Ray Kroc, a Multimixer salesman, saw the restaurant's potential and became McDonald's first franchise agent. In 1955, Kroc founded McDonald's System, Inc., which would later become the McDonald's ...

Is there anything more to say about Jack the Ripper? Lucy Worsley thinks so. In the new series of Lucy Worsley Investigates (BBC Two), she presents the thesis that the Ripper murders were the ...

He has recently announced the launch of condolence.ie – a free death notice site for funeral directors all over Ireland. The move comes as RIP.ie announced fee for publishing death notices ...

Jack the Ripper’s crimes took place 133 years ago but historians argue that its impact is still very much evident in the way we consume content. Today, true crime is a multi-billion pound ...

For instance, we’ve got quite a bit wrong about the story of Jack the Ripper, the name given to the serial killer who murdered five women in Whitechapel in 1888 and whose macabre shadow ...

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With 2024 coming to a close, I’m looking back on everything that happened with 4K Blu-ray over the past year. Needless to say, it’s been a year of ups and downs. We’ve seen some excellent ...

Queen Victoria was furious with then-Prime Minister Lord Salisbury over his government's failure to bring Jack the Ripper to justice during his infamous 1888 killing spree. The revelation comes ...