Dancing Plague of 1518: Why so many people danced themselves to death?
Dancing plague of 1518 is an event in which hundreds of citizens of Strasbourg inexplicably danced for weeks, some even to their deaths.
Tragedy
Genie Wiley, the feral child: Abused, isolated, researched and forgotten!
"Feral Child" Genie Wiley was shackled to a chair in a makeshift strait-jacket for a long 13 years. Her extreme neglect allowed researchers to conduct a rare study on human development and behaviors, though perhaps at her price.
The dark secrets and some little-known facts behind the Titanic disaster
The Titanic was specifically constructed to survive a high-impact collision like the one that sunk her. From start to end, it seemed she was born to shake the world. Everything…
Kaspar Hauser: The 1820s unidentified boy mysteriously appears only to be murdered just 5 years later
In 1828, a 16-year-old boy named Kaspar Hauser mysteriously appeared in Germany claiming to have been raised his entire life in a dark cell. Five years later, he was murdered just as mysteriously, and his identity remains unknown.
Mummy Juanita: The story behind the Inca Ice Maiden sacrifice
Mummy Juanita, also known as the Inca Ice Maiden, is a well-preserved mummy of a young girl who was sacrificed by the Inca people more than 500 years ago.
Poveglia – The most haunted island on Earth
Poveglia, a small island located just off the coast of northern Italy between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, is said to be the most haunted island on earth…
Terry Jo Duperrault – the girl who survived the brutal slaughter of her entire family at sea
On the night of November 12th, 1961, Terry Jo Duperrault woke up after hearing screams from the ship's deck. She found her mother and brother dead in a pool of blood and the captain about to kill her next.
Mother pleaded guilty in baby’s death: The Baby Jane Doe’s killer is still unidentified
On November 12, 1991, a hunter near Jacob Johnson Lake near Warner saw a man kneeling in front of a woman and hitting something. The man pulled a plastic bag…
Gayle Laverne Grinds died after 6 years on couch as her skin had literally become a part of it!
Removing Gayle Grinds from the couch turned into a painful and horrible ordeal for the rescuers.
The island of the ‘dead dolls’ in Mexico
Many of us have played with dolls in childhood. Even after growing up, we can’t leave our emotions to the dolls that can be found here and there in our…
