Sweeney Todd has been around for over a century. The original writers may have drawn on real cases of homicidal barbers, cannibalism, and everything in between.
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While heir to the throne, King Charles III was outspoken and even sparked outright controversy. Here are some times King Charles blatantly broke royal protocol.
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It's part of the transition of power: The incoming president places one hand on a Bible and raises the other hand, to take the oath of office. Have all of them?
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Historical figures -- good, bad, indifferent -- are often the subject of minute examination, every aspect of their lives and backgrounds analyzed.
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For the 39th U.S. President, Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, the year 2015 was a time of deep celebration but also of immense mourning.
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Albert DeSalvo was dubbed the Boston Strangler after a string of 13 murders from June 14, 1962 to January 4, 1964. His victims ranged in age from 19 to 85.
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The news of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, followed by the arrest of suspect Lee Harvey Oswald, absorbed the attention of the entire nation.
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In August 1988, in the town of Gladbeck in the former West Germany, two men's plans to rob a bank escalated into a standoff that dominated the German media.
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Sometimes presidents get into situations that they didn't see a rational way to get out of, which leads to lies. Others just lie, and not for the greater good.
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The Appalachian Mountains cut through 18 American states and five Canadian provinces, and the area surrounding the mountains is home to 25 million people.
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In terms of prolificness, Jack the Ripper could be considered rather small-time as far as serial killers go but he's nevertheless captured our imagination.
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Roses, everyone knows, are a symbol of love. But why roses in particular? Surely, any gift of flowers is romantic, right?
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Ivan the Terrible was Russia's first czar and Grand Prince of Moscow. He ruled the country from 1533 until 1584 and was succeeded by his only living son.
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But did Buffalo Bill Cody really work as a rider for the Pony Express, or was this just a way to make his storytelling more exciting for paying customers?
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Malikah Shabazz never knew her famous father - mother, Betty Shabazz, was pregnant with her and twin sister, Malaak, when an assassin killed her dad, Malcolm X.
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While a seemingly sensible transition of power, at the time there were no defined rules as to how succession should play out in the event a president died.
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Despite genuine fears from NASA and president Nixon that the mission would end in catastrophe, all three crew members returned safely and were hailed as heroes.
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One of Australia's most-feared criminals was appropriately dubbed Mr. Cruel since his crimes played on parents' worst nightmares. His identity is still unknown.
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History has always been filled with bizarre beauty practices and the Mayans also went to great lengths to achieve what they believed to be perfection.
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One set of relics that Christendom has been concerned about for millennia is the very cross on which Jesus Christ was nailed and left to die, the "True Cross."
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Kidnapping and ransom never seem to go out of style. People will usually be willing to pay enormous amounts of money for the safe return of a kidnapping victim.
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Survivors the Holocaust include some very famous people who grew up in the most unimaginable horror and went on to change the world in their own ways.
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Jimmy Carter has been involved in much more than politics. One thing he's been particularly dedicated to is working with Habitat for Humanity.
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By 1883,William Cody had founded his grand production, "Buffalo Bill's Wild West." So what was it like to work for this enigmatic and charming man?
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This is the story of the Little Rock Nine and their courageous fight to integrate a public school was doing everything to combat the tide of change.
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In 1915-18, there was a systematic extermination of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire. Here's the tragic history of the 20th century Armenian Genocide.
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Monarchs throughout history have been crowned as children. Being crowned a monarch at a young age was often a highly precarious position to be in,
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