• The Winchester Mystery House standing firm in 2004
    By Richard Milner

    The Real Reason The Winchester Mystery House Was Built

    Come into a tremendous fortune under no action of her own, and bearing not only the weight of the Winchester name, but the knowledge of how many deaths her money came from. Such was the dilemma faced by Sarah Winchester.

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  • Radio dial
    By Asher Cantrell

    The Bizarre Mystery Behind The Numbers Stations

    Long a mystery, numbers stations are radio stations that play coded messages and anyone with a shortwave radio can listen in. The bizarre mystery behind the numbers stations is that nobody knows who transmits them. Numbers stations broadcast numbers or codes for intelligence officers and spies.

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  • The Big Circles
    By Emilia David

    The Mystery Behind The Big Circles

    The circles were first spotted by aircraft in 1920 by a British commander named Lionel Rees, relates The Washington Post. Rees wrote about the three circles he saw for the journal Antiquity but, despite how mysterious the rings were, they inspired little research until a photography project.

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  • CEO of Reddit Alexis Ohanian attends WORLDZ Cultural Marketing Summit 2017 at Hollywood and Highland on July 31, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
    By Felix Behr

    The Unsolved Mystery Of Lake City Quiet Pills

    How are two Reddit accounts, a controversial subreddit, Fark.com, the military, a mysterious death, a major assassination, and Lake City Quiet Pills all connected? That's a great question that internet detectives are trying to figure out. This is the unsolved mystery of Lake City Quiet Pills.

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  • Serpent Mound
    By Emilia David

    The Mystery Of Ohio's Serpent Mound

    The Serpent Mound sits in Adams County, about 70 miles east of Cincinnati, and has been recognized as a National Historic Landmark. The mound may look strange, but it wasn't put there by aliens; it's believed that it was constructed by Native American settlers of Ohio.

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  • Circleville, Ohio, map
    By Nick Vrchoticky

    The Unsolved Mystery Of The Circleville Letter Writer

    The situation around the Circleville poison pen letters eventually turned from terrifying to deadly. What's even scarier, the Circleville letter writer may still be out there. The Circleville letter writer sent poison pen letters to multiple residents of the small town, accusing them of misdeeds.

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  • The signature reddish color and lines of a Klerksdorp Sphere
    By Richard Milner

    The Mystery Of The Klerksdorp Spheres

    They're classified as pyrophyllites, a layered silicate formed by hydrothermal alteration (i.e., they dried out). Despite their names, they're not, in fact, spheres, but somewhat flat, oval, and some have three parallel lines across their length. The kicker? They're about 3 billion years old.

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  • Etruscan painting
    By Emilia David

    The Mystery Of The Etruscans

    One of the most advanced civilizations outside of Greece is also one of the most mysterious. The Etruscans lived in Italy, in what is now Tuscany, but researchers are only now starting to piece their history together.

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  • Metal mask
    By Pauli Poisuo

    The Unsolved Mystery Of The Lead Masks Case

    A young man was flying a kite on Vintém Hill when he made a truly chilling discovery: Two bodies lying on the ground in some tall weeds. These weren't just any old mortal remains, either. The dead men were both dressed in suits and waterproof coats, and they had strange lead masks over their eyes.

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  • Freddie Mercury
    By Pauli Poisuo

    The Mystery Of Freddie Mercury's Ashes

    Most icons who died too soon -- Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix, have famous graves people can physically visit to pay their respects. Weirdly, that's not the case with Mr. Mercury. But where do the rock icon's remains rest? Let's take a look at the mystery of Freddie Mercury's ashes.

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  • Death of Cleopatra
    By Emilia David

    The Mystery Of Cleopatra's Burial

    The ancient historian Plutarch, per Ancient History Encyclopedia, wrote that the two were buried together, probably at Cleopatra's request, though Plutarch never revealed the location of their tomb.

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  • Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
    By Sarah Crocker

    Mysteries Of The Sistine Chapel Revealed

    The Sistine Chapel is a major tourist attraction that's also packed with over five centuries of art history, most notably works by Michelangelo, who may have left more than a few subtle clues in his art. Here are the mysteries of the Sistine Chapel revealed.

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