VOICE OVER: Rebecca Brayton
WRITTEN BY: Arianna Wechter
From ancient rulers to modern dictators, history's darkest figures have left trails of suffering in their wake. Join us as we examine those whose cruelty, violence, and disregard for human life earned them infamy. These individuals manipulated power, committed genocide, tortured innocents, and destroyed lives on unimaginable scales. Our exploration includes tyrants like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Pol Pot; serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and Albert Fish; and cruel leaders like Nero, Caligula, and Genghis Khan. From Leopold II's Congo atrocities to Osama bin Laden's terrorism, these figures represent humanity at its most depraved. Which awful person do you think has made the largest negative impact throughout history? read more...