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55 Revealing Photos Of 1980s Brooklyn That Show How The Borough Changed Throughout The Decade

See what Brooklyn looked like before the hipsters moved in and gentrification took hold.

By Austin Harvey • Nov 10, 2025

55 Revealing Photos Of 1980s Brooklyn That Show How The Borough Changed Throughout The Decade

See what Brooklyn looked like before the hipsters moved in and gentrification took hold.

By Austin Harvey • November 10, 2025

Yitzhak Rabin, The Israeli Prime Minister Who Was Assassinated Immediately After Giving A Pro-Peace Speech

Yigal Amir killed Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995 because he was opposed to Israel coming to a peace agreement with Palestine.

By Austin Harvey • Nov 10, 2025

Yitzhak Rabin, The Israeli Prime Minister Who Was Assassinated Immediately After Giving A Pro-Peace Speech

Yigal Amir killed Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995 because he was opposed to Israel coming to a peace agreement with Palestine.

By Austin Harvey • November 10, 2025

Titanic Passenger’s Necklace Found Hidden Inside A Mass Of Debris Pulled From The Wreck 25 Years Ago

Because the necklace was in the style of mourning jewelry, researchers suspect that its owner had likely just lost someone when the doomed ship went down on April 15, 1912.

By Ainsley Brown • Nov 10, 2025

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Titanic Passenger’s Necklace Found Hidden Inside A Mass Of Debris Pulled From The Wreck 25 Years Ago

Because the necklace was in the style of mourning jewelry, researchers suspect that its owner had likely just lost someone when the doomed ship went down on April 15, 1912.

By Ainsley Brown • November 10, 2025

The Story Of The Exodusters, The Black Americans Who Fled The South For Kansas During The ‘Great Exodus Of 1879’

After the end of Reconstruction in 1877, some 20,000 Black Americans decided to escape the discriminatory policies in the South and made their way west, with many settling in Kansas.

By Genevieve Carlton • Nov 7, 2025

The Story Of The Exodusters, The Black Americans Who Fled The South For Kansas During The ‘Great Exodus Of 1879’

After the end of Reconstruction in 1877, some 20,000 Black Americans decided to escape the discriminatory policies in the South and made their way west, with many settling in Kansas.

By Genevieve Carlton • November 7, 2025

The Story Of The Assassination Of President James Garfield And The Deranged Shooter Behind It

James Garfield was shot in a Washington, D.C. train station by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881, but he didn't die from his injuries for another two months.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 6, 2025

The Story Of The Assassination Of President James Garfield And The Deranged Shooter Behind It

James Garfield was shot in a Washington, D.C. train station by Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881, but he didn't die from his injuries for another two months.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 6, 2025

The Life Of Jane Wyman, From Her Success In Old Hollywood To Her Relationship With Ronald Reagan

Though Jane Wyman was well-known for being Ronald Reagan's first wife during his time as a movie star, she was a prominent actress in her own right — earning an Oscar and multiple Golden Globe awards.

By Austin Harvey • Nov 4, 2025

The Life Of Jane Wyman, From Her Success In Old Hollywood To Her Relationship With Ronald Reagan

Though Jane Wyman was well-known for being Ronald Reagan's first wife during his time as a movie star, she was a prominent actress in her own right — earning an Oscar and multiple Golden Globe awards.

By Austin Harvey • November 4, 2025

The Haunting Story Of The Texarakana Moonlight Murders, The Unsolved 1946 Slayings Perpetrated By The ‘Phantom Killer’

Over 10 weeks in 1946, a predator known only as the "Phantom Killer" attacked four sets of couples in Texarkana, leaving five people dead, before vanishing completely.

By Ainsley Brown • Nov 4, 2025

The Haunting Story Of The Texarakana Moonlight Murders, The Unsolved 1946 Slayings Perpetrated By The ‘Phantom Killer’

Over 10 weeks in 1946, a predator known only as the "Phantom Killer" attacked four sets of couples in Texarkana, leaving five people dead, before vanishing completely.

By Ainsley Brown • November 4, 2025

33 Photos That Show The Horrifying Conditions That Inspired Upton Sinclair’s Novel The Jungle

Upton Sinclair investigated the Chicago meatpacking industry in the early 1900s and was appalled by what he saw — leading him to write America's most famous muckraking novel.

By Austin Harvey • Nov 3, 2025

33 Photos That Show The Horrifying Conditions That Inspired Upton Sinclair’s Novel The Jungle

Upton Sinclair investigated the Chicago meatpacking industry in the early 1900s and was appalled by what he saw — leading him to write America's most famous muckraking novel.

By Austin Harvey • November 3, 2025

Explore 9 Of The World’s Scariest Abandoned Hospitals, From A ‘Haunted’ Asylum To A Radioactive Clinic

Though these hospitals once saw countless patients pass through their doors, they're now ghostly shells of their former selves.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 2, 2025

Explore 9 Of The World’s Scariest Abandoned Hospitals, From A ‘Haunted’ Asylum To A Radioactive Clinic

Though these hospitals once saw countless patients pass through their doors, they're now ghostly shells of their former selves.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 2, 2025

9 Infamous Serial Killer Couples And The Depraved Crimes They Carried Out Together

Murderous couples like Ray and Faye Copeland and the notorious Fred and Rose West kidnapped, tortured, and killed their victims together — and then they turned against each other.

By Richard Stockton • Nov 2, 2025

9 Infamous Serial Killer Couples And The Depraved Crimes They Carried Out Together

Murderous couples like Ray and Faye Copeland and the notorious Fred and Rose West kidnapped, tortured, and killed their victims together — and then they turned against each other.

By Richard Stockton • November 2, 2025