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Meet Bobby Sands, The Irish Nationalist Who Died During A Hunger Strike

Bobby Sands was a member of the Irish Republican Army and spent the last 66 days of his life on hunger strike in HM Prison Maze fighting for political prisoner status.

By Morgan Dunn • Sep 25, 2021

Meet Bobby Sands, The Irish Nationalist Who Died During A Hunger Strike

Bobby Sands was a member of the Irish Republican Army and spent the last 66 days of his life on hunger strike in HM Prison Maze fighting for political prisoner status.

By Morgan Dunn • September 25, 2021

How General Butt Naked Went From A Ruthless Liberian Warlord To A Repentant Preacher

Born Joshua Milton Blahyi, General Butt Naked commanded an army of child soldiers during the First Liberian Civil War and fought with extreme brutality — often in the nude.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 23, 2021

How General Butt Naked Went From A Ruthless Liberian Warlord To A Repentant Preacher

Born Joshua Milton Blahyi, General Butt Naked commanded an army of child soldiers during the First Liberian Civil War and fought with extreme brutality — often in the nude.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 23, 2021

9 Celebrities Who Overcame Tragic Childhoods Before They Were Famous

From Eminem's four-day hospitalization at the hands of a bully to the cult that traumatized Rose McGowan for life, these famous celebrities nearly didn't escape their youths.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 23, 2021

9 Celebrities Who Overcame Tragic Childhoods Before They Were Famous

From Eminem's four-day hospitalization at the hands of a bully to the cult that traumatized Rose McGowan for life, these famous celebrities nearly didn't escape their youths.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 23, 2021

Inside The Sacramento Sex Slave Murders Of Gerald And Christine Gallego

Gerald and Christine Gallego turned their dark sexual desires into a murderous rampage that left at least 10 young people dead across California between 1978 and 1980.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 22, 2021

Inside The Sacramento Sex Slave Murders Of Gerald And Christine Gallego

Gerald and Christine Gallego turned their dark sexual desires into a murderous rampage that left at least 10 young people dead across California between 1978 and 1980.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 22, 2021

Inside Jimmy Carter’s UFO Sighting In Georgia Just A Few Years Before He Became President

On September 18, 1973, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter filed a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena claiming he’d seen a UFO four years earlier.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • Sep 21, 2021

Inside Jimmy Carter’s UFO Sighting In Georgia Just A Few Years Before He Became President

On September 18, 1973, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter filed a report with the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena claiming he’d seen a UFO four years earlier.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • September 21, 2021

Inside The Little-Known History Of America’s Sundown Towns — Which Banned Black People After Dark

Known for excluding Black people and other minorities, sundown towns are historically all-white communities in the United States with extremely troubling pasts.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • Sep 21, 2021

Inside The Little-Known History Of America’s Sundown Towns — Which Banned Black People After Dark

Known for excluding Black people and other minorities, sundown towns are historically all-white communities in the United States with extremely troubling pasts.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • September 21, 2021

Drought In Utah Uncovers Ghost Town Submerged In Reservoir

The 19th-century town of Rockport was abandoned after the construction of the Wanship Dam in 1952.

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 21, 2021

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Drought In Utah Uncovers Ghost Town Submerged In Reservoir

The 19th-century town of Rockport was abandoned after the construction of the Wanship Dam in 1952.

By Kaleena Fraga • September 21, 2021

Meet Edward Bernays, The ‘Father Of Public Relations’ Who Transformed Consumer Culture In America

As Sigmund Freud’s nephew, Edward Louis Bernays combined psychology with public relations to sell everything from bacon to cigarettes — and even a coup.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 20, 2021

Meet Edward Bernays, The ‘Father Of Public Relations’ Who Transformed Consumer Culture In America

As Sigmund Freud’s nephew, Edward Louis Bernays combined psychology with public relations to sell everything from bacon to cigarettes — and even a coup.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 20, 2021

El Chapo House That Once Contained A Secret Passageway Under The Bathtub Is Raffled Off By Mexican National Lottery

El Chapo's safe house in the Sinaloa capital of Culiacán is located across from a school with a neighbor on only one side and has been unoccupied since his 2014 escape.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 20, 2021

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El Chapo House That Once Contained A Secret Passageway Under The Bathtub Is Raffled Off By Mexican National Lottery

El Chapo's safe house in the Sinaloa capital of Culiacán is located across from a school with a neighbor on only one side and has been unoccupied since his 2014 escape.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 20, 2021

Vanished From The Vatican: The Disturbing Story Of 15-Year-Old Emanuela Orlandi

From the Mafia to a Vatican pedophile ring, the suspected culprits behind the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi make this a truly chilling tale.

By Marco Margaritoff • Sep 19, 2021

Vanished From The Vatican: The Disturbing Story Of 15-Year-Old Emanuela Orlandi

From the Mafia to a Vatican pedophile ring, the suspected culprits behind the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi make this a truly chilling tale.

By Marco Margaritoff • September 19, 2021