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Executions in Berlin’s Plötzensee prison.
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Plötzensee prison in Berlin was designed by architect, Ludwig Alexander Herrmann, and was constructed between 1869 and 1879 to serve as the new state prison. It occupied a plot of 62 acres with a six meter high perimeter wall. Within the walls were five three story prison buildings which were originally designed…
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Hanging
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Until 1858, the procedure of hanging was not regulated by any law or decree. How the hanging was carried out depended solely on local circumstances and decisions made by local officials in charge. No special apparatus (gallows) was used for hangings. The hanging rope would most often be tied to…
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massacre: 36 innocents killed over 1 drunk German, their families made to watch
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The video of the Pancevo crime has been viewed worldwide as rare color footage and one of the most horrific records of German crimes. It is important not to forget, and not to let it repeat. Most people in Serbia were preoccupied yesterday with the 75th anniversary of the liberation…
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Kevin Carter
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Kevin Carter (13 September 1960 – 27 July 1994) was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He was the recipient in 1994 of a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph depicting the 1993 famine in Sudan. He took his own life at the age of 33. He won…
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Fort Wallace June 26th 1867
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Prairie Trails Journal West of the Mississippi, there is a region where west-bound trails such as the Santa Fe Trail are crossed by north-bound trails such as the Western Cattle Trail. This area of the Great Plains stretches across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska. The history of the Plains Indians,…
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The death of Cleopatra, the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, remains shrouded in mystery and historical debate.
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Here’s what we know:The Tragic EndCleopatra’s reign ended in 30 BC when Octavian (later Augustus Caesar), the future first Roman Emperor, defeated her forces at the Battle of Actium. Following this decisive defeat, Cleopatra and her lover, Mark Antony, retreated to Alexandria.With Octavian’s army closing in on the city, Antony,…
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The man who haunted nobody, 1940s
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In Pennsylvania, USA, a local legend emerged amongst the local community that a haunting and disfigured creature or ghost could be seen walking along a wooded road at night. After the story got more popular, people went out in groups to try to find this entity, only to find out…
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Love is eternal, 1972
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Found in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran in 1972, these two skeletons have been embracing each other for the last 2,800 years. There are several myths about these skeletons. They are not a gay couple as once first thought, with the skeleton on the left being a woman and…
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Here’s why you should not GOSSIP.
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In Ancient Greece, Socrates had a great reputation of wisdom. One day, someone came to find the great philosopher and said to him: “Gossip is a bad thing. In the beginning it may seem enjoyable and fun, but in the end, it fills our hearts with bitterness and poisons us,…
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Famine within ukraine in 1932
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Evidence of widespread cannibalism was documented during the famine within Ukraine and Kazakhstan… Some of the starving in Kazakhstan devolved into cannibalism ranging from eating leftover corpses to the famished actively murdering each other in order to feed. More than 2,500 people were convicted of cannibalism during the famine An…