Goat riders in the sky

There were 13 men: unlucky for someone. They were dressed to kill – but so was everyone else. In what was essentially an army camp, crammed with armed men, the assailants blended right in. Moving casu

When gossip and rumour led to the trial of two Prussian pastors

WITH MORE MULTIPLE MURDERERS PER CAPITA THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY ON THE PLANET, THE US HAS EARNED A BLOODY REPUTATION AS GROUND ZERO FOR SERIAL KILLERS

SELF-STYLED BISHOP GARY HEIDNIK IMPRISONED SIX FEMALE VICTIMS IN HIS BASEMENT IN A SICKENING ACT OF SEXUAL DEPRAVITY

After decades experimenting with muskets, Oda Nobunaga perfected their use at the Battle of Nagashino, revolutionising not just samurai warfare but Japanese society itself

From miasma to miracles: how medieval medicine desperately battled the bubonic plague