The Real Connection Between The Black Dahlia And The Cecil Hotel
Nothing could be scarier than a coincidence, and it gets even creepier when the coincidences involve particularly gruesome or mysterious deaths.
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How Many Deaths Have Happened At The Cecil Hotel?
The Netflix series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel has viewers wondering how many deaths have happened at the hotel.
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The Messed Up Story Of The Holy Child Of La Guardia
Residents of La Guardia in Spain gather every year at a church to honor a 15th-century folk saint dubbed "the Holy Child of La Guardia."
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What It Was Really Like Taking Part In The Alamo
In 1836, tensions between Texas and Mexico came to a head at an old church called the Alamo. Here's What it was really like taking part in the Alamo.
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Why Reddit Is Convinced Elisa Lam Died Of Tuberculosis
The mysterious death of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel spawned many theories, including one among Reddit users that Lam died of tuberculosis.
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Famous Artworks That Have Been Stolen More Than Once
Art heists are fascinating and keep captivating people's imagination. Yet for some reason there are legendary artworks that have been stolen several times.
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The Truth Behind Europe's Brutal Werewolf Trials
Here is the horrible, horrible truth about the people who were accused of werewolfery in Renaissance-era Europe.
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The Terrifying Truth About Albert Fish
After an abusive childhood, Albert Fish seemed fated for a life of horrors, eventually murdering and cannibalizing several children.
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The Truth About The Ottoman Empire's Most Elite Soldiers
History has its fair share of fierce warriors, and the Ottoman Empire was no exception with its own elite soldiers serving the sultan.
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The Horrific True Story Of The Skid Row Cancer Study
In the 1950s and '60s, Dr. Perry Hudson tried out his experimental methods for diagnosing cancer on New York's Skid Row residents.
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This Was Serial Killer Albert Fish's Motive
During the murder trial of Albert Fish in the 1930s, several psychiatrists provided testimony on Fish's mental state and possible motive.
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How The Grey Man Was Finally Caught
Known as The Grey Man, Albert Fish was convicted for the 1928 murder of 10-year-old Grace Budd, and this is how he was caught.
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The Sensational Murder Of The 'Beautiful Cigar Girl'
The murder of the "Beautiful Cigar Girl" in 1841 in New York City was so mysterious that even Edgar Allen Poe tried to solve it.
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The Time L. Ron Hubbard Almost Started A War With Mexico
Well before he became known as the father of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard was in the Navy and almost started a war with Mexico.
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The Untold Truth Of Easter Island
With its rocky coasts and green hilltops, Easter Island has a long, complex history and is home to the mysterious moai.
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The True Story Of How New York City Displaced A Black Community To Build Central Park
Seneca Village only survived for 32 years, but it was vibrant. This is the true story of how New York City displaced a Black community to build Central Park.
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The Crazy History Of Bog Bodies
Bog bodies are embalmed in a mummification process that preserves them in great detail. Here's what secrets they've revealed and who they may have been in life.
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What It Was Really Like Being A World War II Codebreaker
Codebreakers were very important during WWII, but it's only recently that we've started to uncover what it was really like being a World War II codebreaker.
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The Craziest False Confessions In History
False confessions, made because of a desire for attention, a delusion, or mental and emotional pressure, can have devastating consequences.
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This Is How The West Memphis Three Were Set Free
In 1993, three teenagers from West Memphis, Arkansas, went to prison for the murders of three eight-year-old boys whose bodies were found in the woods.
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What Happened When Washington D.C. Desegregated Public Pools In 1949
Throughout much of the 20th century, whenever Black Americans tried to go swimming in integrated public pools, white people violently targeted them.
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The Real Reason You Can't Find The 1890 U.S. Census
Beyond the contemporary functional application of the census, it also offers a phenomenal glimpse into hundreds of millions of lives throughout history.
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How Fidel Castro Survived Over 600 Assassination Attempts
After 638 failures by the CIA, "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal," Castro liked to tell interviewers.
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The True Story Of La Quintrala, Chile's Aristocratic Serial Killer
The country of Chile remembers to this day the legacy of a brutal serial killer from the 1600s who ruthlessly murdered her slaves, lovers, and her own father.
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The Original Reason For The World Series Will Surprise You
The World Series restarted after 1900 when the American League was established; the AL won in 1903, proving a worthy rival to the established National League.
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There's A New Twist In The Dyatlov Pass Hiking Incident
Less than two weeks after researchers presented evidence that the mysterious 1959 Dytlov Pass hiking incident had been solved, history may have repeated itself.
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The Strangest Aphrodisiacs Throughout History
An aphrodisiac is any substance thought to get you in the mood and ready to roll into bed. Over the millennia, humans have tried about everything.
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