The US customs of dressing up and trick-and-treating at Halloween have since spread globally, but similar, centuries-old traditions are to be found all over the world ...

Ross Kemp travels to New York to explore the UK’s mafia connections. He meets Salvatore ‘Crazy Sal’ Polisi, a 1970s mafia enforcer, who reveals how British bootleggers in the 1920s helped build the ...

Which US President won the most votes? Who won by the narrowest margin? What about independent candidates? Read on to find out all these answers and more ...

Lily Ebert, the Holocaust survivor who shared her experiences of Auschwitz on TikTok, has sadly died at the age of 100.

From Buddha’s tooth to Muhammad’s beard to anything involving Jesus Christ and his crucifixion, holy relics are highly sought ...

Hitler believed the Soviets to be his natural ideological enemy and intended to conquer the country, enslave or exterminate the ‘subhuman’ native Slavic people.

Most people have heard of Guy Fawkes, the most famous participant in the Gunpowder Plot. But Fawkes didn’t work alone ...

Hundreds of so-called vampires were discovered in a small town in northern Poland, with the bizarre burial practices shedding ...

The Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga, often called the ‘Balkan Nostradamus’ is known for her eerie and often cryptic predictions ...

Viewers can vote now in the 'Favourite Channel' and 'Best Factual Show' categories at the TV Choice Awards 2025 ...

Frank Fritz, beloved star of American Pickers, brought charm and expertise to the world of antiques and vintage motorcycles ...

‘In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.’ The Allies had hoped their decoy plans might buy them two weeks, seven was unthinkable. Sign up now to ...