The Messed Up Truth Of Burke And Hare, Body Snatchers Turned Murderers
Around 1828, William Burke and William Hare would work together to become the world's most famous body snatchers and two of Scotland's most notorious killers.
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Messed Up Things You Didn't Know About The Spartans
The Ancient Greek city-state Sparta was a society of the toughest soldiers in the known world. To be so focused, the Spartans had some pretty crazy traditions.
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The Messed Up Truth About D-Day
June 6, 1944—better known as "D-Day"—was the largest amphibious military operation in history. Here's the messed-up truth about D-Day.
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The Messed Up True Story Of The Mexican Ripper
In the late 19th century, while Jack the Ripper was terrorizing London, the Mexican Ripper was on an almost identical killing spree over 5,000 miles away.
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The Messed Up History Of The Lost Cause Of The Confederacy
Lost Cause believers will tell you the Civil War was fought over states' rights, but that may not necessarily be the case.
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The Chicago Strangler Case Is More Messed Up Than You Know
Since 2001, more than 50 Chicago women have fallen victim to a potential serial killer, the Chicago Strangler, and the case is more messed up than you know.
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The Aftermath Of The Great Depression Is More Messed Up Than You Know
International trends, federal laws, local ordinances, and prejudices all steered response to the depression, and its aftermath is still in effect right now.
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Messed Up Things That Happened After The September 11th Attacks
The terror attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the hijacking of United Flight 93, on September 11, 2001, were the deadliest in U.S. history.
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The Messed Up Truth Behind The Xbox Murders
On August 6, 2004, a brutal mass killing in Deltona, Florida was seemingly motivated in part) by a video game console.
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Messed Up Things That Happened During The American Civil War
People did stuff during the Civil War that leaves you shaking your head. Here are some of the messed-up things that happened during the American Civil War.
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The Messed Up Truth Of Mother Teresa
"I think it is very beautiful for the poor ... to share (their suffering) with the passion of Christ ... the world is being much helped..."
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The Messed Up Truth About The Empress Who Caused Russia's Dark Age
One lesser-known monarch of the Russian Empire was a woman who is considered by her own people to have led Russia into a dark age: Anna Ivanovna.
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The Messed Up Truth About The Murder Of Laci Peterson
A missing woman, Laci Rocha Peterson, eight months pregnant with a son, was last seen by her husband, Scott Peterson, at 9:30 on Christmas Eve morning, 2002.
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The Messed Up Truth About The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was one of the most devastating industrial accidents in this nation's history. This is the messed up truth.
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The Messed Up Truth About The Berrima Axe Murderer
John Lynch was perhaps the most prolific serial killer in Australian history, killing as many as 10 people between the years of 1835 and 1841.
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The Messed Up Way Marijuana Was Made Illegal
With the culture of marijuana smoking becoming more normalized, lots of folks might be asking how and why this plant was made illegal in the first place.
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The Messed Up Reason People Used To Wear Powdered Wigs
We all just kind of easily accept the fact that a couple of centuries ago people wore big, ridiculous wigs, even those who had their own full heads of hair
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The Messed Up History Of The English Sweats
Not as well-known as its bigger, badder cousin the Black Death (otherwise known as bubonic plague), the sweating disease was nonetheless a horrifying killer.
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The Messed Up Truth About America's Experiments In Guatemala
Even after an effective treatment of syphilis was discovered, some scientists sought an effective prophylaxis rather than improving treatment technique.
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Messed Up Things That Happened In Ancient Mesopotamia
Few places in history were more messed up than ancient Mesopotamia. Here are some of the messed up things that took place in ancient Mesopotamia.
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The Messed Up Childhood Of Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos
It's not surprising that most serial killers turn out to have had horrible childhoods. Convicted killer Aileen Wuornos is no different.
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Serial Killers Who Checked Into The Cecil Hotel
The Cecil Hotel has a reputation of death, including suicide, murder, and providing a place to stay for serial killers like Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger.
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The Messed Up Truth About Poisonous Renaissance Books
Books laced with arsenic actually do exist. Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark found three books covered in the deadly poison in the library.
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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 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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The Messed Up Truth About The Toolbox Killers
Five teenage girls had been raped and murdered. Authorities were dealing with two serial killers in the Los Angeles area, and the killers' MO was gut-wrenching.
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The Messed Up True Story Behind Klansman Asa Earl Carter's Giant Hoax
Asa Earl Carter was a Klansman who wrote a book claiming to have Native ancestry. This is the messed up true story behind Klansman Asa Earl Carter's giant hoax.
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