Though historians today cast doubt upon the purported criminality of Mata Hari, she was nonetheless executed in France for being a double agent during the First World War. In their world-première ...

She refused a blindfold and by some accounts even smiled at her executioners. Margaretha Zelle, a.k.a. “Mata Hari,” an exotic dancer and convicted spy, met her end at age 41 at the hands of a firing ...

Dancer Mata Hari (1876-1917) is portrayed as a seductive double agent and an archetype of femme fatale in many movies and series. Although the true story behind this Netherlands-born dancer ― who was ...

We are already counting down to the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. We do that by looking back to recent editions of Europe's favorite TV show. This time we go to 2006, when the contest was held ...

The French Government is considering a request to re-open the case of Mata Hari, the Dutch-born erotic dancer who charmed her way into European society before being shot as a spy in World War I. Two ...