Long before Jack the Ripper took to the streets in London, a Roman woman named Locusta earned the title of “World’s First Serial Killer” due to her penchant for poisons… and assassinations.
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Sometimes if you want to meet someone, you gotta get sent to a wartime labor camp.
read nowThe Italians thought they knew what they were getting into when they tried to colonize Ethiopia. They were wrong.
read nowWhen I was nineteen, I earned $250 for correctly pronouncing “Worcester.” By the time she reached 19, Mary Patten had faced down a mutiny and commanded a merchant ship.
read nowTurns out, Betsy Ross did a whole lot more than just sew a flag.
read nowThis is not a story about a princess in need of saving. This is a story about a princess who saved herself.
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If you think your last Thanksgiving was bad, be glad you weren’t a guest at Nitocris’ banquet.
read nowSarah Emma Edmonds’ dad was such a d*ck that she ran away from Canada to join the United States’ most self-destructive war.
read nowWhen the Nazis killed her husband, Mariya Oktyabrskaya killed ’em right back.
read nowIt’s 1861. A plot has been uncovered to assassinate everyone’s favorite top-hatted president, Abraham Lincoln. Who you gonna call? The answer my friends is Kate Warne; trailblazer, spy, and all around Badass Bitch.
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