History

Mystical cases of mass disappearance of people, and remained a mystery

19-08-2023

Mystical cases of mass disappearance of people, and remained ...

Any crime leaves traces. This is an immutable truth, from which investigators and criminologists around the world start. A person ...

Hunghutz: Chinese mafia has seized the far East of the Russian Empire

19-08-2023

Hunghutz: Chinese mafia has seized the far East of the ...

Translated from the Chinese "hunghutz" means "red beard". It is believed that the so-called one of the criminal clans of China, ...

"Don't eat with a knife", "don't take out the trash in the evening" and other folk signs that we somehow believe in

19-08-2023

"Don't eat with a knife", "don't take out the trash in the ...

Surely, you, like many other people, cross your fingers when you see a black cat crossing your path. Or do you use the salt shaker ...

People without a permanent place of residence: an Italian photographer has created a unique project about the life of Gypsies

19-08-2023

People without a permanent place of residence: an Italian ...

Since the time when the Roma people left India about 1500 years ago, they have been constantly subjected to discrimination and ...

How was the fate of the wife and children of General Lebed

19-08-2023

How was the fate of the wife and children of General Lebed

General Alexander Lebed is an important figure in the history of modern Russia. This man prevented two wars and had a serious ...

520 corpses, panic and harakiri: the story of one of the most horrible plane crash of the XX century

18-08-2023

520 corpses, panic and harakiri: the story of one of the most ...

August 12, 1985, Japan was hit by one of the biggest crashes in the history of world aviation, which killed 520 people. Distraught ...

The dark story of silent twins June and Jennifer Gibbons

18-08-2023

The dark story of silent twins June and Jennifer Gibbons

The close relationship of twins with each other has been known to people since ancient times. But sometimes such dependence crosses ...

Corrupt love during the war: rare photos of British soldiers found in French brothels during the First World War

18-08-2023

Corrupt love during the war: rare photos of British soldiers ...

These images were digitized from negatives that once belonged to Lieutenant William Noel Morgan (William Noel Morgan). His ...

10 women of easy virtue, whose names are firmly stuck in history

18-08-2023

10 women of easy virtue, whose names are firmly stuck in history

While much is known about such historical figures as King Louis XV, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and King Charles II, few people know ...

The battle of the friends of Verus and Priscus: how was the only gladiator fight described in detail in history

18-08-2023

The battle of the friends of Verus and Priscus: how was the ...

The fight of the gladiators Verus and Priscus is considered the most famous gladiator performance in history and the only fight ...

Blue denim shorts are a favorite trend of American girls of the 70s

18-08-2023

Blue denim shorts are a favorite trend of American girls of ...

The 1970s in the United States were marked by sexual emancipation, refusal of military service, and the struggle for women's ...

33 paintings of van Gogh that everyone should know

17-08-2023

33 paintings of van Gogh that everyone should know

Vincent van Gogh — a man of strong emotions and mental States, and one of the most famous artists in the history of art. 27 ...

American Dyatlov Pass: 5 deaths in the mountains of California, remaining a mystery

17-08-2023

American Dyatlov Pass: 5 deaths in the mountains of ...

In 1978, five guys disappeared in Chico, California, USA. They were returning home from a basketball game and seemed to disappear ...

Holy Sinners: 7 Popes for whom the law is not written

17-08-2023

Holy Sinners: 7 Popes for whom the law is not written

Since the founding of the Christian Church, the Pope is considered the successor of St. Peter and is the undivided head of the Holy ...

How courtesans sold the virginity of young daughters and dragged naive girls into prostitution

17-08-2023

How courtesans sold the virginity of young daughters and ...

Recently, the scandalous drama of the BBC television company "Courtesans" (Harlots) was released on the screens. The audience was ...

Singing breasts: musical topless groups of the second half of the XX century

17-08-2023

Singing breasts: musical topless groups of the second half of ...

Women sing on stage with bare breasts. It seems that this idea is so simple and so brilliant for a mass audience that it is ...

The Acoustic Kitty project, or How the CIA trained a cat to follow the USSR

17-08-2023

The Acoustic Kitty project, or How the CIA trained a cat to ...

It's not just James Bond who can be a secret spy. We are talking about… a cat. Yes, yes, a simple cat! Trained and trained by ...

Why is the pope's ring called the "Fisherman's Ring" and what is its secret

17-08-2023

Why is the pope's ring called the "Fisherman's ...

The "Ring of the Fisherman" is an integral attribute of papal vestments, no less important than the tiara. It is not ...

What are "hungry stones" and why did people cry when they saw them

17-08-2023

What are "hungry stones" and why did people cry when they saw ...

To find out about the upcoming disasters, people have long resorted to fortune-telling or to the services of all kinds of ...

Color photos of beach life in Chile in the 1980s

17-08-2023

Color photos of beach life in Chile in the 1980s

These images were taken by photographer Don Terpstra, who captured beach life on Renyak in the 1980s. The beach of Renyaka is still ...

Back to 1998

16-08-2023

Back to 1998

More than 23 years have passed since Russia declared a technical default for the first and last time. We present to you the ...

"Fatal Hollywood drama": photographer took a real murder and received the money and fame

16-08-2023

"Fatal Hollywood drama": photographer took a real murder and ...

Recognition comes in different ways. Anthony Kalani Roberts did not know that one day 1973, will make him famous and provide a ...

Death at the toilet wall: what was the end of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu

16-08-2023

Death at the toilet wall: what was the end of the Romanian ...

Some dictators manage to escape the reckoning and live out their lives peacefully. But this does not always happen. The leader of ...

Tsarskoye Selo murderer: how a serial killer was in the service of the lyceum student A. S. Pushkin

16-08-2023

Tsarskoye Selo murderer: how a serial killer was in the ...

The Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, from the walls of which many glorious sons of Russia came out, keeps many secrets. There are also bloody ...

How did the terrible "death race" take place in 1942, in which there was no winner

16-08-2023

How did the terrible "death race" take place in 1942, in ...

A lot has been written about Nazi crimes in concentration camps. Their crimes are inhumane and disgusting, but some are also ...

How was the accident at the race in Le Mans, the most terrible tragedy in the world of Motorsport

16-08-2023

How was the accident at the race in Le Mans, the most ...

This accident that happened June 11, 1955 at the 24-hour race in Le Mans was neither before, nor, fortunately, after. The list of ...