Two Irish television writers discuss their participation in the European-wide VR writers' room, Words Across Europe.

The genius of Eugène François Vidocq lay in one simple principle. In order to catch a criminal, you had to be able think like a criminal. And in his case that was easy, because he was one. He’s ...

Catherine Monvoisin was allegedly a poisoner who practiced human sacrifice. Her fall shoke the court of Louis XIV to its foundations.

Though he lacks the fame of his friends like Wyatt Earp, professional gambler Luke Short was one of the most notorious Wild West gunmen during his lifetime.

The marriage of Fred and Maria Manning was far from a happy one, with infidelity on both sides. Not even joining together to commit murder could brimg them closer.

Blasphemous cross-dresser, incestuous adulterer, ruler of the Roman underworld - Clodius was the jester capering in the ruins of the Roman Republic.

The Roman Republic was one of the first great democracies, an influence on the world to this day. And we owe it all to Tarquin the Proud, a king so bad that he made his people swear to have no kings ...

Have you ever wondered why your dog’s ears prick up even when you hear nothing? You sit reading the newspaper when Toby runs towards the door barking as if his best friend is outside. It could be ...

Petronilla de Meath was an Irish servant girl who in 1324 became the first European victim of witch-trial hysteria. Why is she only a footnote in history?

Joseph Fouché was a bloody-handed architect of the French Terror; but he avoided any backlash for it. There's always employment for a man without scruples.

Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, in March 1750. The playbill tells of a benefit concert organized “at the particular desire of persons of quality”. The whole house is to be illuminated with wax lights, ...

It may be just another great myth surrounding Frank Sinatra, but he supposedly drank a bottle of Jack Daniels every day. Bourbon was Sinatra’s signature drink and Jack Daniels was his favourite brand.