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Why did 21-year-old Russian Jack the Ripper Nikolai Radkevich kill women

09-08-2025

Why did 21-year-old Russian Jack the Ripper Nikolai Radkevich ...

The first officially registered serial killer in Russia — 21-year-old Nikolai Radkevich shocked the public of the capital with ...

How did Jewish surnames appear and why are there so many German ones among them

09-08-2025

How did Jewish surnames appear and why are there so many ...

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov also wrote that "there is no such word from which a Jewish surname could not originate." The classic was ...

The Bloody Sun of Russia: what kind of person was the Holy Baptist Prince Vladimir

09-08-2025

The Bloody Sun of Russia: what kind of person was the Holy ...

The grandson of Rurik and the son of Igor, Prince Svyatoslav, was a true pagan who preferred the battlefield to the Kiev prince's ...

Child abductor, sadist and murderer Georgia Tann

09-08-2025

Child abductor, sadist and murderer Georgia Tann

Looking into the face of this lady, you are unlikely to think that in front of you is a child abductor, a sadist and a murderer. ...

The Epitome of Super-Stupidity: The Story of a New York Drug Lord named Mr. Untouchable

09-08-2025

The Epitome of Super-Stupidity: The Story of a New York Drug ...

In the 1970s, times in New York were turbulent, if not alarming. What was happening can be confidently called heroin wars: drug ...

Mysterious "Wasp Nests" that were used for gold mining in America in the 19th century

09-08-2025

Mysterious "Wasp Nests" that were used for gold mining in ...

History is full of interesting and complete information about historical events, personalities and sights, but sometimes it throws ...

The story of Daniel Lambert – the fattest man in England

09-08-2025

The story of Daniel Lambert – the fattest man in England

A century ago, excess weight was a problem of wealthy people who could afford excesses in nutrition. Therefore, when in the 18th ...

Impenetrable poverty on the streets of London in 1873-1877

08-08-2025

Impenetrable poverty on the streets of London in 1873-1877

In the period from 1873 to 1877, Scottish photographer John Thomson together with journalist Adolph Smith documented the life of ...

How and why women's fist fights were held in Russia

08-08-2025

How and why women's fist fights were held in Russia

Everyone knows about the popularity of fist fights in Russia. They were arranged even before the adoption of Christianity, on the ...

Sit down! The story of the dog Pep, who received a life sentence because of a fake accusation

08-08-2025

Sit down! The story of the dog Pep, who received a life ...

The federal prison of the state of Pennsylvania is primarily known for the fact that the legendary gangster Al Capone served his ...

20 historical photos that you definitely haven't seen!

07-08-2025

20 historical photos that you definitely haven't seen!

It would seem that we just do not know and have not seen in the Internet era, when any information is available! But historical ...

22 Archaeological Artifacts That Upend Views of the Past

07-08-2025

22 Archaeological Artifacts That Upend Views of the Past

August 15 is the Day of the archaeologist - the day of those who reveal the secrets of the past. The bowels of the earth hide not ...

Vin Mariani — wine with cocaine, which was drunk by Popes, writers and politicians

06-08-2025

Vin Mariani — wine with cocaine, which was drunk by Popes, ...

Cocaine is considered an absolute evil these days, but it wasn't always like that. In the 19th century, the narcotic substance ...

The lost War: how humanity has struggled with masturbation in different eras

06-08-2025

The lost War: how humanity has struggled with masturbation in ...

It just so happened that the act of the biblical Onan, who did not want to have children from the wife of a dead brother imposed on ...

The story of Graham Young, a maniac poisoner, whom even the jailers were afraid of

06-08-2025

The story of Graham Young, a maniac poisoner, whom even the ...

On August 22, 1990, the staff of the British prison for especially dangerous criminals Parkhurst, located on the Isle of Wight, ...

Echoes of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japanese culture

06-08-2025

Echoes of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in ...

On August 6, 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima was subjected to a nuclear attack by the United States, three days later the same ...

Not just Excalibur: 10 most famous swords of the Middle Ages

06-08-2025

Not just Excalibur: 10 most famous swords of the Middle Ages

In In the Middle Ages, the sword was the most common object, without which it was not only undesirable for a man to leave the ...

A Freak with a Beautiful Soul: The Story of Joseph Merrick-The Elephant Man

06-08-2025

A Freak with a Beautiful Soul: The Story of Joseph ...

He was the star of the Victorian freak show and the man with the most deformed appearance in history. Doctors tried to solve the ...

How did the word “sneak” appear and why was it used to be pronounced with respect?

06-08-2025

How did the word “sneak” appear and why was it used to be ...

It just so happens that the word “sneak” is one of the first offensive words we encounter in childhood. Today it is gradually ...

Secrets of the "distant chambers" of the shogun, or How the conception of the Japanese rulers took place

05-08-2025

Secrets of the "distant chambers" of the shogun, or How the ...

Although in In the Middle Ages, Japan was headed by the emperor, since the 12th century, the actual power in the country belonged ...

Brighter than a thousand suns: 20 scary shots in memory of the nuclear explosion in Hiroshima

05-08-2025

Brighter than a thousand suns: 20 scary shots in memory of ...

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, using nuclear weapons for the first ...

"Worn to the holes": sights that are mercilessly destroyed "for good luck"

05-08-2025

"Worn to the holes": sights that are mercilessly destroyed ...

The custom of rubbing statues and monuments is known all over the world. At the same time, no one can say when it was born and what ...

Stars of Hollywood's Golden Age in Black and White Album of Glamorous Beach Photos

05-08-2025

Stars of Hollywood's Golden Age in Black and White Album ...

Screen goddesses from the mid-1920s to the late 1970s, including legends like Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner and Greta Garbo, in a ...

The story of the "glass" Charles VI the Mad – the craziest monarch in Europe

05-08-2025

The story of the "glass" Charles VI the Mad – the craziest ...

In world history, cranks, psychopaths and infantiles among monarchs were common. But there weren't that many really nuts. The most ...

The story of the hostage-taking, after which the term "Stockholm syndrome" appeared

04-08-2025

The story of the hostage-taking, after which the term ...

The term "Stockholm syndrome" means a mental state that allows a person who has been abducted or abused to feel sympathy and ...

Bella Borodkin-execute, can not be pardoned

04-08-2025

Bella Borodkin-execute, can not be pardoned

Berta Naumovna Borodkina, who was called Iron Bella, during the Brezhnev stagnation, managed a catering service in Gelendzhik, ...