The Highgate Vampire

Claims of a supernatural creature hiding in a London cemetery led to a long-running feud between two self-proclaimed vampire hunters

The Dog Suicide Bridge

What has caused 50 dogs to jump to their death from the same bridge?

While the UK marks the Platinum Jubilee of the current monarch, we look at eight others whose reign came to an untimely end

Noted gorilla researcher Dian Fossey was murdered in her remote cabin in 1985

Renowned naturalist Jane Goodall recorded a murderously violent conflict between two communities of chimpanzees

In 1672, the Dutch Grand Pensionary was lynched and partially eaten by an angry mob

How the ordinary women of Fishguard, Wales, foiled the last invasion of mainland Britain

The only recorded battle where US and German soldiers fought together on the same side against SS troops

This strangely constructed castle is said to contain a gateway to hell

Also known as the Great Race of Mercy, the Nome serum run was a dog sled relay over nearly 700…