On a January day in 2009, countless New Yorkers glancing out their windows saw an alarming sight: a low-flying passenger plane over the Hudson River. It was not terrorism, as some may have feared.

Described in the New Testament of the Bible and other ancient sources, the death of Jesus Christ was a truly agonizing affair. One of the world’s most recognizable images is that of Jesus Christ’s ...

In 1915, Ernest Shackleton and his crew set out on an expedition in the Endurance to become the first team to make a land crossing of Antarctica. Their ship would become stuck in the ice and sink, ...

Discover the real story of Griselda Blanco, the Colombian drug trafficker known as the "Cocaine Godmother" who ruled the Miami underworld in the 1970s and '80s. Known as the “Cocaine Godmother” and ...

Wide skirts were all the rage among Victorians — but the extremely flammable nature of crinolines meant that women routinely burned alive while wearing them. They say pain is beauty. But for many ...

In 1983, a 61-year-old Australian potato farmer entered the first ultramarathon between Sydney and Melbourne. Few bet on the farmer winning the race. Not only did Cliff Young have a strange, slow ...

On the southern coast of Alaska, a mining tunnel, rubble, and rusted cannery equipment are all that remains of the village of Portlock. The residents of this shipping and canning port abandoned ...

In September 1994, a strange story emerged from the tiny community of Ruwa in Zimbabwe. There, 62 children at the prestigious Ariel School reported seeing flying silver discs land in a nearby field.

The legend of Atlantis, a sophisticated island civilization said to have sunk into the ocean’s abyss, has intrigued scholars and enthusiasts for millennia. Originating from Plato’s dialogues, the ...

Would you ever consider castrating your son so he could have a singing career? While it might seem unfathomable today, this was a popular option for many Italian parents up until the 19th century.

Scandinavian folklore tells of countless legendary creatures, and one of the most famous is the Kraken. Said to be a squid-like monster capable of destroying entire ships, the Kraken may seem like ...

In 1694, a group of winged hussars gathered to face an enemy army near the village of Hodów. The battle seemed hopeless. The Polish forces numbered about 400; their rivals had at least 100 times as ...