LOS ANGELES — The storage lockers have long been sealed, the gavels have fallen silent, and the cameras stopped rolling years ago, but the cast of A&E’s “Storage Wars” is still writing headlines in 2025 for reasons that have nothing to do with dusty units and hidden treasures. A stunning new retrospective of the franchise’s … Read more
In January 1945, inside a long, drafty military hospital ward near Luxembourg City, rows of iron cots lined the white walls. Cold winter light cut through the high windows and fell on the pale faces of wounded men resting under heavy green blankets. The sharp scent of antiseptic and damp wool filled the air. A … Read more
LOS ANGELES — A lost piece of television history has resurfaced after more than three decades, as the long-suppressed “Married With Children” episode “I’ll See You in Court” is finally being released to the public in a restored, high-definition format, according to an announcement from Sony Pictures Television that has stunned fans and industry observers … Read more
In April 1945, the arched hallway of the municipal library in Weimar filled with smoke that carried the smell of wet ash and diesel exhaust. American soldiers moved through the great hall, emptying administrative records and carrying wooden crates toward fires burning outside. Near a wooden bookshelf in the middle of the room stood twenty-two-year-old … Read more
In November 1941, a young woman lay awake on an operating table in Washington, D. C. A doctor asked her to sing “God Bless America. ” She sang. He asked her to count backward. She counted. They stopped when her voice faded into silence. She was the sister of John F. Kennedy. She was the … Read more
An 18-year-old woman named Debbie Miller was found dead in her Mansfield, Ohio, apartment on April 29, 1981. She was a high school senior with plans for college and worked at a coffee shop within walking distance of her first-floor home on West Third Street. The apartment showed clear signs of a struggle, and an … Read more
Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor known as the "Angel of Death," spent his final years as a hunted man. He was the most wanted Nazi fugitive in the world, yet he died in obscurity in Brazil in 1979, never facing justice for his crimes at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Mengele arrived at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in May 1943, … Read more
Pearl Bryan was 23 years old when her decapitated body was found in a Kentucky field on February 1, 1896. The discovery launched one of the most sensational murder cases in late 19th-century America, complete with secret lovers, a hidden pregnancy, and a grisly mystery that has never been fully solved. Born on October 25, … Read more
Jenny Churchill entered London society in the 1870s as the daughter of a reckless Wall Street speculator, and within a decade she had become one of the most influential women in British politics. Her rise began in Brooklyn, where her father, Leonard Jerome, earned the nickname “the King of Wall Street” through a series of … Read more
In April 1945, as the Third Reich collapsed across Europe, a U.S. Army advance unit entered Stalag 7A in Bavaria, Germany. The camp held roughly 1,500 American prisoners of war, many of them malnourished and sick after months or years in captivity. Two days after the camp was secured, General George S. Patton arrived to … Read more