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Ciara Meyer, 12, was described as loving and kind by her neighbor Sarah Harman. Image Source: Facebook On January 11, a 12-year-old girl in Pennsylvania was fatally shot by a state constable (a law enforcement officer who serves summons and enforces evictions, among other things) who was serving an eviction notice to her family. The girl, Ciara Meyer, was an innocent bystander in an eviction gone horribly wrong. Today, largely due to rent hikes, millions across the United States are facing eviction....

Luisa Cutting was on Xanax, Adderall, cocaine, alcohol, mushrooms, and marijuana when she butchered her best friend. Radford City Police DepartmentLuisa Cutting was sentenced to 20 years for her crime. Luisa Ines Cutting and Alexa Cannon weren’t just compatible college roommates. They were best friends living in an off-campus apartment together— until a January night of drugs and alcohol ended in “doing cocaine with the devil” and murder. Twenty-one-year-old Cutting, a Radford University student, pled guilty to second-degree murder on Monday and has since been sentenced to 20 years in prison....

A domestic violence report led to a year-long investigation, ending in the arrest of a couple engaging in beastiality with their dog. Aurora Police DepartmentFredrick Manzanares A couple from Aurora, Colo. was arrested for four counts of animal cruelty. Police alleged that Frederick Blue Manzanares, 50, and Janette Eileen Solano, 48, converted a backyard motorhome into a chamber used to have sex with their dog, a Siberian husky mix named Bubba....

From multiple bachelors and graduate degrees to serving in World War 1. The multilingual mathematician, physicist, and astronomer led quite the life. Wikimedia CommonsEdwin Hubble was a record-holding athlete in high school, University of Chicago graduate, World War 1 veteran, University of Oxford graduate, and holder of a Ph.D. in astronomy. The mere mention of the name “Hubble” will yield immediate recognition in nearly everyone. Though most are likely familiar with it because of the Hubble Space Telescope, the man behind the name deserves just as much acknowledgment as his many impressive achievements have wrought....

Wikimedia CommonsA cat stalking prey Why Your Cat Brings You The Animals It Kills If you own a cat that spends a lot of time outdoors, you’ve probably awoken one morning to find that it’s left a little “present” on your doorstep in the form of a dead mouse or bird. The best explanation for this behavior we have is that your cat is trying to teach you. In the wild, cats demonstrate how to hunt to their kittens so they can learn to do it themselves....

In 1903, Charles Ponzi was a poor Italian immigrant with two dollars to his name — then he invented the Ponzi scheme and became a multimillionaire almost overnight. In 1920, Charles Ponzi swindled Bostonians out of $15 million in just eight months. His get-rich-quick scheme promised a 50 percent return on investment in just 45 days. But the scam fell apart in spectacular fashion, landing Ponzi in jail and his name in the annals of criminal history....

In 323 B.C.E., Alexander the Great died of an unknown illness — and his body showed no signs of decomposition for six days. Alexander the Great’s death in 323 B.C.E. has puzzled historians for millennia. The ancient Greeks were baffled by the mighty king’s excruciating demise. They also marveled at the fact that his body took nearly a week to decompose, concluding that he must have been a deity as a result....

In 11th-century Japan, Lady Murasaki Shikibu had a vision that inspired her to write a novel whose vivid scrolls survive to this day. Wikimedia CommonsAn illustration of author Murasaki Shikibu by Tosa Mitsuoki, who did a 17th-century art series on The Tale of Genji. Written a thousand years ago by a member of Japan’s noble elite, The Tale Of Genji has been lauded as the world’s first novel. Remarkably, the author was a woman....

On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed over the Ohio River, shocking the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia — and some believe that the mythical Mothman was responsible. About a week before Christmas 1967, rush hour traffic crawled across the Silver Bridge that connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Dozens of cars sat bumper-to-bumper on the structure. Then, without warning, the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River....

Simba the goat’s ears are currently 23 inches long and have received attention from around the world. Photo by ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty ImagesSimba the goat with his owner Hassan Narejo in Karachi, Pakistan. When Simba the goat was born on June 4, 2022 in Karachi, Pakistan, his owner Hassan Narejo was stunned by his long ears. And the Anglo-Nubian goat’s ears kept growing — and growing and growing. Now, his owner is appealing to Guinness World Records to come check Simba out....

“Meeting Vilma was a surreal experience … I’ve come full circle and I’m taking care of babies with the nurse that took care of me.” LiPo Ching/Bay Area News GroupFrom left, pediatric resident Brandon Seminatore and registered nurse Vilma Wong pose for a portrait at Stanford Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, where they both work, in Palo Alto, Calif., on Aug. 30, 2018. An inspiring story that started nearly 30 years ago has ended with a heartwarming twist....

“It all starts in Roswell. It’s the origin story of the UFO, the prospect of a government cover-up for alien contact.” Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty ImagesA diary allegedly belonging to Air Force Intelligence Officer Jesse Marcel could unlock the Roswell UFO mystery. In 1947, an unidentified craft reportedly crashed not far from the U.S. military base in Roswell, New Mexico. Roswell Army Air Field Intelligence Officer Jesse Marcel was dispatched to the scene to determine what happened....

Why Serge Monast’s Project Blue Beam might be history’s craziest conspiracy theory. YouTubeSerge Monast As far as conspiracy theories go, Serge Monast’s Project Blue Beam is out there. Way out there. In 1994, Serge Monast, a writer and investigative journalist from Quebec, published an alleged manifesto of sorts explaining this wild theory that has remained infamous in certain circles to this day. What Is Project Blue Beam? According to Serge Monast, the four-step project designed by NASA and the United Nations would allow these organizations to accomplish what he believed to be their ultimate goal of creating a New Age Religion led by the Antichrist in order to start a New World Order dictatorship....

The inspiration for Bill Tench on Mindhunter, Robert Ressler interviewed dozens of murderers during his career with the FBI and came up with the very first serial killer profiles. Paul Harris/Getty ImagesAfter retiring from the FBI in 1990, Robert Ressler worked as a consultant. Robert Ressler devoted his life to hunting vicious killers. And when he joined the FBI in 1970, investigators did not have a name for criminals like the Ypsilanti Ripper and the Zodiac Killer who claimed multiple victims — until Ressler came up with the term “serial killer....

People who underestimate their weight are 85% less likely to try to lose weight. US News Health/US News & World Report In recent years the body positivity movement has become increasingly prominent, especially on social media. While the promotion of body positivity has been helpful in reducing the stigma associated with people of size, a new study indicates that normalizing plus-size body shapes may yield unintended consequences. Scientists at the University of East Anglia in Austria found that there is an increasing number of people engaged in weight displacement, i....

On February 12, 2014, the floor of Kentucky’s Skydome disappeared, taking several classic cars with it. See photos of the infamous Corvette Museum sinkhole. On February 12, 2014, the floor of the National Corvette Museum’s Skydome disappeared into a sinkhole, taking several classic cars with it. While, fortunately, nobody was hurt, the damage was in many cases too severe for repairs. Below, you can see the extent of the devastation, and the attempts to rescue the demolished vehicles from the maw of the infamous Corvette Museum sinkhole:...

The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, marked not just the dismantling of a barrier, but a victory for freedom itself. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The Rise And Fall Of The Berlin Wall The Astounding Artwork Of The Berlin Wall The Fall Of The Soviet Union, In 36 Rarely-Seen Photos...

For four months the hills of L.A. were littered with the bodies of women and girls aged 12 to 28. It was the work of two insatiable killers, though they were recognized as a single monster one and the same: the Hillside Strangler. lifedeathprizes.comThe victims of the Hillside Strangler, cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono. The Hillside Strangler had left the bodies of some five young girls in the hills of L....

Covering yourself with feces is definitely one way to get noticed when you’re protesting for animal rights. SF GateCassie King covered in animal feces outside of a San Francisco Trader Joe’s. On March 22, 2018, Cassie King launched a solo protest outside a Trader Joe’s in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco. And her demonstration was attention-grabbing, to say the least. King, who is a student at UC Berkeley, a vegan, and an animal activist, laid down outside the Trader Joe’s, covered in animal feces....

Truly the epitome of a mad scientist, Nikola Tesla’s scientific brilliance is matched by his equally notable eccentricities. Greatly overshadowed by his famous employer, Thomas Edison, Serbian-born inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla is known mostly as the mastermind behind the AC induction motor and the Tesla coil. While Tesla enjoyed a successful career as an inventor, he displayed many asocial behaviors and didn’t have any documented romantic relationships; he ultimately ended up financially destitute and alone....