Native American folklore, like many oral traditions around the world, is rife with captivating tales passed down through the generations. Among these stories, you’ll find terrifying tales of Native ...

Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it is known that he traveled from his home of Alexandria, Egypt, to Rome in ...

On the snowy peaks of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth, the dark object in the snow stood out. It was not trash, a piece of equipment, or a protruding stone. It was a boot with a sock ...

Owls hold significant meaning in Native American cultures, and many tribes have their own myths related to these mysterious nocturnal birds. The Yakama, who live at the border between what is now ...

Patricio Lujan was a young boy in New Mexico in the 1930s when a normal day with his family in Santa Fe was interrupted by the sight of a strange woman near their property. The family watched in ...

The long line of ancient Roman emperors is marked by a strange pattern: Almost every exceptionally brilliant emperor was succeeded by an exceptionally mad one. The benevolent emperor Claudius, who ...

Despite what the gory illustrations may suggest, the act of drilling holes into a person’s head was not a medieval torture method. This act, called trepanation, is actually a millennia-old medical ...

In an incident known as the Phoenix Lights, hundreds in Arizona and Nevada witnessed a fireball go across the sky followed by the appearance of a V-shaped craft. The sun had just set on March 13, 1997 ...

In November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, sank into the frigid waters of the Weddell Sea near Antarctica. Now, new images show how the ship has fared at the bottom of the ocean ...

Virginia Rappe was an up-and-coming actress and successful model when she died at the age of 30 on September 9, 1921, shortly after attending a party in San Francisco. Her sudden death — and the ...

Elaine Parent, a notorious con artist and murderer, operated for decades in the United States and England using more than 20 stolen identities. She began her career as a legitimate real estate agent ...