It's a condition known as "hypertrichosis" or "Ambras Syndrome," but in the 1500s it would transform one man into a national sensation and iconic fairy-tale character. His name: Petrus Gonsalvus, more commonly known today as the hairy hero of Beauty and the Beast.

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about o...

In the 1920s, former coal miner Harry Hoxsey claimed to have an herbal cure for cancer. Although sco...

One public housing flat in Moscow stood out above all others: the home of George Costakis, the forem...
A picture about the fine art of prehistoric times, the remains of which have been found in various p...
The first part of the documentary about the work of the Czech painter Mikoláš Alš called "The Song o...
The second part of the documentary about the work of the Czech painter Mikoláš Alš called "Glorious ...

Here's a strange one. First, a song on a blackboard: a Polish translation of “I love my little roost...

In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes ...

Madrid, Spain, 1949. The Circo Americano arrives in the city. While the big top is pitched in a vaca...

The Garbage Pail Kids are 30 years old. Celebrate their gross-out greatness with artist interviews, ...

William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman name...

Siddharta and Fabrizio, one of them nine years old, the other one 65, are the core of a community th...

"...a charming depiction of life as I knew it with my grandparents in my own village..." Clara Cale...

Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American ...

The impact of Marx on the 20th century has been all-pervasive and world-wide. This program looks at ...

5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three mill...