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Well-Preserved 3,700-Year-Old Bronze Age Brain And Skin Remains Found In Turkey

Ancient brain remains have been found four or five times before in Turkey, but this discovery marks the first time researchers have found skin still intact on ancient bodies there.

By Austin Harvey • Sep 12, 2023

Well-Preserved 3,700-Year-Old Bronze Age Brain And Skin Remains Found In Turkey

Ancient brain remains have been found four or five times before in Turkey, but this discovery marks the first time researchers have found skin still intact on ancient bodies there.

By Austin Harvey • September 12, 2023

A Definitive List Of History’s Creepiest Cryptids — And Where They Allegedly Live

You've heard about Sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster, but they're far from the only cryptids with bone-chilling backstories.

By Austin Harvey • Sep 10, 2023

A Definitive List Of History’s Creepiest Cryptids — And Where They Allegedly Live

You've heard about Sasquatch and the Loch Ness Monster, but they're far from the only cryptids with bone-chilling backstories.

By Austin Harvey • September 10, 2023

44 Photos Of The 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, From Its Brilliant New Inventions To Its Stark Racism

Held for the centennial celebration of the Louisiana Purchase, the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair drew 20 million visitors and is remembered for introducing the American public to the ice cream cone — and for its "human zoos."

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 8, 2023

44 Photos Of The 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, From Its Brilliant New Inventions To Its Stark Racism

Held for the centennial celebration of the Louisiana Purchase, the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair drew 20 million visitors and is remembered for introducing the American public to the ice cream cone — and for its "human zoos."

By Kaleena Fraga • September 8, 2023

A New Hampshire Woman Bought A Painting At A Thrift Store For $4 — And It Could Be Worth $250,000

The painting by American artist N.C. Wyeth was one of four illustrations he created for the 1939 edition of the novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson.

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • Sep 8, 2023

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A New Hampshire Woman Bought A Painting At A Thrift Store For $4 — And It Could Be Worth $250,000

The painting by American artist N.C. Wyeth was one of four illustrations he created for the 1939 edition of the novel Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson.

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • September 8, 2023

The Brutal Murder Of Brenda Lafferty At The Hands Of Her Fundamentalist Mormon Brothers-In-Law

On July 24, 1984, Brenda Lafferty and her 15-month-old daughter Erica were killed by her brothers-in-law, Ron and Dan Lafferty, after they allegedly received divine instructions to murder them.

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 5, 2023

The Brutal Murder Of Brenda Lafferty At The Hands Of Her Fundamentalist Mormon Brothers-In-Law

On July 24, 1984, Brenda Lafferty and her 15-month-old daughter Erica were killed by her brothers-in-law, Ron and Dan Lafferty, after they allegedly received divine instructions to murder them.

By Kaleena Fraga • September 5, 2023

Archaeologists Just Found An Ancient Child’s Shoe In ‘Outstanding’ Condition In A 2,600-Year-Old Austrian Salt Mine

The shoe, equivalent to a modern size 12.5, provides insight into child laborers in the salt mines of the Iron Age, who may have worked at as young as three or four years old.

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • Sep 5, 2023

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Archaeologists Just Found An Ancient Child’s Shoe In ‘Outstanding’ Condition In A 2,600-Year-Old Austrian Salt Mine

The shoe, equivalent to a modern size 12.5, provides insight into child laborers in the salt mines of the Iron Age, who may have worked at as young as three or four years old.

By Hannah Reilly Holtz • September 5, 2023

Inside Niihau, Hawaii’s ‘Forbidden Island’ Without Paved Roads, Plumbing, Or Police

Purchased by a wealthy Scottish widow in 1864, the family-owned island of Niihau is committed to preserving its natural and cultural history — perhaps at a dangerous cost.

By Daniel Rennie • Sep 3, 2023

Inside Niihau, Hawaii’s ‘Forbidden Island’ Without Paved Roads, Plumbing, Or Police

Purchased by a wealthy Scottish widow in 1864, the family-owned island of Niihau is committed to preserving its natural and cultural history — perhaps at a dangerous cost.

By Daniel Rennie • September 3, 2023

8 Horror Movies So Disturbing That Audiences Thought They Were Snuff Films

From "Cannibal Holocaust" to "The Blair Witch Project," these movies were so extreme that countless people thought the onscreen carnage was real.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 3, 2023

8 Horror Movies So Disturbing That Audiences Thought They Were Snuff Films

From "Cannibal Holocaust" to "The Blair Witch Project," these movies were so extreme that countless people thought the onscreen carnage was real.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 3, 2023

The Grisly Legend Of Xipe Totec, The Mesoamerican God Of Human Flaying

Ceremonies honoring Xipe Totec were often brutal, involving human sacrifices and skinning of corpses, but the deity was also revered as a god of spring and rebirth, with the human skin seen as merely the husk that harbored the seed of life within.

By Austin Harvey • Aug 31, 2023

The Grisly Legend Of Xipe Totec, The Mesoamerican God Of Human Flaying

Ceremonies honoring Xipe Totec were often brutal, involving human sacrifices and skinning of corpses, but the deity was also revered as a god of spring and rebirth, with the human skin seen as merely the husk that harbored the seed of life within.

By Austin Harvey • August 31, 2023

The Complicated Story Of Pocahontas’ Son Thomas Rolfe, A Man Caught Between Two Worlds

Thomas Rolfe was born in the New World in 1615 to Pocahontas and John Rolfe, and while much of his life is left to speculation, historic records and Native American oral traditions paint a conflicting picture of him.

By Amber Morgan • Aug 31, 2023

The Complicated Story Of Pocahontas’ Son Thomas Rolfe, A Man Caught Between Two Worlds

Thomas Rolfe was born in the New World in 1615 to Pocahontas and John Rolfe, and while much of his life is left to speculation, historic records and Native American oral traditions paint a conflicting picture of him.

By Amber Morgan • August 31, 2023