The Spartan Code: 7 Steps from Greatness to Total Self-Destruction

How to declare a queen a vampire to steal her fortune. The Báthory case.

What's scarier: an insane tyrant or a perfect facade of power?

The Iron Maiden is a Lie. The Truth About Torture is Scarier Than Any Myth

6 Keys to the Medieval Code: The Logic Behind Trials for Killer Animals

He built hospitals while his people were maimed: the double life of a god-king

Hollywood Lied: Gladiators Weren't Cannon Fodder, They Were Costly Assets

The Pear of Anguish: The Inquisition's weapon for the total humiliation of women.

Silk and Shackles: How slave-favorites manipulated the most powerful men in Rome

Mother, Politician, or Saint? The Executed Queen's Secret Plan

Why the Law is Scarier Than Lawlessness. The Cruelest Execution by the Book.

Why Was the Sultan's Love a Death Sentence in the Harem?

Why Did Aztecs Kill Children to Make It Rain? The Horrifying Logic

Why did the most pious women confess to witchcraft first? The answer will shock you

Why Did Genghis Khan Forbid Spilling Enemy Blood? The Answer is Scarier Than Torture

Why Vlad the Impaler Oiled His Stakes: The Technology of 72-Hour Agony

From the Executioner's Knife to Brainwashing: The Evolution of Absolute Control.

Operation Legacy: The Secret of Britain's Concentration Camps They Tried to Burn

The Inquisition's 7 steps to break anyone. The psychology of false confession

Deal with the Devil: How the US bought the data from Unit 731's bloody experiments.

How Syphilis Created Monsters on the Throne and Changed History.

The Glass King & The Horse-Senator: How Rulers' Madness Was Hidden