Four months, 18 dead, and zero remorse. This is the story of Paul John Knowles, a.k.a. the Casanova Killer. #biography| Biographics
How exactly did a Wild West outlaw get mummified and end up as a prop in an amusement park funhouse? Let's find out with the story of Elmer McCurdy...| Biographics
Annie Edson Taylor might not have looked the part, but make no mistake about it: her daredevil credentials are as solid as it gets. #biography| Biographics
He was a member of the Virginia Dynasty, and the last of the Founding Fathers to hold the office of President. This is the story of James Monroe.| Biographics
Uber’s meteoric rise to dominate the personal transport market has made it one of the most successful - and the most hated - companies in history. Along with its controversial CEO Travis Kalanick, it has developed a reputation as being iron-fisted, cruel and relentless in its pursuit of power. Inspiring an equal measure of admiration and loathing, Uber has turned the traditional taxi industry on its head - and provided consumers with a more user friendly way of getting from Point A to poi...| Biographics
Genghis Khan - a name that is synonymous with barbaric cruelty and conquest. 800 years ago he created the greatest army the world has ever known, wielding it with tactical brilliance to lay claim to the largest empire in world history. No other man, not Alexander, Napoleon or Hitler, ever came close to the level of success in conquest of the Mongolian man of steel. How did he do it? In this week’s Biographics, we discover how a simple peasant rose from one of the harshest environments on ...| Biographics
It was the financial scandal of the century. One of the most respected figures on Wall Street, a man who was considered to have the investment Midas touch, had not actually invested a dime in the past fifteen years. Instead he’d been running the largest Ponzi scheme in history. In today’s Biographics, we take a look at the stunning rise and cataclysmic fall of Bernie Madoff. Early Years Bernard Lawrence Madoff was born on April 29th, 1938 in Queens New York. His parents, Ralph and Sylv...| Biographics