History

Treadmills are a common fixture in gyms these days, but did you know about their dark past?

Like Christa Pike, Willie Francis also survived his execution

Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan vanished in July 1937

The box was first announced in 2002, and would go on to prove controversial for years

Jacob Tremblay stars as the Unabomber in the Netflix adaptation of the famous case

Creator Ian Brennan has explained the reason behind some of the tweaks

Helmuth von Moltke is thought to be the only person born in the 19th century with a preserved voice recording

Co-creator Ian Brennan described the rumours surrounding Borden's sexuality as an 'interesting thing to play with dramatically'

Alessandro Moreschi is the only castrato known to have made a recording

The screen star, 42, had double the workload while shooting the new Netflix series

Ryan Murphy, the creator of the controversial series, has spoken out about expected backlash to his portrayal of Lizzie Borden

High school teacher and amateur fossil hunter Kent Hups was left stunned by the giant three-toed footprints

New research by Sefy Levy proposes that the Great Pyramid of Giza was designed not merely as a tomb

Jonathan Egan spoke to LADbible about how his mum had been on the phone to his dad when the Towers collapsed

This questionable exercise will reanimate a historical tragedy in real time.

The mysterious ‘Screaming Woman’ was discovered in 1935, but modern CT scans have given researchers new insight

The tale of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror continues to compel the scientific community.

Firefighter Bill Spade's testimony features in National Geographic's documentary, 9/11 Reunited

'Younger generations will not know the emotions we felt as we watched the planes hit in real time', one expert said

Filmmakers Jules and Gédéon Naudet captured some of the most haunting moments from the 11 September attacks