People
Here you can uncover fascinating tales about remarkable persons who have made a deep impact on the world around them. From unsung heroes to famous trailblazers to the victims of bizarre crimes, we showcase a diverse range of stories that elicite the triumphs, struggles, extraordinary achievements, and tragedies of people from all walks of life.
Rosalia Lombardo: The mystery of the “Blinking Mummy”
Even though mummification is still practised in some distant cultures, it is uncommon in the Western world. Rosalia Lombardo, a two-year-old girl, died in 1920 from an intensified case of…
The unsolved locked room murder of Joe Elwell, 1920
Black Dahlia: The 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short is still unsolved
Elizabeth Short, or widely known as the “Black Dahlia” was murdered on the 15th of January 1947. She had been mutilated and severed at the waist, with the two halves…
Evelyn McHale: The world’s ‘most beautiful suicide’ and the ghost of the Empire State Building
Evelyn Francis McHale, a beautiful young American bookkeeper who was born on September 20, 1923, in Berkeley, California and committed suicide on May 1, 1947, making a vivid history. She…
Fountain of Youth: Did Ponce de León find the ancient secret place in America?
The unforgettable disappearance of Colonel Percy Fawcett and the ‘Lost City of Z’
Geraldine Largay: The hiker who disappeared on Appalachian Trail survived 26 days before dying
Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The man who survived two atomic bombs
On the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on the city…