Stories of spooky encounters are ten a penny, even in these enlightened times. And they're not just for the hoi polloi, as these celebrities will attest.
In the early '70s, barely before the Cold War began to thaw, the U.S. launched an audacious, top-secret plan to recover a sunken Soviet submarine in deep water.
A corpse known as the "Screaming Mummy" because of its anguished expression was found buried among Egyptian nobility. Here's how experts think the person died.
Since the 1950s, more than 500 people have died in Georgia's Lake Lanier. But even before the manmade lake was formed, the area was plagued by tragedy.
While there are plenty of creepy myths about Crater Lake, even a look at the real life stories reveals a truly unnerving past for this beautiful national park.
Haunted bridges are a pretty common trope in spooky stories. Whether fact or fiction, many bridges across the globe have a scary story attached to them.
Rumored to be an object of immense power, the Holy Lance has inspired the imaginations of the religious, the curious, the power-hungry, and the crackpot.
"Well-to-do Angelenos" buried their valuables to hide them from encroaching Americans in 1846, creating the unsolved mystery of LA's Elysian Park Treasure.
In 2014, the world was shaken by the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Flight 370. A decade later there are only theories as to why the plane went down.
Cape Elizabeth, Maine is a quiet town just south of Portland. However, the identity of an intruder that would watch people as they slept is still a mystery.
Romania is full of legends and sorted history. But one such story of Romania's "black widow" Vera Renczi's murder spree still remains a deadly mystery.
some gods stand out in ways that make it clear that they're not indigenously Greek, or at least have unusual origins. Such is the case with two in particular.
Charlotte, N.C.-based hairdresser Shanquelle Robinson died under questionable circumstances while on vacation and her death is still shrouded in mystery.
A series of infamous UFO sightings across Florida's Gulf Breeze between 1987-1988 has sparked intense speculation and debate for decades. Here's the story.
In 2014, Rebecca Downey said goodbye to her children before they left for a visit with their father, but never returned. Here is where the children might be.