The Wonderland Murders Explained
July 1, 1981 will forever live in criminal history infamy. But what really happened at 8763 Wonderland Avenue? Let's take a look at the Wonderland Murders.
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The Crazy True Story Of The 1910 Los Angeles Times Bombing
Over four years in the early 1900s, there were over 70 dynamite attacks across the US. This is the crazy true story of the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing.
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The Truth Of The National Museum Of Funeral History
The National Museum of Funeral History is more of an interactive, respectable tribute to the inevitable phase of life that many shy away from discussing: death.
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What You Didn't Know About The SPAM Museum
The museum started as "a small storefront company museum in a local mall," but the public cared about SPAM more than any other product and so it was renamed.
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How The Astor Family Really Got So Rich
At one point in the 19th century, the Astors owned so much real estate in the Big Apple that they earned themselves the nickname the "landlords of New York."
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The One Period In History 25% Of People Would Travel To If They Could
The idea of time travel didn't stop with the ancient poets. Scientists like Albert Einstein considered the possibility that time is relative and illusionary.
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Setsubun: The Japanese Festival Of Throwing Beans At Demons
During Setsubun, you'll see kids throwing dried soy beans at adults dancing in cloaks and wearing furry demon masks in parks or at schools come February 2-4.
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The Messed Up Truth About Homelessness In America
Homelessness puts a person and their issues through a grinder that can make it all much worse. Here's the messed up truth about homelessness in America.
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What You Didn't Know About John Dillinger's Time In The Navy
Dillinger was caught joyriding a stolen car through Indiana, and, after a showdown with police, he chose to enlist in the service rather than face punishment.
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The Messed Up Truth About The Berrima Axe Murderer
John Lynch was perhaps the most prolific serial killer in Australian history, killing as many as 10 people between the years of 1835 and 1841.
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The Truth About Japan's Last Living Swordsmiths
In Japan, swords are mythical because they were removed from the hands of their owners during the Meiji Restoration, during the country's rush to modernize.
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The Guinness World Record Involving An iPad You Could Probably Beat
Many of the challenges listed in the Guinness World Records can be surpassed with a little ingenuity -- for instance, putting the most spoons on your body.
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The Messed Up Way Marijuana Was Made Illegal
With the culture of marijuana smoking becoming more normalized, lots of folks might be asking how and why this plant was made illegal in the first place.
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What It's Really Like To Serve On A Submarine
Lurking under our waters are hidden beasts. Not the Loch Ness Monster, or some other supposedly extinct underwater dinosaur. We're talking about submarines.
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The Stunning Number Of Mark Hofmann Forgeries The LDS Had In Its Collections
Hofmann tricked many individuals and organizations, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, bilking them of millions of dollars.
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The World's First Black Fighter Pilot Was More Important Than You Realize
Eugene Bullard left the post-Civil War American South to travel Europe as a boxer, vaudeville performer, and, eventually the first known Black fighter pilot
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Rules That Buddhist Monks Have To Follow
Buddhism, which started about 2,500 years ago in India, is one of the world's oldest religions with some venerable rules.
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The Backbreaking Truth Of Life In A Sod House On The American Frontier
The flat land of the prairie made building a home exhausting. Stones and trees were scarce; many homesteaders used prairie sod, a layer of earth and grass.
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The Tragic Truth About Stalin's Aardakh Deportations
Aardakh was one of the many forced deportations the Soviet Union enacted against ethnic minorities. Here's the tragic truth about Stalin's Aardakh deportations.
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The Surprising True Story Of The Native American Confederate General
Like many children in planter class families, Watie had been baptized, received a Western-style education from Christian missionaries, and grew up bilingual.
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Notorious Historical Figures Who Died By Guillotine
France last used the guillotine for execution in the 1970s, and the death penalty was abolished in 1981. But scores of people lost their heads under its blade.
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The Untold Truth Of Japan's Kamikaze Pilots
When it comes to World War II, it's not all that hard to end up thinking of the Japanese Kamikaze pilots who would dive bomb their planes into Allied ships.
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The KGB Was More Messed Up Than You Thought
The KGB is an acronym most people associate with dark alley espionage, heavy Russian accents, and Vladimir Putin. But do those stories have any merit?
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Here's How Ireland Really Celebrates St. Patrick's Day
Was there anything that the original Irish-American immigrants once did that Irish people also do to celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
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People Who Died Attempting A World Record
A few extraordinary individuals haven't been lucky while chasing a Guinness World Record and have even ended up losing their lives along the way.
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Bizarre Reasons People Could Be Excommunicated
There's been a lot of super weird reasons that people have found themselves excommunicated from the church, and some of them are pretty epic.
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The Untold Truth Of The Hatfield-McCoy Feud
The family names have become such a part of our language that people sometimes forget there were two actual families called the Hatfields and the McCoys.
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