The Messed Up Truth About The Chameleon Killer
He and his friends were unaware that the barrel contained the remains of the victims of a man who would go on to be known as The Chameleon Killer.
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The Real Connection Between The Black Dahlia And The Cecil Hotel
Nothing could be scarier than a coincidence, and it gets even creepier when the coincidences involve particularly gruesome or mysterious deaths.
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How Many Deaths Have Happened At The Cecil Hotel?
The Netflix series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel has viewers wondering how many deaths have happened at the hotel.
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The Messed Up Story Of The Holy Child Of La Guardia
Residents of La Guardia in Spain gather every year at a church to honor a 15th-century folk saint dubbed "the Holy Child of La Guardia."
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What It Was Really Like Taking Part In The Alamo
In 1836, tensions between Texas and Mexico came to a head at an old church called the Alamo. Here's What it was really like taking part in the Alamo.
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Why Reddit Is Convinced Elisa Lam Died Of Tuberculosis
The mysterious death of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel spawned many theories, including one among Reddit users that Lam died of tuberculosis.
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Famous Artworks That Have Been Stolen More Than Once
Art heists are fascinating and keep captivating people's imagination. Yet for some reason there are legendary artworks that have been stolen several times.
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The Truth Behind Europe's Brutal Werewolf Trials
Here is the horrible, horrible truth about the people who were accused of werewolfery in Renaissance-era Europe.
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Most Hilariously Failed Attempts By Prisoners To Break Free
No one wants to stay in prison. But if you're going to try to escape, make sure you do a little better than these dummies.
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The Terrifying Truth About Albert Fish
After an abusive childhood, Albert Fish seemed fated for a life of horrors, eventually murdering and cannibalizing several children.
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The Truth About The Ottoman Empire's Most Elite Soldiers
History has its fair share of fierce warriors, and the Ottoman Empire was no exception with its own elite soldiers serving the sultan.
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How The Grey Man Was Finally Caught
Known as The Grey Man, Albert Fish was convicted for the 1928 murder of 10-year-old Grace Budd, and this is how he was caught.
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The Horrific True Story Of The Skid Row Cancer Study
In the 1950s and '60s, Dr. Perry Hudson tried out his experimental methods for diagnosing cancer on New York's Skid Row residents.
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This Was Serial Killer Albert Fish's Motive
During the murder trial of Albert Fish in the 1930s, several psychiatrists provided testimony on Fish's mental state and possible motive.
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The Sensational Murder Of The 'Beautiful Cigar Girl'
The murder of the "Beautiful Cigar Girl" in 1841 in New York City was so mysterious that even Edgar Allen Poe tried to solve it.
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The Time L. Ron Hubbard Almost Started A War With Mexico
Well before he became known as the father of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard was in the Navy and almost started a war with Mexico.
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The Untold Truth Of Easter Island
With its rocky coasts and green hilltops, Easter Island has a long, complex history and is home to the mysterious moai.
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Ways People Think WWII Could Have Ended Differently With One Small Change
Innumerable alternate histories have been written about World War II. These are some ways people think World War II could have ended differently.
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This Is How The West Memphis Three Were Set Free
In 1993, three teenagers from West Memphis, Arkansas, went to prison for the murders of three eight-year-old boys whose bodies were found in the woods.
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How Fidel Castro Survived Over 600 Assassination Attempts
After 638 failures by the CIA, "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal," Castro liked to tell interviewers.
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The True Story Of La Quintrala, Chile's Aristocratic Serial Killer
The country of Chile remembers to this day the legacy of a brutal serial killer from the 1600s who ruthlessly murdered her slaves, lovers, and her own father.
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The Mystery Of Daisy Alexander's Message In A Bottle
Restaurant worker Jack J. Wurm was walking along the beach near San Francisco when he noticed a bottle floating in the surf with a bit of paper tucked inside.
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A Look At The Assassination Attempt Against Andrew Jackson
President Andrew Jackson, especially unpopular, experienced an attempt on his life when an unemployed house painter from England tried to shoot him in 1835.
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Hundreds Of Women Fought As Men During The Civil War
Victorian ideals of morality and decency ran rampant at the time of the American Civil War, but this did not stop several women from fighting as soldiers.
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The Most Bizarre Unsolved Mysteries Of World War II
Besides the messed up aftermath of WWII and its complicated legacy, there are several things from this worldwide conflict that remain pretty mysterious.
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This Is How New Popes Are Chosen
It may be a process that is done in secrecy, but the methods of selecting a pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, are no mystery -- not anymore, anyway.
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The Inventor Of Motion Pictures Vanished And The Case Remains Unsolved
Another individual should also receive credit for motion pictures: French artist Louis Le Prince, who worked on similar experiments until his disappearance.
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