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How Ivan The Terrible Became Russia's Most Brutal Tsar

From 1547 to 1584, Ivan the Terrible reigned as the first tsar of Russia and made a mark on the country that still endures to this day. Consolidating more power in the region than any ruler had ever seen before, Ivan Vasilyevich was known for waging bloody wars against his enemies and massacres against

How Toxic Phosphorous Disfigured 19th-Century Matchmakers

Wikimedia CommonsA late 19th-century photograph of a matchstick girl suffering from phossy jaw. In 1855, a 16-year-old factory worker named Cornelia visited a doctor in New York with a toothache on the right side of her lower jaw.

Inside Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination And Its Tragic Aftermath

When civil rights leader and American icon Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968 at age 39, it sent shockwaves around the world.

Inside The 'Glee' Star's Drowning

Naya Rivera/InstagramNaya Rivera was just 33 years old when she drowned in Californias Lake Piru. Naya Riveras death on July 8, 2020, shocked her friends, family, co-stars, and fans alike. The beloved actress drowned in Lake Piru near Santa Clarita, California, while swimming with her four-year-old son. Her body was recovered from the lake on

Inside The Hillside Strangler Murders That Terrorized Los Angeles

lifedeathprizesThe victims of the Hillside Strangler, cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono. Within just 30 days in late 1978, the Hillside Strangler left the bodies of five young women and girls in the hills surrounding Los Angeles. By the end of the killers horrific streak, he raped, tortured, and murdered 10 victims between the ages