In 1823, John Thurtell murdered the gambler William Weare while the two were riding in a horse-drawn gig. Cashing in on public...

A surprising number of crime stories from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction take place in wax museums. Today, we're joined by Caroline...

Beaumarchais’s madcap comedy, The Marriage of Figaro , smashed box-office records when it opened in Paris in 1784. The following year, a...