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Tonight’s story takes us deep into the heart of Louisiana’s plantation country to a secret so … “One Father. Dozens of Slave Babies. All With Blue Eyes — Louisiana’s Darkest Plantation Secret”Read more

The history of the Soviet camps is often told with numbers. Millions prisoners, endless work crews, … The most brutal methods ever used against prisoners were in the Gulag labor camps of the Soviet Union.Read more

There are words that should not exist, words born in rooms without windows registered on forms … No Escape: The Five Infamous Medical Exams Germans Imposed on French Prisoners That Defined TerrorRead more

There are some things you can’t forget, even when you try.  The sound of boots pounding … “She was 8 months pregnant” — What German soldiers did to her before she gave birthRead more

What They Pulled From the Cripple Creek Drift in 1893 — Why the Site Was Welded … What They Pulled From the Cripple Creek Drift in 1893 — Why the Site Was Welded ShutRead more

Neighbors Thought His Tunnel Home Was Insane — Then It Kept His Family Warm at −35°F … Neighbors Thought His Tunnel Home Was Insane — Then It Kept His Family Warm at −35°FRead more

They Mocked His Buried Shelter With a Stone Roof — Until It Survived a –30° Freeze … They Mocked His Buried Shelter With a Stone Roof — Until It Survived a –30° FreezeRead more

Some presents don’t bring joy, they bring destruction. On Christmas Eve 100861, inside a grand plantation … Christmas 1861: The Mistress Was Gifted a Slave Boy — Only to Discover He Was Her Own SonRead more

Plantation records from northeastern Alabama reveal an entry dated March 1856 that defies explanation. 12 men, … (1856, Jacob Terrell) The Black Man So Strong That 12 Overseers Could Not Restrain HimRead more

I was 20 years old when I learned that the human body could be reduced to … Each German soldier was allowed 7 minutes per day with each French prisoner.Read more