Walter Gerhard Martin Sommer, an SS Hauptscharführer, earned the moniker “The Hangman of Buchenwald” for his extreme brutality and sadism at the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps.

In 1992, a local villager in Longyou County, Zhejiang Province, China, decided to pump water from a pond, revealing the entrance to a mysterious cave.

Joséphine Baker wasn’t just a star on the stage; she was also a hero behind the scenes during World War II.

Edward Yeo-Thomas, born in 1902 in London, became one of World War II’s most daring secret agents.

The plumbata, also known as the martiobarbulus, was a lethal dart used by Roman infantry during the late Roman Empire.

Foot binding, a practice deeply rooted in Chinese culture, began during the Song Dynasty around the 10th century.

The ancient Mayans, renowned for their sophisticated culture and profound cosmological insights, also practiced cranial deformation, a ritual that dates back over a thousand years.

Edward Mordrake is a figure surrounded by mystery and intrigue, often described as the man with two faces.

John Henry George Lee, better known as John “Babbacombe” Lee, found himself at the center of one of the most baffling legal stories in British history.

Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt’s groundbreaking work on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index wasn’t just a scientific endeavor; it was a journey marked by personal agony and scientific breakthrough.