The object has archaeologists stumped. It’s made with bamboo, a plant that is not native to Switzerland (but was introduced ...

In 1882, the British Museum acquired a clay tablet that had been discovered in southern Iraq, not far from the ancient city ...

The hoard features historical figures from the time period, such as William the Conqueror, Edward the Confessor, and Harold ...

On Dec. 11, 1945, 32-year-old Frances Brown was discovered savagely murdered in her apartment at the Pine Grove Hotel on Chicago’s North Side, a bread knife lodged in her neck. Scrawled on her living ...

Around 1 p.m. on October 20, 1967, Bob Gimlin and Roger Patterson saw a seven-foot creature in Bluff Creek, California — and caught their encounter on film. In October 1967, Roger Patterson and Bob ...

Not long after Carolyn and Roger Perron moved into a new house in Harrisville, Rhode Island along with their five children, the family allegedly began experiencing a series of chilling occurrences ...

Linda Napolitano was a typical housewife living in Manhattan with her husband and two children. But everything changed on Nov. 30, 1989, when she claims three gray bipedal creatures abducted her from ...

Genevieve Carlton earned a Ph.D in history from Northwestern University with a focus on early modern Europe and the history of science and medicine before becoming a history professor at the ...

On July 2, 1931, a man named Peter Kürten entered the execution courtyard of Klingelputz Prison in Cologne, Germany, flanked by the prison’s priest and psychiatrist. He was on his way to the ...

The Wild Story Of Pat Garrett, The Old West Sheriff Who Killed Billy The Kid And Then Wrote His Biography The Zodiac Killer’s Infamous Z340 Cipher Has Been Solved More Than 50 Years After His Chilling ...

On March 18, 1919, the streets of New Orleans were filled with music. People flooded into crowded jazz bars while makeshift jazz bands cropped up in homes across the city, frantically playing into the ...

Throughout the 17th century, Europe was repeatedly ravaged by war. The Thirty Years’ War, for instance, raged across Central Europe and claimed some 8 million lives. Towns across the region were ...