The Vampire Who Terrorized Croatia For 16 Years
There are tales of a real life vampire... and it's not who you think.
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Creepy Tales Of Movie Set Ghosts
When you're on set of a horror flick, it's easy to get carried away with eerie occurrences that happen. Here are some creepy tales of movie set ghosts.
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The Truth About Steven Tyler's Troubled Past
Maybe it's just that splitting your time between being a rock god and serving as a sun damaged Jack Sparrow life model doesn't leave room in your schedule for discerning personal choices, but Steven Tyler has had a couple "incidents" in his past.
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The Truth About John Lennon's Relationship With His Son Julian
'Sean was the product of love,' John Lennon is reported to have once told a young Julian. 'You were the product of a whiskey bottle.'"
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Here's How Psychics Trick You Into Believing Them
It's one of the older scams going (and it's still very much going): psychics.
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Here's Why Exploding Rats Were Invented During WWII
You just don't hear about organizations like the Special Operations Executive anymore. Or their mission to beat the Nazis with exploding rats.
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The Truth About NASA And The Zodiac
Apparently there's a relatively wide-spread rumor going around that not only has NASA shifted the calendar, but has added a new sign to the traditional 12-sign lineup of the zodiac (which, to be clear, is astrology).
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The Pizza Bomber: The Crazy Real-Life Story
One of the strangest and most unique crimes in history was a bank robbery that became known as the Pizza Bomber. In happened in 2003, but it just got weirder and weirder as the years went on, and there are still some unanswered questions, too. This is the crazy real-life story of the Pizza Bomber.
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Here's How Much Trent Reznor From Nine Inch Nails Is Really Worth
Trent Reznor of the Nine Inch Nails has had an extraordinary career. And his net worth reflects that.
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The Untold Truth Of Glenn Frey's Son, Deacon
When founder, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist Glenn Frey died at the age of 67 in 2016, his son Deacon stepped up.
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What Radioactive Doesn't Tell You About Marie Curie
Radioactive takes a few liberties on its way to present a true, if not entirely factual, sense of an historical individual.
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You Wouldn't Want To Meet Kanye West In Real Life. Here's Why
The details of Kanye West's bipolar diagnosis aren't anybody's business but his, but scattered interviews and public comments have given the public a fraction of a look at the tough position of living with both an intense personality disorder and an alien lifestyle of being a musical phenomenon.
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Details You've Never Known About Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine
"Before I did the record, we went on tour with Skinny Puppy. That was the first time I played these songs live. It was a somewhat bad experience," said Trent Reznor.
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This Science Explains Why You Can Smell Rain
You're not dreaming. You can smell the rain...
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It Was Easy For The Goths To Invade Rome. This Is The Reason Why
In 410, Rome fell for the first time in 800 years and for the first time since the establishment of its imperial power. Though today we would date the end of the Western Empire sixty-six years later in 476, its days were now numbered.
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The Strange Truth Of Andrew Jackson's Burial
In June of 1845, Andrew Jackson was 78 years old -- roughly 248 in 19th century years. Soon he'd be buried -- but not how you might expect.
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David Bowie Identified Hitler As The First Rockstar. Here's Why
Most people don't remember watching certain animated movies as children. David Bowie, on the other hand, didn't remember recording an album as a 29-year-old.
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What Happened To The Slaves At The Alamo?
Part of the narrative of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo is that the defenders were there to liberate Texas from the tyranny of Mexico. One of the points that often gets lost amid the flag-waving and coonskin caps is that by the time of the Texas Revolution, Mexico had abolished slavery. Texas hadn't.
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The Hidden Meaning Of Nirvana's Polly
"Polly," which appears in the iconic Nirvana album Nevermind, is a disturbing song that's hard to forget.
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Why Mick Jagger's Solo Album Almost Destroyed The Rolling Stones
In 1985, Stones frontman Mick Jagger released his debut solo album, She's The Boss, and it nearly struck a killing blow to the band.
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Musicians Who Turned Down Playing At Woodstock
Not every big rocker of the time showed up at Woodstock. Here are some musicians who turned down playing at Woodstock.
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How To Survive Sinking In Quicksand
Quicksand is probably more important as a motion picture plot device than as an actual natural phenomenon that's waiting to suck you to your death the next time you stroll in the woods/jungle/cursed mall.
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The Cosby Show Role That Whitney Houston Turned Down
Life for Whitney Houston — and pop music as you know it — may have gone very differently, had the musician made one different choice.
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The Mysterious Death Of Mt. Everest Explorer George Mallory
"He saw two black dots he assumed to be Mallory and Irvine near one of the final ridges before the peak before disappearing into the clouds again. It was the last time both of them were seen alive..."
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Why Lead Belly Might Have Been The Most Violent Musician Of The 20th Century
Ledbetter, later known as Lead Belly, was born in Louisiana in the late 1880s -- into a life of violence.
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Here's How Much Prison Guards Really Get Paid
This probably won't come as much of a surprise, but the life of a correctional officer is distinctly short on beer and skittles.
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Why Blondie's Debbie Harry Believes She Was Almost Abducted By Ted Bundy
It's a tale as old as time: a young woman encounters a creepy man late at night in a big city. For Debbie Harry, of the iconic rock band Blondie, this encounter was with serial killer Ted Bundy, as Harry recalled in an interview in 1989 — the same year Bundy was executed.
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