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The Truth About Those Rumors Of Mr. Rogers’ Badass Military Career

Records show that Mr. Rogers registered for the draft in 1948, but was he ever a Navy SEAL or a military sniper?

By Erin Kelly • Nov 19, 2019

The Truth About Those Rumors Of Mr. Rogers’ Badass Military Career

Records show that Mr. Rogers registered for the draft in 1948, but was he ever a Navy SEAL or a military sniper?

By Erin Kelly • November 19, 2019

Thomas Fitzpatrick: The Amateur Pilot Who Drunkenly Landed A Plane On An NYC Street — Twice

On a barroom bet, Thomas Fitzpatrick landed a plane on a Manhattan street. And when another drinking companion later claimed that landing never happened, Fitzpatrick did it again.

By Natasha Ishak • Nov 19, 2019

Thomas Fitzpatrick: The Amateur Pilot Who Drunkenly Landed A Plane On An NYC Street — Twice

On a barroom bet, Thomas Fitzpatrick landed a plane on a Manhattan street. And when another drinking companion later claimed that landing never happened, Fitzpatrick did it again.

By Natasha Ishak • November 19, 2019

Five-Year-Old Takes Dad’s Heroin To School, Says Eating It Turns Him Into Spider-Man

When police searched his parents' apartment, they discovered more than 200 bags of illicit drugs.

By Natasha Ishak • Nov 18, 2019

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Five-Year-Old Takes Dad’s Heroin To School, Says Eating It Turns Him Into Spider-Man

When police searched his parents' apartment, they discovered more than 200 bags of illicit drugs.

By Natasha Ishak • November 18, 2019

How A Criminal Underworld Of Body-Snatching Corpse Robbers Galvanized Modern Medicine

Body snatching at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution was so lucrative that some career graverobbers actually murdered people to satisfy the market.

By Andrew Lenoir • Nov 15, 2019

How A Criminal Underworld Of Body-Snatching Corpse Robbers Galvanized Modern Medicine

Body snatching at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution was so lucrative that some career graverobbers actually murdered people to satisfy the market.

By Andrew Lenoir • November 15, 2019

Three Indiana Judges Suspended After Attempted Strip Club Visit Turned Into A White Castle Brawl

The judges' actions "gravely undermined public trust in the dignity and decency of Indiana's judiciary," according to a scathing Indiana Supreme Court opinion.

By Natasha Ishak • Nov 15, 2019

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Three Indiana Judges Suspended After Attempted Strip Club Visit Turned Into A White Castle Brawl

The judges' actions "gravely undermined public trust in the dignity and decency of Indiana's judiciary," according to a scathing Indiana Supreme Court opinion.

By Natasha Ishak • November 15, 2019

Child Brides And Mass Suicides: The Monsters Behind 9 Of History’s Most Notorious Cults

Whether through religion, drugs, or coercion, every one of these nine cult leaders assembled a following that was willing to kidnap, kill, or cannibalize in their name.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 14, 2019

Child Brides And Mass Suicides: The Monsters Behind 9 Of History’s Most Notorious Cults

Whether through religion, drugs, or coercion, every one of these nine cult leaders assembled a following that was willing to kidnap, kill, or cannibalize in their name.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 14, 2019

Meet Robert Todd Lincoln, The Estranged Son Of The 16th President Who Had His Mother Committed

After his father was assassinated, Robert Todd Lincoln kept an insanity file on his mother that he later used to have her committed to an asylum.

By Leah Silverman • Nov 13, 2019

Meet Robert Todd Lincoln, The Estranged Son Of The 16th President Who Had His Mother Committed

After his father was assassinated, Robert Todd Lincoln kept an insanity file on his mother that he later used to have her committed to an asylum.

By Leah Silverman • November 13, 2019

The Remarkable Life Of Bryan Stevenson, From The Segregated South To Death Row-Defying Lawyer

In the second grade, Bryan Stevenson's school placed him in the slowest of three groups because he was black. Now he's a Harvard Law School graduate who's saved more than 100 people from death row.

By All That's Interesting • Nov 11, 2019

The Remarkable Life Of Bryan Stevenson, From The Segregated South To Death Row-Defying Lawyer

In the second grade, Bryan Stevenson's school placed him in the slowest of three groups because he was black. Now he's a Harvard Law School graduate who's saved more than 100 people from death row.

By All That's Interesting • November 11, 2019

More U.S. Veterans Have Committed Suicide In The Last Decade Than Died In The Vietnam War

Since 2008, more than 60,000 U.S. veterans have taken their own lives, with more than half of those deaths via firearms.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 11, 2019

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More U.S. Veterans Have Committed Suicide In The Last Decade Than Died In The Vietnam War

Since 2008, more than 60,000 U.S. veterans have taken their own lives, with more than half of those deaths via firearms.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 11, 2019

Florida Man Lodges Eight-Inch Screwdriver Inside His Rectum — And Loses Part Of His Buttocks In The Process

The screwdriver was buried deep enough that it had already pierced the man's large intestine.

By Natasha Ishak • Nov 8, 2019

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Florida Man Lodges Eight-Inch Screwdriver Inside His Rectum — And Loses Part Of His Buttocks In The Process

The screwdriver was buried deep enough that it had already pierced the man's large intestine.

By Natasha Ishak • November 8, 2019