In the heart of Thiruvananthapuram stands the Padmanabhaswamy Temple — a place of worship, wealth, and mystery. Beneath its sacred floors lie secret chambers filled with unimaginable treasures, one of which remains sealed to this day.
For more than three centuries, the Spanish Inquisition spread fear through Europe — a state-run religious court system that hunted down heretics, tortured suspects, and burned thousands at the stake. What began as a mission to protect Catholic purity became one of history’s darkest campaigns of religious persecution.
In December 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army captured the Chinese capital of Nanjing and unleashed a six-week wave of murder, rape, and destruction. Tens of thousands of civilians and surrendered soldiers were slaughtered, women were assaulted without mercy, and an entire city was left in ruin. This is the harrowing story of the Rape of Nanking.
Deep in Japanese-occupied Manchuria during World War II, Unit 731 operated as a secret facility where thousands of innocent people were subjected to horrifying experiments. From plague injections to frost-bite testing, this chapter of history remains one of the darkest and least acknowledged. This is the real story of Unit 731 and the human cost behind the science.
The Maurya Empire once spanned much of the Indian subcontinent under bold conquest and centralised rule. But it was under Emperor Ashoka that this mighty empire underwent its most profound shift—after witnessing the horrors of war in Kalinga, Ashoka renounced widespread violence and embraced a new ideal: ruling through morality, welfare and spiritual awakening. This is the story of that transformation, and how one man changed a nation.
When Howard Carter opened King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, the world was stunned — not only by the treasures buried for over three millennia, but by rumors of a curse. From Lord Carnarvon’s untimely death to whispers of misfortune among those involved, the “Curse of the Pharaohs” captured imaginations. But what’s real? And what’s just sensational myth?