Another groundbreaking installment of House that expands upon the titular character’s backstory is season 5’s “Birthmarks,” which is one of the most stressful episodes of House ever.

Disturbing episodes are common in most medical dramas, but House had several that are darker than you remember. The show followed the arrogant diagnostics genius Dr. Gregory House as he fought to ...

A Connecticut man alleged to have been held captive and starved by his stepmother for more than two decades escaped the small room he had been locked away in by setting their house on fire ...

The man, whose name has not been disclosed, was emaciated and weighed only 69 pounds (31 kilograms) when he was rescued from the two-story house in Waterbury after starting the fire on Feb. 17.