How Investigators Were Able To Identify The Suitcase Killer
Opinions differ widely -- is there such a thing as a perfect crime? Yet even careful miscreants are capable of leaving a trail of clues behind them.
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What Life Inside Prison Is Really Like For Warren Jeffs From Peacock's Preaching Evil
Warren Jeffs, leader of a breakaway fundamentalist religious sect, was found guilty of sexual abuse and sentenced to life in prison. His existence now?
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John Wayne Was Once Almost Murdered By His Wife
For generations of movie-goers the world over, John Wayne represented a kind of stoic machismo in the face of all manner of danger. Including gunshots.
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President Calvin Coolidge Had An Unusual Woodland Pet
It's not at all unusual for the First Family to bring pets with them when they move into the White House. Other times, pets arrive later, as gifts.
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Why Did It Take Three Years For The Nipsey Hussle Murder Trial To Begin?
Justice delayed is justice denied, or so the saying goes, perhaps especially true when the case involves the violent death of beloved performing artist.
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How Donthe Lucas Was Found Guilty Of Murder Without A Body
Donthe Lucas was convicted of murdering Kelsie Schelling, who was last seen in 2013.
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What Was Serial Killer David Gore's Motive For His Murders?
On July 26, 1983, David Alan Gore and his cousin, Fred Waterfield, were driving toward Wabasso Beach, Florida, when they spotted two teenage girls hitchhiking.
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Did Google Create A Sentient Chatbot?
The idea of intelligent machines is something from science fiction, but one Google engineer says the company has created a sentient chatbot.
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What Really Happened After Abraham Lincoln Died?
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln was a cataclysmic moment in American history. Tragedies continued to unfold after the president's death.
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The Truth About Donald Trump's Tenure As A Football Owner In The USFL
No question -- professional American football is big business at every level. No wonder, then, that people thought they could prosper starting a new league.
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Why This Area Just Outside Of Denver Is Radioactive
Rocky Flats, Colorado, was a hotbed of nuclear mismanagement that has left a lasting legacy for its residents and former employees. Here's the story.
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Why You Should Never Walk Alone At Night Through Italy's Gardens Of Bomarzo
An Italian garden built in the 16th century is nicknamed the "Park of Monsters" for a very specific reason -- because in a way, you could say it's full of them.
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What Stephen Hawking's Area Theorem Really Means
Stephen Hawking was a scientific genius who will be missed by many. His theories seem to hold up to this day, including his area theorem of black holes.
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The Real Reason Elvis' Last Fiancee Ginger Alden Wanted No Part Of Graceland
It's one of the most popular residences in the United States: Elvis Presley's Graceland, visited by thousands upon thousands of tourists every year.
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Details Found In Charles II Of Spain's Autopsy Report
Human knowledge in all fields of learning continues to advance daily, with understanding expanding apace. Today's science looks at the past and wonders.
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Who Was The First Athlete To Appear On A Wheaties Box?
Images of athletes frequently grace the boxes of Wheaties cereal these days, but the marketing of the product didn't actually start that way.
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The Truth About The Original Hound Dog Song
Take a piece of performance art, watch it catch on with the public, and it somehow becomes set in stone, even though the piece in question might have a history.
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The Accidental Way Lauren Bacall Invented The Look
The classic Hollywood screen idol Lauren Bacall was known for her smoky voice and legendary love affair with Humphrey Bogart. She was also famous for The Look.
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How Are The FIFA World Cup Host Sites Selected?
Canadian, American, and Mexican soccer fans were thrilled when FIFA chose North America to host the 2026 World Cup. So how are host cities selected?
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We've Been Completely Fooled About Elvis' Hair This Whole Time
When it's a matter of a life lived well within the public eye -- for decades -- it's hard to imagine there's any aspect that's been left undiscovered.
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Scientists Think They Figured Out Where The Black Death Started
Centuries before COVID-19, another contagious illness claimed not just a few million lives but tens of millions of them, particularly in Europe and West Asia.
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The Truth About George Steinbrenner's Relationship With Billy Martin
It happens in all manner of human relationships -- on-again, off-again, together, reconciled, fragmented, never again -- until the next time, anyway.
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The Truth About Joe Exotic And Travis Maldonado's Relationship
Many aspects of the life of Joe Exotic captured the attention of viewers when the Netflix series "Tiger King" premiered. One was his double marriage to two men.
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The Quick Demise Of The NFL's Shortest-Lived Franchise In History
Professional sports franchises come and go, bought and sold, re-located, but few histories are as short as that of an obscure team in the early 1920s.
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Could Gila Monster Venom Hold The Key To Curing Diabetes?
Sometimes science advances because of nose-to-the-grindstone laboratory research. Sometimes, things change because of discoveries in the natural world.
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How Hattie McDaniel Helped Save An Affluent African American Neighborhood
Hattie McDaniel is best remembered for her role as Mammy in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind." But she also helped save an African American neighborhood.
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A Man Was Elected To The United States Senate But Never Actually Served A Day
There are those odd hops in the history of the United States, when unforeseen circumstances brought about what were perhaps unintended consequences.
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