Billy Hill was an icon in the London criminal underworld, but he tends to be forgotten. Read on to find out more.

Contrary to what classic Westerns might have you believe, many women made their mark in the Old West. Cynthia Ann Parker is ...

Discover the tragically short life of Hamnet Shakespeare, the boy (potentially) immortalised in his father’s greatest work.

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The Last Burma Star pays tribute to the last surviving veterans of the Burma Campaign, who fought alongside British and ...

Troy Landry has cemented his reputation as ‘King of the Swamp’. Here’s how the Louisiana native became the lead star of Sky ...

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For the thousands of British servicemen captured during the fall of Singapore and Malaya in 1942, VJ Day marked liberation ...

Did you know that train crashes used to be staged as live entertainment? Here’s how the ‘Crash at Crush’ in 1896 helped to kickstart a decades-long trend.

Join us as Sky HISTORY remembers the 80th anniversary of Nagasaki, the second city struck by a US atomic bomb.

The Baader-Meinhof gang terrorised West Germany in the late 20th century. Learn more about the notorious group and its activities here ...

From the Flip Flap Railway to the Big Dipper, rollercoasters have always carried an element of danger… sometimes to a deadly degree. Read on to learn more.