The Quinotaur: Were the Merovingians descended from a monster?
A Minotaur (half-man, half-bull) is surely familiar, but what about a Quinotaur? There was a “beast of Neptune” in early Frankish history who was reported to resemble a Quinotaur. This…
Legends
Did British explorer Alfred Isaac Middleton discover a mysterious lost city?
The mysterious disappearance of Alfred Isaac Middleton. Where're the missing city of Dawleetoo and the casket of gold?
Antarctica was likely discovered 1,100 years before western explorers ‘found’ it
After studying Polynesian oral histories, unpublished research, and wood carvings, New Zealand researchers now believe that the Māori sailors arrived in Antarctica more than a millennium before anyone else.
21 scariest tunnels in the world
While travel tales are interesting, spooky tales haunt one forever, don’t they? Fear of the supernatural is a common thing, but at the same time, people find it intriguing. There’s…
The mysterious ‘Giant of Kandahar’ allegedly killed by US special forces in Afghanistan
The Kandahar giant was a massive humanoid creature standing 3-4 meters tall. American soldiers allegedly ran into him and killed him in Afghanistan.
Xibalba: The mysterious Mayan underworld where the souls of the dead traveled
The Mayan underworld known as the Xibalba is similar to the Christian hell. The Mayans believed that every man and woman who died traveled to Xibalba.
Bathsheba Sherman and the evil doll Annabelle: The true story behind ‘The Conjuring’
A farmhouse in Harrisville, Rhode Island, was so old that many people lost their lives there, although most were believed to be good spirits, there was an evil and vengeful…
Dead Children’s Playground – The most haunted park in America
Hidden among the old beech trees within the limits of Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama, lies a small playground, boasting an array of simple playing equipment including the swings…
Ancient Aramaic incantation describes a mysterious ‘devourer’ that brings ‘fire’ to victims!
Analysis of the incantation's writing indicates that it was inscribed sometime between 850 BC and 800 BC, and this makes the inscription the oldest Aramaic incantation ever found.
The strange case of Rudolph Fentz: The mysterious man who travelled to the future and was run over
One evening in mid-June 1951, at about 11:15 pm, a man of about 20 years of age dressed in Victorian fashion appeared at Times Square of New York City. According to…
