U.S. History
All the major chapters in the American story, from Indigenous beginnings to the present day.
World History
History from countries and communities across the globe, including the world’s major wars.
Eras & Ages
From prehistory, though antiquity and into the 21st century, all of history’s biggest chapters.
Culture & Tradition
The stories behind the faiths, food, entertainment and holidays that shape our world.
Science & Innovation
The pivotal discoveries, visionary inventors and natural phenomena that impacted history.
Al Capone survived assassination attempts, brutal gang wars and an attack by a fellow inmate at Alcatraz. How did unprotected sex finally take down one of history's most notorious gangsters?
Follow the American Mafia from their early development in New York City neighborhoods through Prohibition, to the boom days of the 1950s.
Explore how the NYC Mafia in the 1990s used extortion tactics to impose a 'mob tax' on legitimate businesses.
Who was Jack the Ripper? Various theories about his -- or her -- identity have circulated for decades.
Revisit the deadly sprees of some of history's scariest serial killers—including one who was never captured.