On February 4, 1929, Kate Jackson was attacked at her home in Wales and suffered a head wound. She died six days later. Whodunit? Was it her husband, who relied on her money, but didn't ask about its source? Was a someon...

Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia, was executed in 1918 along with his wife, five children, and a few servants after the Russian revolution. It was not a public execution, and the remains were buried at an undisclosed...

Ukrainian university student Artur Samarin wanted to go to college in the US, but when he came to America, he was shocked at the cost. Working in a restaurant didn't allow him to save up enough money to attend school, ye...

New York City in the late 19th century was spillin...  ...Age New York.Read more about Ellis and the other impostors

For two days, Korean pop sensation Psy was...  ...e event. The New York Post, who dubbed the impostor Psych!, wrote: The next day, Psy...

Pope fever has taken over Rome. Vatican City is crowded with cardinals, fans, journalists, tourists, and souvenir sellers awaiting the papal conclave. Schmoozing with the cardinals was a bishop wearing a fedora instead o...

Ida Wood had been living in relative peace as a recluse on a New York hotel for 24 years when her sister died in 1931 and everything changed. One of her lawyers, who was unfamiliar with Ms. Wood, worked to figure out who...