Paula Sladewski was just 26 years old when she was found burned beyond recognition in a Miami dumpster in 2010 — and her killer has never been identified.

The burials at the cemetery near the western Ukrainian village of Ostriv displayed a puzzling mix of Kyivan and Baltic customs.

The phrase "In God we trust" has appeared on all American currency since 1957, but its controversial history goes back much further than that.

Poltergeist actress Heather O'Rourke was just 12 years old in 1988, when she died from a bowel obstruction that her doctors had previously dismissed as Crohn's disease.

Timorebestia was an ancient relative of the modern arrow worm — and one of the deadliest predators of its time.

Pepper X has recently been named the hottest pepper in the world, but it's far from the only spicy chili that's setting tongues ablaze.

"They completely modified the valley at a level we've never seen. It's incredible."

In addition to the mummies, archaeologists uncovered the first statues of Isis-Aphrodite ever found in the region.

Rumors of so-called Bondo apes emerged around 2003 — when sensationalized reports about these highly aggressive, giant apes living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began to spread online.

A protector of the forests in Slavic lore, Leshy is known to play tricks on those who enter his woods — while some legends say he’s a malevolent spirit who kidnaps babies.