The Dark Secret Beneath NYC's Washington Square
Washington Square Park is one of the most iconic places in NYC. But most park visitors don't know that the area has a pretty macabre secret.
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The Creepy Truth About The Texarkana Murder Mystery
What the media quickly dubbed the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, carried out by someone the local paper called the "Phantom Killer," panicked the small town.
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This Is How Thomas Edison Tried To Speak With The Dead
With such a long list of new ideas to his name, however, not all of them were going to be zingers. For example, Edison's idea for a "spirit phone."
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Betrayal Led To A Decade Of Warfare With The Apache
The Apache were no fans of the settler expansion that invaded their land and livelihoods. For much of the mid-1800s, Cochise firmly defended Apache territory.
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What It Was Really Like To Be A Cold War Spy
Throughout the course of the Cold War, spies played a vital part in establishing an edge for the United States and the Soviet Union.
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The Real Reason We Celebrate Valentine's Day
These days, Valentine's Day feels more and more commercial, less like a day to commemorate and celebrate. That wasn't the case years ago.
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The Party Trick That Tragically Killed The Beat Generation's Muse
The three influential Beats were entangled in a network of relationships centered around Joan Vollmer, their "patron and muse," per All That's Interesting.
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The Messed Up Truth About The Bath School Disaster
School massacres have happened in the United States for as long as we've had schools, but the Bath School Disaster remains the deadliest.
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The Messed Up Truth Of Fashion Mogul Peter Nygard
In 2020, Peter Nygård was accused of and arrested for sexual assault, and alleged involvement in a sex-trafficking ring. A lawsuit was filed by 10 women.
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False Facts About The Moon Landing You Always Thought Were True
In the 40+ years since we landed on the Moon, many myths have sprung up about the Moon landing. One might even call them "alternate facts."
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How Did Native Americans Of The Plains Hunt Buffalo?
Native Americans of the Plains relied on buffalo for food and shelter, and they came up with some creative ways to hunt them.
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The Messed Up Truth About Serial Killers Fred And Rosemary West
In 1994, Gloucester police met a house of horrors when they searched the home of Fred and Rosemary West. Here's the messed up truth about these serial killers.
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The Messed Up Truth About Austrian Serial Killer Jack Unterweger
Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger spent much of his life in and out of prison, but he still managed to kill nearly a dozen women.
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The Mystery Of Blackbeard's Only Legitimate Wife
Expectations aside, Blackbeard actually was married. Granted, he had tons of mistresses, but at some point, there is a documented wedding and one official wife.
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Famous People Who Survived The 1918 Flu Pandemic
One of the most devastating pandemics was the post-WWI Spanish flu, which killed somewhere between 20 and 50 million people.
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Andy Jassy: What You Should Know About Amazon's New CEO
Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services, has been with Amazon since the late 1990s and will take over after Jeff Bezos steps down.
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The Crazy Real-Life Story Of The Transcontinental Railroad
The Transcontinental Railroad changed the U.S. by allowing easy travel from coast to coast. This is the crazy real-life story of the Transcontinental Railroad.
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The Tragic 19th Century Megaflood Everyone Forgot About
The Great Flood of 1862 has been just about forgotten to history, despite flooding most of California, causing millions in damages and loss of life.
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Lynching: The Truth About Vigilante Injustice In The Wild West
The Wild West, the part of the country colonized during the Westward Expansion, took to the habit of lynching to dispense injustice.
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Andy Jassy: Here's How Much Amazon's New CEO Is Really Worth
After more than two decades leading Amazon, current CEO Jeff Bezos is going to pass the torch to Andy Jassy later this year.
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The Unusual Disappearance Of Rosemary Gullet
Having no insight into the fate of a loved one, without any sense of resolution or ability to move forward: that's a different kind of pain altogether.
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Who Was St. Valentine?
Valentine's Day is associated with love, yet little is known about who St. Valentine was except he may have died on February 14.
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The Mystery Of The Dyatlov Pass Incident Seems To Have Finally Been Solved
In February 1959, a search party was sent into the Ural Mountains of western Russia in an attempt to find a group of nine Russian hikers who had gone missing.
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Who's The Oldest Player In NFL History?
Quarterback George Blanda began his career with the Chicago Bears in 1949 and went on to become the oldest player in NFL history.
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Inside The Life And Death Of The Last Civil War Widow
Helen Viola Jackson, a Civil War widow, married her neighbor, veteran James Bolin, when she was just 17 years old and he was 93.
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The Crazy Real-Life Story Of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass went from slave to self-taught intellectual and abolitionist hero to serving as a diplomat under multiple presidents. This is the crazy real-life story of Frederick Douglass.
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Secret Love Letters Throughout History
Various secret love letters throughout history were hidden for many different reasons, but all expressed passion no matter what stood in the writer's way.
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