As Vikings pushed their boats further afield in search of greater riches, it was only a matter of time before they turned their sites on the Frankish Empire. But unlike the Viking expansion into ...

Today, the word ‘terrible’ can be used to describe anything from a particularly bad meal to a natural disaster that kills millions of people. Back in the 16th Century when it was a nickname bestowed ...

Every year during the evening of 31st October, children dress in scary costumes and visit their neighbours declaring ‘trick-or-treat’, all in the hope of filling their little buckets with sugary ...

We’ve all heard of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot – but why did he and his co-conspirators want to blow up Parliament in ...

The premium drama plunges into the aftermath of the foiled Gunpowder Plot, spotlighting its three leaders – Robert Catesby, ...

The novel 'Shogun' has inspired not one but two award-winning series…but the real-life history behind these works of art is ...

The guys evaluate evidence that the animal dead may not decay when left on the ranch. After a groundbreaking fourth season, investigators return to the 512-acre ranch in Utah's Uintah Basin to push ...

Learn about six revolutions that transformed society and challenged the status quo, from America’s fight for independence and ...

The US customs of dressing up and trick-and-treating at Halloween have since spread globally, but similar, centuries-old traditions are to be found all over the world ...

Ross Kemp travels to New York to explore the UK’s mafia connections. He meets Salvatore ‘Crazy Sal’ Polisi, a 1970s mafia enforcer, who reveals how British bootleggers in the 1920s helped build the ...

Which US President won the most votes? Who won by the narrowest margin? What about independent candidates? Read on to find out all these answers and more ...

Field of Vampires investigates a skeleton buried with a sickle across her neck and a padlock on her toe – a corpse that was feared to be a real-life vampire. The show starts 29th October at 9pm on Sky ...