Did you know that train crashes used to be staged as live entertainment? Here’s how the ‘Crash at Crush’ in 1896 helped to kickstart a decades-long trend.

Join us as Sky HISTORY remembers the 80th anniversary of Nagasaki, the second city struck by a US atomic bomb.

With Curse of Skinwalker Ranch season sox on the way, here are the scientific investigators who have made the Sky HISTORY reality show a hit ...

80 years ago, the sky above Hiroshima cracked open. At 8:15am on 6th August 1945, the first atomic bomb used in war detonated ...

Charles Goodyear was determined to eradicate these drawbacks of rubber. Through a long process of trial and error, he mixed ...

What’s the weirdest job you’ve ever had? It probably wouldn’t compare to these oddities, including some highlighted by Henry ...

From the Flip Flap Railway to the Big Dipper, rollercoasters have always carried an element of danger… sometimes to a deadly degree. Read on to learn more.

The Baader-Meinhof gang terrorised West Germany in the late 20th century. Learn more about the notorious group and its activities here ...

11 facts about Viking leader Rollo, the first Duke of Normandy Unlike the legendary figures of Ragnar and Lagertha, there is extensive history to prove that Rollo was a real person.

The English Civil War, with its violent clashes between Roundheads and Cavaliers, is a much-mythologised chapter in British history. Yet it was actually part of a larger arc of events known as the ...

In the 1890s, horse-drawn transport led waste to build up heavily in major cities. A new Sky HISTORY series looks at how the crisis was unexpectedly resolved.