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The Mystery Of Cicada 3301, The Series Of Baffling Puzzles That Were Posted Online Without Explanation

The Cicada 3301 puzzles started to appear on 4chan in 2012, claiming to be a test to find "highly intelligent individuals" — but no one knows who posted these puzzles or why.

By Austin Harvey Aug 23, 2025

The Mystery Of Cicada 3301, The Series Of Baffling Puzzles That Were Posted Online Without Explanation

The Cicada 3301 puzzles started to appear on 4chan in 2012, claiming to be a test to find "highly intelligent individuals" — but no one knows who posted these puzzles or why.

By Austin Harvey August 23, 2025

Michelle Philpots, The British Woman With Such Severe Amnesia That She Wakes Up Every Day Thinking It’s 1994

Michelle Philpots starts each day with no memory of the day before, the result of a rare variety of amnesia which helped inspire the 2004 film "50 First Dates."

By Austin Harvey Aug 22, 2025

Michelle Philpots, The British Woman With Such Severe Amnesia That She Wakes Up Every Day Thinking It’s 1994

Michelle Philpots starts each day with no memory of the day before, the result of a rare variety of amnesia which helped inspire the 2004 film "50 First Dates."

By Austin Harvey August 22, 2025

The Controversial Life Of Ted Hughes, The British Poet Who Married Sylvia Plath

After the suicide of Sylvia Plath in 1963, many of the writer's fans called her husband Ted Hughes a "murderer," blaming his affair with Assia Wevill for causing the deterioration of Plath's mental health.

By Ainsley Brown Aug 20, 2025

The Controversial Life Of Ted Hughes, The British Poet Who Married Sylvia Plath

By Ainsley Brown August 20, 2025

The Solution To The Unbreakable Code Carved Onto The Kryptos Sculpture At CIA Headquarters Will Soon Be Sold To The Highest Bidder

In 1990, a sculpture known as Kryptos was installed right outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia — and it was inscribed with four encoded messages. While the first three codes were all solved within a few years, the final message has remained shrouded in mystery to this day.

By Ainsley Brown Aug 20, 2025

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The Solution To The Unbreakable Code Carved Onto The Kryptos Sculpture At CIA Headquarters Will Soon Be Sold To The Highest Bidder

By Ainsley Brown August 20, 2025

The Strange Story Of Vasile Gorgos, The Romanian Farmer Who Disappeared For 30 Years —Then Returned Home With No Memory Of Where He’d Been

Vasile Gorgos returned to his farm in Romania in 2021, three decades after he'd first vanished, wearing the same clothes he wore on the day he went missing.

By Austin Harvey Aug 19, 2025

The Strange Story Of Vasile Gorgos, The Romanian Farmer Who Disappeared For 30 Years —Then Returned Home With No Memory Of Where He’d Been

Vasile Gorgos returned to his farm in Romania in 2021, three decades after he'd first vanished, wearing the same clothes he wore on the day he went missing.

By Austin Harvey August 19, 2025

Hanoi Hannah, The North Vietnamese Radio Host Who Encouraged U.S. Soldiers To Defect During The Vietnam War

From 1965 to 1973, Trinh Thi Ngo, better known as Hanoi Hannah, hosted a radio segment for a North Vietnamese propaganda station that aimed to destroy the morale of American troops.

By Kaleena Fraga Aug 18, 2025

Hanoi Hannah, The North Vietnamese Radio Host Who Encouraged U.S. Soldiers To Defect During The Vietnam War

From 1965 to 1973, Trinh Thi Ngo, better known as Hanoi Hannah, hosted a radio segment for a North Vietnamese propaganda station that aimed to destroy the morale of American troops.

By Kaleena Fraga August 18, 2025

The Rise And Fall Of Big Jim Colosimo, The Chicago Mobster Whose Murder Paved The Way For Al Capone

Big Jim Colosimo laid the groundwork for the fearsome Chicago Outfit, which passed into Capone's hands shortly after Colosimo's murder on May 11, 1920.

By Austin Harvey Aug 18, 2025

The Rise And Fall Of Big Jim Colosimo, The Chicago Mobster Whose Murder Paved The Way For Al Capone

Big Jim Colosimo laid the groundwork for the fearsome Chicago Outfit, which passed into Capone's hands shortly after Colosimo's murder on May 11, 1920.

By Austin Harvey August 18, 2025

The Tragic Story Of Gary Webb, The Investigative Journalist Who Died By Suicide After Exposing The CIA

Gary Webb was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, but the media did everything it could to discredit his three-part exposé that revealed links between the CIA, the revolution in Nicaragua, and the crack epidemic that gripped Los Angeles in the 1980s.

By Marco Margaritoff Aug 17, 2025

The Tragic Story Of Gary Webb, The Investigative Journalist Who Died By Suicide After Exposing The CIA

By Marco Margaritoff August 17, 2025

The Horrific Story Of Charles Stuart, The Boston Man Who Tried To Blame His Wife’s Murder On A Black Carjacker

Charles Stuart was unhappy in his marriage when he allegedly murdered his pregnant wife, Carol, in October 1989. Then, he claimed that a Black man was responsible for the crime.

By Ainsley Brown Aug 15, 2025

The Horrific Story Of Charles Stuart, The Boston Man Who Tried To Blame His Wife’s Murder On A Black Carjacker

Charles Stuart was unhappy in his marriage when he allegedly murdered his pregnant wife, Carol, in October 1989. Then, he claimed that a Black man was responsible for the crime.

By Ainsley Brown August 15, 2025