After reading about the coin hoard in Poland uncovered by a father and son, discover the story of the Defenestration of ...

The object has archaeologists stumped. It’s made with bamboo, a plant that is not native to Switzerland (but was introduced ...

In 1882, the British Museum acquired a clay tablet that had been discovered in southern Iraq, not far from the ancient city ...

The hoard features historical figures from the time period, such as William the Conqueror, Edward the Confessor, and Harold ...

On Dec. 11, 1945, 32-year-old Frances Brown was discovered savagely murdered in her apartment at the Pine Grove Hotel on Chicago’s North Side, a bread knife lodged in her neck. Scrawled on her living ...

Pokémon, a combination of the words "Pocket Monsters," began with a Japanese game designer by the name of Satoshi Tajiri. Tajiri, a fan of anime who grew up collecting various insects and amphibians, ...

Linda Napolitano was a typical housewife living in Manhattan with her husband and two children. But everything changed on Nov. 30, 1989, when she claims three gray bipedal creatures abducted her from ...

From 1994 until 2004, serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis brutally murdered eight women in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, committing heinous acts of necrophilia, cannibalism, and dismemberment. He was so ...

Practitioners of Haitian Vodou believe in a supreme creator, Bondye, which is similar to the French term for “Good God.” However, the supreme creator does not interfere in human affairs. For that, ...

In 2013, the trial of Jodi Arias captivated America. The petite young woman was accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in an extremely gruesome fashion. Not only that, but her trial ...

Rome is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And there's another city beneath its surface: a city of the dead. The catacombs of Rome stretch across almost 600 acres and include some 400 ...