greece
  19. 390 BCThe Black Day Rome Never ForgotRome, Italy
  20. 323 BCThe Conqueror Whose Body Started A WarBabylon, Iraq
  21. 316 BCThe Queen Mother Who Walked Out To Face Her KillersPydna, Greece
  22. 216 BCRome's Largest Army Destroyed In A DayCannae, Italy
  23. 212 BCKilled Over A Drawing In The SandSyracuse, Italy
  24. 104 BCThe King Left To Starve Beneath RomeRome, Italy
  25. 100 BCBuried Alive to Avoid Shedding Her BloodRome, Italy
  26. 71 BCSix Thousand Crucified Along The Appian WayRome, Italy
  27. 71 BCThe Word Decimate Was Never A MetaphorRome, Italy
  28. 53 BCThe Richest Man In Rome Marched To RuinHarran, Turkey
  29. 48 BCThe General Murdered In A Rowing BoatPelusium, Egypt
  30. 46 BCThe Chieftain Who Surrendered To Save His PeopleRome, Italy
  31. 44 BCThe Assassination Of Rome's Most Powerful ManLargo di Torre Argentina, Rome, Italy
  32. 43 BCThe Orator Who Told His Killers To Do It ProperlyFormia, Italy
  33. 30 BCCleopatra's Children, Rome's PrizeAlexandria, Egypt
  34. 30 BCThe Queen Rome Rewrote Into A VillainAlexandria, Egypt
  35. 9The Betrayal That Cost Rome Three LegionsTeutoburg Forest, Germany
  36. 40The Execution Designed to Keep You ConsciousRome, Italy
  37. 48The Empress Who Lived a Double LifeRome, Italy
  38. 59Strike The Womb That Bore NeroBaiae, Italy
  39. 60The Bog Body With Three Ways To DieLindow Moss, Wilmslow, United Kingdom
  40. 60The Queen Rome Flogged Into A RebellionLondon, United Kingdom
  41. 64Nero Never Fiddled While Rome BurnedRome, Italy
  42. 73The Last Stand That May Not Have HappenedMasada, Israel
  43. 79The Boathouses of HerculaneumHerculaneum, Italy
  44. 79The Naturalist Who Sailed Toward VesuviusStabiae, Italy
  45. 80When Rome Staged Executions As MythRome, Italy
  46. 100How Crucifixion Actually Killed Its VictimsRome, Italy
  47. 130The Penalty of the SackRome, Italy
  48. 192The Emperor Who Fought As A Gladiator For FunRome, Italy
  49. 222The Boy Emperor Rome Tried To EraseRome, Italy
  50. 258The Deacon Who Joked While Roasting AliveRome, Italy
  51. 260The Emperor Used As A Human FootstoolEdessa, Turkey
  52. 260The Roman Emperor Carved Into a Persian CliffNaqsh-e Rostam, near Persepolis, Iran
  53. 303The Saint Who Kept Preaching While DisemboweledFormia, Italy
  54. 415The Philosopher Torn Apart By A MobAlexandria, Egypt
  55. 415The Philosopher Torn Apart By A MobAlexandria, Egypt
  56. 453The Warlord Who Died On His Wedding NightHungarian Plain, Hungary

Vikings and the Middle Ages

500 – 1485 · 76 stories

  1. 768The Pope Blinded Instead Of KilledRome, Italy
  2. 793The Dragons That Came By SeaLindisfarne, United Kingdom
  3. 830The Bride An Emperor Insulted And Never ForgotConstantinople, Turkey
  4. 855The Legend Of A Woman On The Papal ThroneVatican City, Vatican City
  5. 865The Viking Legend Who Died Laughing In A Snake PitYork, United Kingdom
  6. 867The Blood Eagle of King ÆllaYork, United Kingdom
  7. 867The Viking Execution Carved Into LegendYork, United Kingdom
  8. 869The King Whose Head Called Out From The WoodsHoxne, Suffolk, United Kingdom
  9. 945The Widow Who Burned A City With BirdsIskorosten (Korosten), Ukraine
  10. 995The Queen Who Burned Her Suitors AliveUppsala, Sweden
  11. 1002The Skulls Stacked In A Roman Quarry PitWeymouth, United Kingdom
  12. 1004The Fork That Scandalized VeniceVenice, Italy
  13. 1014The Emperor Who Blinded an ArmyKleidion, Bulgaria
  14. 1014The High King Killed Praying After VictoryClontarf, Dublin, Ireland
  15. 1030The Defeated Viking King Who Became A SaintStiklestad, Norway
  16. 1057The Real King Shakespeare Turned Into A MurdererLumphanan, United Kingdom
  17. 1066The King Who May Not Have Died By ArrowBattle, East Sussex, United Kingdom
  18. 1066The Last Great Viking KingStamford Bridge, United Kingdom
  19. 1087The Conqueror Whose Funeral Fell ApartCaen, France
  20. 1100The King Killed By An Arrow And The Brother Who ProfitedNew Forest, Hampshire, United Kingdom
  21. 1120The Wreck That Sank a DynastyBarfleur, France
  22. 1142The Empress Who Escaped Through The SnowOxford Castle, Oxford, United Kingdom
  23. 1170The Archbishop Murdered At His Own AltarCanterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, United Kingdom
  24. 1185The Emperor Who Faced The Mob With A PrayerIstanbul, Turkey
  25. 1185The Leper King's Story No Film Would ShowJerusalem, Israel
  26. 1192The King Of Jerusalem Killed Days After His CrownTyre, Lebanon
  27. 1199The Crossbow Bolt That Killed A Crusader KingChâlus-Chabrol, France
  28. 1204The Crusade That Sacked A Christian CityIstanbul, Turkey
  29. 1209Kill Them All, Let God Sort Them OutBéziers, France
  30. 1210The Warrior Wife King John Starved To DeathWindsor, United Kingdom
  31. 1227The Conqueror Buried So No One Would Find HimBurkhan Khaldun, Mongolia
  32. 1242The Pirate Lord of Lundy IslandLundy Island, United Kingdom
  33. 1258The Day The Mongols Drowned A LibraryBaghdad, Iraq
  34. 1266The Whipping Behind The Baker's DozenLondon, United Kingdom
  35. 1268The Boy-King Beheaded In A Market SquareNaples, Italy
  36. 1291The Templars' Last Stand As Acre FellAcre, Israel
  37. 1305The Slow Public Death Of Scotland's GuardianSmithfield, London, United Kingdom
  38. 1306Caged Above Berwick CastleBerwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom
  39. 1306The Countess Locked In A Cage For Crowning A KingBerwick Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom
  40. 1307The King Who Wanted His Bones Carried Into BattleBurgh by Sands, United Kingdom
  41. 1310The Book That Outlived Its Author's PyreParis, France
  42. 1310The Coup Undone by a Falling PotVenice, Italy
  43. 1314The Templar Who Cursed A King From The FlamesÎle de la Cité, Paris, France
  44. 1326The Favourite Whose Body Was Sent To Four CitiesHereford, United Kingdom
  45. 1327The King Who May Have Escaped His MurderBerkeley Castle, Berkeley, United Kingdom
  46. 1327The She-Wolf Who Overthrew Her Own KingBerkeley Castle, Berkeley, United Kingdom
  47. 1329The Heart That Was Thrown Into BattleMelrose, United Kingdom
  48. 1330The Heart Thrown Into Battle Against The EnemyTeba, Spain
  49. 1335Executed by Trained Elephants in DelhiDelhi, India
  50. 1343The Widow Who Became A Pirate For RevengeNantes, France
  51. 1347The Friar Who Defied A Pope From ExileMunich, Germany
  52. 1355The Lovers Portugal Crowned After DeathCoimbra, Portugal
  53. 1381The Archbishop's Head That Still SurvivesLondon, United Kingdom
  54. 1381The Boy King Who Faced Down A RebellionSmithfield, London, United Kingdom
  55. 1386The Pig Put On Trial For MurderFalaise, France
  56. 1386The Rape Trial That Ended In Trial By CombatParis, France
  57. 1399The Midnight Coup That Shattered a KingFlint Castle, North Wales, United Kingdom
  58. 1400The Twenty-Four-Hour ExecutionOld Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic
  59. 1401The Pirate Whose Skull Was Stolen TwiceHamburg, Germany
  60. 1415The Reformer Who Burned A Century EarlyKonstanz, Germany
  61. 1431The Teenage Warrior Burned As A HereticRouen, France
  62. 1440The Dinner That Ended With A BeheadingEdinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  63. 1440The Knight Who Became BluebeardNantes, France
  64. 1441The Duchess Who Turned to WitchcraftSt Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
  65. 1453The Emperor Who Vanished Into The Ottoman DarkConstantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
  66. 1461England's Bloodiest Snowbound BattleTowton, United Kingdom
  67. 1462The Forest of Corpses That Turned Back an EmpireTargoviste, Romania
  68. 1462The Prince Who Broke An Empire's Will To FightTârgoviște, Romania
  69. 1462The Real Warlord Behind Count DraculaTârgoviște, Romania
  70. 1471The Kingmaker Who Died By His Own KingsBarnet, London, United Kingdom
  71. 1477The Duke Who Fell In A Frozen DitchNancy, France
  72. 1478The Assassination Attempt During High MassFlorence, Italy
  73. 1478The Assassination Plot Inside a CathedralFlorence, Italy
  74. 1478The Duke Drowned in a Barrel of WineTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  75. 1478The Duke Drowned In A Barrel Of WineTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  76. 1483The Mistress Forced to Walk BarefootLondon, United Kingdom

Tudors and the Reformation

1485 – 1603 · 137 stories

  1. 1485The King Buried Beneath A Car ParkLeicester, United Kingdom
  2. 1485The Last King To Die In Battle, Buried In A Car ParkBosworth Field, United Kingdom
  3. 1487The Boy King Who Ended Up in the KitchensEast Molesey, United Kingdom
  4. 1492The Pope Who Ran The Church Like A Crime FamilyVatican City, Vatican City
  5. 1497The Borgia Pope's Unsolved Family MurderRome, Italy
  6. 1497The Preacher Who Burned Art And Then Burned HimselfPiazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy
  7. 1499Fourteen Years in the Tower for His BloodlineTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  8. 1499The Pretender Who Confessed on a PlatformTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  9. 1500The Governor Shipped Home In ChainsSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
  10. 1500The Tiger Who Defied The BorgiasForlì, Italy
  11. 1502The Golden Prince Who Died Old at FifteenLudlow Castle, Ludlow, United Kingdom
  12. 1503The Queen Whose Death Broke a KingTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  13. 1508The Sculptor Forced To Paint A MasterpieceVatican City, Rome, Italy
  14. 1509The Queen Locked Away For Forty-Six YearsTordesillas, Spain
  15. 1513The Renaissance King Who Lost His Head For HonourFlodden Field, United Kingdom
  16. 1514The Corpse Hanged to Complete a SentenceLollards' Tower, London, United Kingdom
  17. 1514The Peasant King Burned On An Iron ThroneTimișoara, Romania
  18. 1517The Cardinal's Poisoned Bandage PlotCastel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy
  19. 1517The Riot That Turned Cannons On London ItselfLondon, United Kingdom
  20. 1519The Poisoner Legend That Was Almost Entirely FalseFerrara, Italy
  21. 1521The Duke Whose Royal Blood Was a Death SentenceTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  22. 1521The Explorer Who Died On A Foreign BeachMactan Island, Philippines
  23. 1521The Monk Who Defied the Emperor and SurvivedWorms, Germany
  24. 1521The Sword That Sealed a Traitor's FateWestminster Hall, London, United Kingdom
  25. 1525The Last Aztec Emperor Who Never BrokeIzancanac, Tabasco, Mexico
  26. 1527The 147 Who Died Defending The PopeVatican City, Vatican City
  27. 1528Scotland's First Protestant MartyrSt Andrews, United Kingdom
  28. 1530The Youngest Person Ever Hanged in Tudor EnglandLondon, United Kingdom
  29. 1532Boiled Alive for Poisoning a Bishop's PorridgeSmithfield, London, United Kingdom
  30. 1533The Ransom That Could Not Save An EmperorCajamarca, Peru
  31. 1534The Prophecy That Got Her HangedTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  32. 1534The Prophet Who Warned a KingLondon, United Kingdom
  33. 1534The Tailor Who Crowned Himself KingMünster, Germany
  34. 1535Starved Into Martyrdom at CharterhouseSmithfield, London, United Kingdom
  35. 1535The Chancellor Who Refused His King's SupremacyTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  36. 1535The Chancellor Who Said No To A KingTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  37. 1535The Cheerful Walk to TyburnTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  38. 1535The Silent Monks Who Died FirstTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  39. 1536Strangled And Burned For Translating The BibleVilvoorde, Belgium
  40. 1536The Brother Executed Alongside The QueenTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  41. 1536The Erased PrincessHunsdon, United Kingdom
  42. 1536The Iron Cages Above MünsterMünster, Germany
  43. 1536The Man Who Refused to Save HimselfTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  44. 1536The Musician Twisted Into a False ConfessionLondon, United Kingdom
  45. 1536The Poet Forced to Watch Her DieTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  46. 1536The Princess Who Lost Everything OvernightTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  47. 1536The Queen And The Swordsman Of CalaisTower Green, Tower of London, London, United Kingdom
  48. 1536The Queen Whose Heart Turned BlackKimbolton Castle, United Kingdom
  49. 1537A Hundred Gallows Across the NorthDurham, United Kingdom
  50. 1537The Monks Starved in the DarkNewgate Prison, London, United Kingdom
  51. 1537The Only Wife Henry Chose to Rest BesideWindsor, United Kingdom
  52. 1537The Rebel Leader Hanged in Chains Over YorkYork, United Kingdom
  53. 1537The Rebel Woman Burned for TreasonSmithfield, London, United Kingdom
  54. 1538The Multi-Day Execution of the Exeter PlotTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  55. 1538The Prophecy A Burning Friar FulfilledSmithfield, London, United Kingdom
  56. 1539The Abbot Butchered For His Abbey's GoldGlastonbury Tor, Glastonbury, United Kingdom
  57. 1540Betrayed by a Farmer's GrudgeTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  58. 1540The Chief Minister's Botched BeheadingTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  59. 1540The Wife Henry VIII Called Ugly To SurviveHever Castle, Edenbridge, United Kingdom
  60. 1541The Countess Who Ran From The Executioner's AxeTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  61. 1541The Man Who Died Worse Than A QueenTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  62. 1542The Madness That Could Not Save HerTower Green, London, United Kingdom
  63. 1542The Queen Beheaded While The Men Went FreeTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  64. 1542The Teenage Queen Who Never Saw Him AgainTower Green, London, United Kingdom
  65. 1542The Woman Who Served Five Doomed QueensTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  66. 1543The Portrait That Became a Death WarrantLondon, United Kingdom
  67. 1545The Warship That Sank Before The King's EyesThe Solent, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
  68. 1546Burned for Mistranslating a Single LinePlace Maubert, Paris, France
  69. 1546The Only Woman Tortured In The TowerLondon, United Kingdom
  70. 1546The Wife Who Talked Her Way Off The BlockWhitehall Palace, London, United Kingdom
  71. 1547Executed for a Coat of ArmsTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  72. 1547The King's Corpse The Dogs Got To FirstSyon House, London, United Kingdom
  73. 1547The Real Man Behind Beauty And The BeastTenerife, Spain
  74. 1547The Rotting Death of Henry VIIIWindsor, United Kingdom
  75. 1548The Wife Who Survived Henry But Not ChildbirthSudeley Castle, United Kingdom
  76. 1549The Killing Field at DussindaleNorwich, United Kingdom
  77. 1549The Uncle Who Stalked a PrincessTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  78. 1553The Boy King Whose Lungs Rotted Inside HimGreenwich Palace, London, United Kingdom
  79. 1553The Boy King's Hidden CollapseGreenwich, London, United Kingdom
  80. 1553The Heretic Burned By The Reformers Who Fled RomeChampel, Geneva, Switzerland
  81. 1554The Giant Who Fought His Own ExecutionTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  82. 1554The Nine Days' Queen Who Watched Her Husband's Body PassTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  83. 1555The Bishop Burned By Three FiresGloucester, United Kingdom
  84. 1555The Bishop's Candle That Lit The ReformationOxford, United Kingdom
  85. 1555The Candle That Would Never Be Put OutOxford, United Kingdom
  86. 1555The Fires That Made Bloody Mary's NameOxford, United Kingdom
  87. 1555The Parson Who Danced To His Own BurningHadleigh, Suffolk, United Kingdom
  88. 1555The Phantom Pregnancies Of Bloody MaryHampton Court, London, United Kingdom
  89. 1556The Bishop Who Burned His Own Hand FirstOxford, United Kingdom
  90. 1556The Guernsey Martyr Who Burned With Her BabySt Peter Port, Guernsey, United Kingdom
  91. 1556The Queen Who Burned Nearly Three Hundred SubjectsSmithfield, London, United Kingdom
  92. 1556The Rope That Broke at the StakeSaint Peter Port, Guernsey
  93. 1560The Fall That Kept Elizabeth UnmarriedCumnor, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  94. 1562The Lady Who Caught the Queen's SmallpoxLondon, United Kingdom
  95. 1562The Poisoned Coat Meant for the Queen's ManLondon, United Kingdom
  96. 1563The Poisoned Pages of a Martyr's BookLondon, United Kingdom
  97. 1565The Grand Master Who Refused To RetreatValletta, Malta
  98. 1566The First Woman Executed For Witchcraft In EnglandChelmsford, United Kingdom
  99. 1566The Musician Slaughtered at the Queen's TableHolyrood Palace, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  100. 1567The Husband Blown Up And Strangled In A NightgownKirk o' Field, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  101. 1567The Woman Condemned For Clean ClothesToledo, Spain
  102. 1568The Secret Marriage That Sealed Her FateTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  103. 1569Bloody Bonner's Decade of RotSouthwark, London, United Kingdom
  104. 1572The Interrogation Method That Used Starving RatsAlkmaar, Netherlands
  105. 1572The Wedding That Turned Into A MassacreParis, France
  106. 1579The Pamphleteer Who Blessed The Queen With A Bloody StumpWestminster, London, United Kingdom
  107. 1581How The Breaking Wheel Killed By InchesCologne, Germany
  108. 1581The Father Who Killed His Own HeirAlexandrov, Russia
  109. 1581The Jesuit Who Chose the Rack Over the CourtTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  110. 1581The Staff That Killed A Tsar's Own HeirAlexandrov, Russia
  111. 1584The Assassin Paid In His Victim's Own CoinDelft, Netherlands
  112. 1584The Bullet Holes Behind The Murder Hall GlassPrinsenhof, Delft, Netherlands
  113. 1584The First Assassination By GunDelft, Netherlands
  114. 1586The Execution That Started a RiotLincoln's Inn Fields, London, United Kingdom
  115. 1586The Pearl Of York, Pressed To DeathYork, United Kingdom
  116. 1587The Queen Who Dressed for MartyrdomFotheringhay, United Kingdom
  117. 1588The Armada's Graveyard After The BattleGravelines, France
  118. 1588The Knight Flayed Alive With PrecisionFrance, France
  119. 1588The Spy Poisoned Drop by DropTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  120. 1589The Werewolf Trial Of Peter StumppBedburg, Germany
  121. 1590The Storm That Started A King's War On WitchesCopenhagen, Denmark
  122. 1591The Wise Wife Burned For A King's FearEdinburgh, United Kingdom
  123. 1592The Crane's Wing That Crushed a FleetHansan Island, South Korea
  124. 1593The Pirate Queen Who Sailed To See A QueenGreenwich, London, United Kingdom
  125. 1593The Playwright Killed Over A Dinner BillDeptford, London, United Kingdom
  126. 1594The Assassin Torn Apart With Molten LeadParis, France
  127. 1594The Queen's Physician on the GallowsTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  128. 1595The Queen's Own TorturerTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  129. 1596The Dragon Spain Wanted DeadPortobelo, Panama
  130. 1596The Son Behind Shakespeare's HamletStratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
  131. 1599The Noblewoman Rome Wept For And Executed AnywayCastel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy
  132. 1600The Beggar Family Tortured Into A Public WarningMunich, Germany
  133. 1600The Heretic Burned For What He ThoughtCampo de' Fiori, Rome, Italy
  134. 1600The Weapon That Became A Fashion StatementIsfahan, Iran
  135. 1601The Blunt Blade That Would Not FinishTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  136. 1601The Executioner He Made, the Axe That Took HimTower Green, Tower of London, London, United Kingdom
  137. 1602The Samurai Who Tested Swords On StrangersEdo, Japan

The Seventeenth Century

1603 – 1700 · 53 stories

  1. 1604The Rack Turned One Notch at a TimeTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  2. 1605The Signature That Broke Under TortureWestminster, London, United Kingdom
  3. 1606The Carpenter Who Hid England's PriestsHarvington, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
  4. 1606The Corpse That Answered Back After ExecutionSt Paul's Churchyard, London, United Kingdom
  5. 1610The Assassin Who Expected To Be A HeroParis, France
  6. 1610The Countess Bricked Into Her Own CastleČachtice Castle, Čachtice, Slovakia
  7. 1610The Painter Who Fled Rome With A Sword At His SidePorto Ercole, Italy
  8. 1611The Cross-Dressing Criminal Who Died in Her BedLondon, United Kingdom
  9. 1611The Forgotten Poet Who Defended EveLondon, United Kingdom
  10. 1612The Girl Who Condemned Her Own FamilyLancaster, United Kingdom
  11. 1612The Painter Tortured To Prove She Told The TruthRome, Italy
  12. 1613Poisoned in the Tower Over a MarriageTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  13. 1615The Astronomer Who Raced Home To Save A WitchLeonberg, Germany
  14. 1617The Real Woman Behind The Disney PrincessGravesend, United Kingdom
  15. 1618The Widow Who Carried Her Husband's HeadOld Palace Yard, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
  16. 1618The Word Born From Throwing Men Out WindowsPrague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic
  17. 1628The Mayor's Smuggled Letter From The Witch HouseBamberg, Germany
  18. 1629The Shipwreck That Descended Into MassacreHoutman Abrolhos, Western Australia, Australia
  19. 1630Boiled Alive on Unzen's Sulfur MountainUnzen, Japan
  20. 1631The Village Sold To Barbary SlaversBaltimore, County Cork, Ireland
  21. 1634The Disturbing Original Sleeping BeautyNaples, Italy
  22. 1642The Blade That Shattered on the BlockLyon, France
  23. 1642The King's Favourite Who Bet Against RichelieuPlace des Terreaux, Lyon, France
  24. 1645The Self-Appointed Witchfinder GeneralMistley, United Kingdom
  25. 1649The King Who Would Not Be Seen To ShiverWhitehall, London, United Kingdom
  26. 1650The General Hanged Then Scattered Across ScotlandEdinburgh, United Kingdom
  27. 1650The Iron Mask That Punished Women for TalkingEdinburgh, United Kingdom
  28. 1650The Poison Sold As A Woman's Cosmetic OilRome, Italy
  29. 1650The Woman Who Woke Up In Her Own CoffinOxford, United Kingdom
  30. 1660The Quaker Who Hung Like A FlagBoston, United States
  31. 1661The Lord Protector Executed After DeathTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  32. 1666The Baker Blamed For Burning LondonPudding Lane, London, United Kingdom
  33. 1670The Highwayman Who Danced With His VictimsCovent Garden, London, United Kingdom
  34. 1671The Cossack Rebel Torn Apart In Red SquareRed Square, Moscow, Russia
  35. 1671The Rogue Who Was Pardoned For Stealing The Crown JewelsTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  36. 1672The Brothers Torn Apart By Their Own CountrymenThe Hague, Netherlands
  37. 1673The Real D'Artagnan's Lost GraveMaastricht, Netherlands
  38. 1680The Poisoner Of The Sun King's CourtPlace de Grève, Paris, France
  39. 1685Beheaded For A Single Night's ShelterWinchester, United Kingdom
  40. 1685The Botched Beheading That Named The HangmanTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  41. 1685The Covenanters' Vault Of Dunnottar CastleDunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, United Kingdom
  42. 1685The Duke Who Paid The Headsman In AdvanceTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  43. 1685The Hanging Judge's First VictimWinchester, United Kingdom
  44. 1685The Last Woman Burned Alive for Politics in EnglandTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  45. 1690The Fashion That Killed Hundreds of WomenLondon, United Kingdom
  46. 1692The Enslaved Woman Who Started the Salem Witch TrialsSalem, United States
  47. 1692The Farmer Who Was Pressed To Death For SilenceSalem, United States
  48. 1692The First to Hang at SalemSalem, Massachusetts, United States
  49. 1692The Killing Ground of SalemSalem, Massachusetts, United States
  50. 1694The Queen Locked Away For Twenty YearsAhlden, Germany
  51. 1695The Pirate King Who Vanished With The TreasureBab-el-Mandeb Strait, Yemen
  52. 1696The Scientist Who Hunted CounterfeitersTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  53. 1698The Tsar Who Personally Executed His Own GuardRed Square, Moscow, Russia

Georgians and the Revolution

1700 – 1837 · 86 stories

  1. 1700The Killing Ground Beside Marble ArchMarble Arch, London, United Kingdom
  2. 1701The Pirate Hanged Twice In One MorningLondon, United Kingdom
  3. 1701The Pirate Hunter Who Became A PirateWapping, London, United Kingdom
  4. 1705The Execution Designed To Keep Victims Alive LongerMeknes, Morocco
  5. 1705The Man Who Survived His Own HangingTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  6. 1712The Last Woman Sentenced to Die for Witchcraft in EnglandWalkern, United Kingdom
  7. 1714The Real Queen Behind The FavouriteLondon, United Kingdom
  8. 1717The Pirate's Sunken Promise To His LoveCape Cod, United States
  9. 1718The Gentleman Pirate's Doomed VoyageCharleston, South Carolina, United States
  10. 1718The Pirate Who Wore Smoke And Fire Into BattleOcracoke Island, North Carolina, United States
  11. 1718The Son Peter The Great Had Beaten To DeathPeter and Paul Fortress, St Petersburg, Russia
  12. 1720The Last Two Pirates Standing Were WomenNegril, Jamaica
  13. 1722The Reluctant Pirate Who Became KingCape Lopez, Gabon
  14. 1724The Thief Who Escaped His Own Execution CellNewgate Prison, London, United Kingdom
  15. 1724The Woman Who Woke Up In Her Own CoffinEdinburgh, United Kingdom
  16. 1726The Last Woman Burned Alive In EnglandLondon, United Kingdom
  17. 1739The Horse-Thief Turned Into A Folk HeroYork, United Kingdom
  18. 1740The Boy Who Woke Up on the Dissection TableTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  19. 1742The Iron Cages Built To Fit A CorpseRye, East Sussex, United Kingdom
  20. 1746The Jacobite Lord Who Faced The Axe UnbrokenTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  21. 1747The Last Man Beheaded In BritainTower Hill, London, United Kingdom
  22. 1748The Slave Trader Who Wrote Amazing GraceOlney, United Kingdom
  23. 1752The Daughter Who Poisoned Her Father's TeaHenley-on-Thames, United Kingdom
  24. 1757The Admiral Shot To Encourage The OthersPortsmouth, United Kingdom
  25. 1757The Last Man Drawn And Quartered In FrancePlace de Grève, Paris, France
  26. 1757The Massacre Behind The Last Of The MohicansLake George, United States
  27. 1760The Only Peer Ever Hanged At TyburnTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  28. 1762The Merchant Voltaire Fought To ClearToulouse, France
  29. 1763The Woman Who Hanged Herself Before the Executioner CouldTyburn, London, United Kingdom
  30. 1766Tortured To Death Over A HatAbbeville, France
  31. 1767The Midwife Who Tortured Her ApprenticesLondon, United Kingdom
  32. 1772The Doctor Who Ruled A Kingdom In SecretCopenhagen, Denmark
  33. 1778Voltaire's Final Battle With The ChurchParis, France
  34. 1781The Rebel Torn Apart In A Peruvian SquareCusco, Peru
  35. 1782The Last Woman Executed As A Witch In EuropeGlarus, Switzerland
  36. 1782The Wife-Beating Law That Never ExistedLondon, United Kingdom
  37. 1789America's First Woman Hanged For PiracyBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  38. 1789The Doctor Who Wanted A Kinder Death MachineParis, France
  39. 1789The Enslaved Girl Who Nearly Chose FreedomParis, France
  40. 1789The Woman Burned So Men Could Be HangedNewgate Prison, London, United Kingdom
  41. 1792The Guards Who Died For A King Who FledTuileries Palace, Paris, France
  42. 1792The Martyr Who Took The Blame For BrazilRio de Janeiro, Brazil
  43. 1792The Queen's Friend Whose Head Was Paraded on a PikeParis, France
  44. 1793She Faced The Statue Of Liberty Before The Blade FellPlace de la Révolution, Paris, France
  45. 1793She Wrote Women's Rights Into Existence And Was GuillotinedPlace de la Révolution, Paris, France
  46. 1793The Assassin Whose Severed Head BlushedParis, France
  47. 1793The Drownings of NantesNantes, France
  48. 1793The Last Farewell Of A Falling KingPlace de la Révolution, Paris, France
  49. 1793The Mistress Who Refused To Die With DignityPlace de la Révolution, Paris, France
  50. 1793The Queen Who Faced The Guillotine With DignityPlace de la Concorde, Paris, France
  51. 1794Betrayed By The Friend Who Stood At Their WeddingPlace de la Révolution, Paris, France
  52. 1794Devoured By The Revolutionary Machine He BuiltPlace de la Révolution, Paris, France
  53. 1794The Chemist The Revolution Had No Time ForParis, France
  54. 1794The Incorruptible Who Lost His JawParis, France
  55. 1794The Innocent Princess Who Comforted Others To Her DeathPlace de la Révolution, Paris, France
  56. 1794The Woman Who Cast Faces From The GuillotineParis, France
  57. 1797The Captain Who Flogged Dead Menoff Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
  58. 1797The Feminist Philosopher Killed by ChildbirthLondon, United Kingdom
  59. 1799The Tiger Of Mysore's Last StandSrirangapatna, India
  60. 1800The Viking Myth Behind Pay Through The NoseDublin, Ireland
  61. 1803The Colonel Accused Of Plotting To Kill The KingHorsemonger Lane, London, United Kingdom
  62. 1803The Grave Ireland Never FoundDublin, Ireland
  63. 1803The Man They Could Not HangSydney, Australia
  64. 1807The Real Revenge Behind The Count Of Monte CristoNîmes, France
  65. 1809The Poisoner Whose Skin Was Sold as CharmsYork, United Kingdom
  66. 1812The Blood And Blindness In The Original CinderellaKassel, Germany
  67. 1812The Original Snow White's Own MotherKassel, Germany
  68. 1815The King Who Faced The Firing Squad In StylePizzo, Italy
  69. 1815The Marshal Who Commanded His Own Firing SquadParis, France
  70. 1816The Raft That Inspired A MasterpieceArguin Bank, off Mauritania, Mauritania
  71. 1816The Tragic Life Behind FrankensteinGeneva, Switzerland
  72. 1817How A Volcano Gave Us The BicycleMannheim, Germany
  73. 1819The Bloody Scottish Law Behind Red-HandedEdinburgh, United Kingdom
  74. 1819The Law Behind Reading The Riot ActManchester, United Kingdom
  75. 1820The Innkeeper Who Poisoned Her Guests at TeaCharleston, United States
  76. 1820The Plot To Murder The Entire British CabinetCato Street, London, United Kingdom
  77. 1820The Wreck That Inspired Moby DickNantucket, Massachusetts, United States
  78. 1821The Poison In Napoleon's WallpaperLongwood House, Saint Helena, Saint Helena
  79. 1823The Real Survival Story Behind The RevenantShadehill, South Dakota, United States
  80. 1827The Composer Whose Skull Was StolenVienna, Austria
  81. 1827The Murder Solved By A Stepmother's DreamPolstead, United Kingdom
  82. 1828The Landlord Who Turned To Murder For ProfitEdinburgh, United Kingdom
  83. 1829The Poison Behind The Mad HatterStockport, United Kingdom
  84. 1831The Body Snatchers of Nova Scotia GardensBethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
  85. 1834The Socialite Who Hid A House Of HorrorsNew Orleans, United States
  86. 1836The Showman Who Sold Tickets To A DissectionNew York City, United States

The Modern World

1837 onwards · 101 stories

  1. 1837The Heartbreak Behind The Little MermaidCopenhagen, Denmark
  2. 1839How Britain Paid For Tea With OpiumGuangzhou (Canton), China
  3. 1842The Retreat That Killed An ArmyKabul to Jalalabad road, Afghanistan
  4. 1845The Christmas Gift Book Full Of HorrorFrankfurt am Main, Germany
  5. 1845The Famine That Emptied A NationSkibbereen, Ireland
  6. 1847The Doctor Who Discovered Handwashing Too LateVienna, Austria
  7. 1847The Shortcut That Cost Thirty-Nine LivesDonner Pass, California, United States
  8. 1848The Iron Rod That Rewrote A Man's PersonalityCavendish, Vermont, United States
  9. 1848The Novelist Who Refused Every DoctorHaworth, United Kingdom
  10. 1849The Death Poe Never Solved HimselfBaltimore, Maryland, United States
  11. 1849The Diamond Taken From a Ten-Year-Old KingLahore, Pakistan
  12. 1849The Murder Dickens Turned Into FictionBermondsey, London, United Kingdom
  13. 1852The Shipwreck That Gave The World A DrillDanger Point, South Africa
  14. 1853The Naval Punishment Worse Than the LashAmsterdam, Netherlands
  15. 1854The Charge That Rode Into Its Own GunsBalaclava, Ukraine
  16. 1858The Asylum Dickens Wanted For His WifeLondon, United Kingdom
  17. 1862The Unsettling Truth Behind WonderlandOxford, United Kingdom
  18. 1864The Deadly Origin Of The Word DeadlineAndersonville, Georgia, United States
  19. 1865The Barn Where Lincoln's Killer FellPort Royal, Virginia, United States
  20. 1867The Emperor Who Faced A Firing Squad With DignityQuerétaro, Mexico
  21. 1868The Last Man Hanged In Public In EnglandLondon, United Kingdom
  22. 1871The Poisoner Who Weaponised A Town's Sweet ShopsBrighton, United Kingdom
  23. 1872The Real Boy Raised By WolvesBulandshahr, India
  24. 1873Britain's First Serial Killer's Domestic MethodDurham, United Kingdom
  25. 1877The Real Last Samurai's Tragic RebellionKagoshima, Japan
  26. 1879The Defence That Held At Rorke's DriftRorke's Drift, South Africa
  27. 1879The Skull That Took 131 Years To FindRichmond, London, United Kingdom
  28. 1880The Outlaw Who Went To The Gallows In Iron ArmourMelbourne, Australia
  29. 1881The Original Pinocchio Was MurderedCollodi, Italy
  30. 1885The Man The Gallows Refused To KillExeter, United Kingdom
  31. 1890The Man Who Proved The Electric Chair WrongAuburn, United States
  32. 1890The Truth Behind The Elephant ManWhitechapel, London, United Kingdom
  33. 1890Was Van Gogh's Death Not A SuicideAuvers-sur-Oise, France
  34. 1891The Battlefield Origin Of Biting The BulletLondon, United Kingdom
  35. 1892The Axe Murders Behind The Nursery RhymeFall River, Massachusetts, United States
  36. 1896The Confession That Was A LiePhiladelphia, United States
  37. 1898The Empress Who Walked Away From Her Own MurderGeneva, Switzerland
  38. 1898The Novel That Predicted The TitanicNew York City, United States
  39. 1900The Dark Secrets Behind The Wizard Of OzAberdeen, South Dakota, United States
  40. 1901The Outlaw Whose Hanging Tore His Head OffClayton, New Mexico, United States
  41. 1902The Prisoner Saved By His Own CellSaint-Pierre, Martinique, Martinique
  42. 1904The Boys Who Inspired Peter PanLondon, United Kingdom
  43. 1911The Fire That Changed Workplace SafetyNew York City, United States
  44. 1912The Band That Played Until The EndNorth Atlantic Ocean, International waters
  45. 1912The Fire That Never Left Boiler Room SixBelfast, United Kingdom
  46. 1912The Race To The Pole That Ended In DeathRoss Ice Shelf, Antarctica
  47. 1912The Ship That Watched And Did NothingNorth Atlantic Ocean, International waters
  48. 1912The Stewardess Who Survived Three Sinking ShipsNorth Atlantic Ocean, International waters
  49. 1913The Writer Who Vanished Into His Own StoryChihuahua, Mexico
  50. 1914The Assassination That Started A World WarSarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  51. 1914Twenty Minutes to the Bottom of the RiverRimouski, Canada
  52. 1915The Gas Attack That Tore Open The LineYpres, Belgium
  53. 1915The Nurse Executed For Saving SoldiersBrussels, Belgium
  54. 1915The President Who Screened Segregation's AnthemWashington, D.C., United States
  55. 1915The Songwriter Who Said Don't Mourn, OrganizeSalt Lake City, United States
  56. 1916The Diplomat Hanged As A Traitor And Honoured As A SaintPentonville Prison, London, United Kingdom
  57. 1916The Execution That Turned Dublin Against BritainKilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland
  58. 1916The Man Who Wouldn't Die (Until He Did)Moika Palace, St Petersburg, Russia
  59. 1916The Summer America Learned To Fear SharksMatawan, United States
  60. 1916The Wedding Held Hours Before His ExecutionKilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland
  61. 1917The Spy Betrayed By Both Sides At OnceVincennes, Paris, France
  62. 1918The Family Told They Were Only Being MovedIpatiev House, Yekaterinburg, Russia
  63. 1920The Carmaker Who Spread A Forged ConspiracyDearborn, Michigan, United States
  64. 1920The Ordinary Woman Billed As The World's UgliestConey Island, New York, United States
  65. 1922Hollywood's Most Scandalous Unsolved MurderLos Angeles, United States
  66. 1922The Dial Painter Whose Bones Still GlowedOrange, New Jersey, United States
  67. 1922The Footprints That Led To The Farm And Never LeftWangen, Bavaria, Germany
  68. 1926The Eleven Days Agatha Christie VanishedHarrogate, United Kingdom
  69. 1926The Real Boy Behind Winnie-The-PoohHartfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
  70. 1930The Fire That Killed 322 Men Locked in Their CellsColumbus, United States
  71. 1930The Hanging That Ended An Execution MethodFlorence, United States
  72. 1934The Ambush That Ended Bonnie and ClydeBienville Parish, Louisiana, United States
  73. 1934The Grief Behind The Real Mary PoppinsMaryborough, Queensland, Australia
  74. 1936The King's Death That Was A Secret For Fifty YearsSandringham, United Kingdom
  75. 1936The Letter That Caught a Child KillerSing Sing Prison, Ossining, United States
  76. 1937The King Who Met Hitler After His ThroneBerlin, Germany
  77. 1938The Cook Who Refused to Believe She Was Typhoid MaryNorth Brother Island, New York, United States
  78. 1938The Man Bambi's Success Could Not SaveVienna, Austria
  79. 1938The Real Story Behind The Sound Of MusicSalzburg, Austria
  80. 1940The Children's Author Who Turned Cold At HomeBeaconsfield, United Kingdom
  81. 1940The Massacre Covered Up For Fifty YearsKatyn, Russia
  82. 1940The Soap-Maker Who Murdered For LoveCorreggio, Italy
  83. 1941The Lobotomy That Silenced A KennedyWashington, D.C., United States
  84. 1941The Spy Who Gave Himself Away With A GunshotTower of London, London, United Kingdom
  85. 1942The Bear Who Became A Polish SoldierMonte Cassino, Italy
  86. 1943The Designer Who Spied For The NazisParis, France
  87. 1943The Student Who Faced Her Killers With ComposureMunich, Germany
  88. 1944The Ballerina Who Danced for the ResistanceArnhem, Netherlands
  89. 1944The Murder Behind The Great EscapeŻagań, Poland
  90. 1944The Real Execution Behind ValkyrieBendlerblock, Berlin, Germany
  91. 1945The Dictator Who Tested Poison On His Own DogBerlin, Germany
  92. 1945The Shadow Burned Into The StepsHiroshima, Japan
  93. 1949The Real Boy Behind The ExorcistSt Louis, United States
  94. 1952The Night Stalin Silenced His Own PoetsLubyanka Prison, Moscow, Russia
  95. 1954The Man Who Saved Britain And Was Destroyed By ItWilmslow, United Kingdom
  96. 1963The President's Brain That VanishedDallas, United States
  97. 1965The Real Lord Of The FliesʻAta Island, Tonga
  98. 1969The Student Who Set Himself Alight In ProtestWenceslas Square, Prague, Czech Republic
  99. 1976The Exorcism That Killed HerKlingenberg am Main, Germany
  100. 1987The Queen's Cousins Hidden And Presumed DeadRedhill, United Kingdom
  101. 1992The Real Death Behind Into The WildStampede Trail, Denali, United States