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Throughout early 1800s Delaware and Maryland, Patty Cannon and her murderous gang kidnapped as many as 3,000 Black Americans to sell into bondage in the South. Wikimedia CommonsPatty Cannon murdered a slave trader named Ridgell for his money. As a slave trader and murderer, Patty Cannon terrorized Black Americans in the early 19th century. Cannon and her gang — which included her own family members — committed unspeakable crimes, including selling, kidnapping, and murdering freed slaves....

The Hasanlu Lovers are stirring image of love across time, but what exactly was the relationship between these two people? In the remains of an ancient, burned out village, archeologists were surprised to find the remains of two bodies, seemingly sharing a loving embrace before their eventual death. The University of Pennsylvania first discovered this skeletal couple during an archeological excavation of an ancient city in northwest Iran in the 1970s....

Source: Early Adopter Meowlingual Ever wanted to know exactly what your cat is saying? With Meowlingual, the mystery behind your cat’s cries is finally gone. This Japanese device promises to translate your cat’s ‘language’ from a series of purrs into phrases such as “I can’t stand it” and over 200 more expressions. The quirky device records your cat while it speaks to you and matches the noise with its closest human translation....

Photograph of George Hackney taken at Poulainville, Picardy, Northern France, in October of 1915. Belfast, Ireland native George Hackney was like many young men in the time preceding World War 1, and began taking up the relatively new hobby of personal photography. When he was sent to war in 1915, he took his trusty compact camera with him out into the field and captured images of his life from deep in the trenches of ‘The war to end all wars....

Anglo-Saxon warlord’s grave uncovered, ancient Greek snake altar found, undetonated World War II bomb explodes. British Metal Detectorists Uncover Pagan Grave Of 1,400-Year-Old Anglo-Saxon Warlord University of ReadingThe 1,400-year-old skeleton of the Anglo-Saxon Marlow Warlord. Amateur metal detectorists in southern England have uncovered the sixth-century grave of an Anglo-Saxon warlord. Known as the Marlow Warlord, he was buried with arrowheads, pottery, and an intact sword complete with a bronze and leather scabbard still bearing a mark believed to have been made in battle 1,400 years ago....

The facts behind the Virginia Rappe case that rocked 1920s Hollywood to its core. Wikimedia CommonsVirginia Rappe In 1921, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was the highest-paid actor in the world. He had recently signed a deal with Paramount Pictures for a whopping $1 million (about $13 million today), an unheard-of sum at the time. Posters for his movies billed the 266-pound comedian as “worth his weight in laughs.” But before the year was out, he was accused of a crime so monstrous that he would never appear onscreen again....

Wanda Palmer was violently attacked in her home two years ago with an “edged” weapon like a hatchet or a machete. Jackson County WV Sheriff’s Department/FacebookWanda Palmer was “oriented” and “coherent” after being in a coma for two years. In June 2020, someone hired to mow Wanda Palmer’s lawn came to her Cottageville, West Virginia, mobile home and found her bloody and unconscious, apparently the victim of an attack. But after being in a coma for two years, Wanda has woken up — and named her brother, Daniel, as the person who assaulted her....

Go inside the unsolved mystery of D.B. Cooper, the infamous skyjacker who may have been a paratrooper and ex-convict named Robert Rackstraw. On November 24, 1971, a businessman who called himself Dan Cooper hijacked a flight from Portland to Seattle, collected a ransom, and parachuted away with the money. But who was DB Cooper? No one knows for sure, but some believe he was a man named Robert Rackstraw. Wikimedia CommonsA cold-case team of private investigators is convinced that DB Cooper was a man named Robert Rackstraw....

When Portrait Of A Young Woman was first donated to the Allentown Art Museum in 1961, it was believed to be an original Rembrandt. But about a decade later, experts denounced it. Allentown Art Museum via APComposite of the newly authenticated Rembrandt, before and after its restoration. When a painting titled Portrait of a Young Woman was bequeathed to the Allentown Art Museum in Pennsylvania in 1961, it was thought to be an original artwork by the famed Rembrandt van Rijn....

Construction workers thought that they had unearthed the body of a recent murder victim, but a closer look revealed a much longer history for the mysterious mummy. Scott Warnasch/Linda WarnaschThe well-preserved remains of Martha Peterson. When construction crews discovered the mummified body of a woman buried in New York City back in 2011, they had no idea that they had stumbled upon an amazing historical find. And now her identity has finally been revealed....

From the “Giggling Granny” serial killer to the “Numbers Queen” crime boss, see some of the most striking colorized images of female criminals from the past. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 31 Vintage Crime Scenes Brought To Life In Stunningly Gruesome Color 30 Great Depression Pictures Brought To Life In Stunning Color 44 Historic Photos Of Native Americans Brought To Life In Striking Color...

From military dramas like “Saving Private Ryan” to Hollywood blockbusters like “The Last Samurai,” these war movies capture the true ravages of battle. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 50 Behind-The-Scenes Photos That’ll Change The Way You Look At Famous Movies Inside The Epic Battle Of Okinawa, The Bloodiest Conflict In The Pacific Theater Of World War II...

From violence toward outsiders to depictions of Jesus, the central texts of Christianity and Islam are both similar and different in ways you wouldn’t believe. Many people think of the Quran as a radically different book from the Bible. Moreover, according to this view, even though Muslims and Christians (and Jews) all believe in the same God, these religions are different, distinct traditions. An argument can be made, however, that the similarities between the Bible and the Quran are actually much more intimate than one might think, and that Islam, Judaism and Christianity are closer to being different interpretations of a shared religious culture than totally distinct traditions....

From the tissue that began as a World War I gas mask to the disinfectant that became a feminine hygiene product, learn the shocking, little-known histories of our everyday products. When we reach for the stuff inside our medicine cabinets or pantries, we rarely think much about its history. But a lot of the products that we use without a second thought have unbelievable, and sometimes sexist or dangerous, origins:...

Some of America’s favorite pop singers, boxers, and reality TV stars have been banned from entering the United Kingdom. Here’s why. There’s no doubt that over the course of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has made some enemies. Other candidates, Fox News anchors, and, just recently, even Samuel L. Jackson have all made a stand against The Donald. Now, the entire United Kingdom is debating whether enough is enough with the real estate mogul turned reality star turned presidential candidate....

Meet the men memorialized by the Confederate monuments. It’s safe to say that you’ve probably noticed all of the hullabaloo over Confederate monuments lately. Share Flipboard Email After this past weekend’s Charlottesville riot, during which a white supremacist killed a young woman, Donald Trump condemned the violence on “many sides,” suggesting that white supremacy, blatant anti-Semitism, and neo-Nazism can somehow be placed on the same moral plane as anti-hate demonstrations....

Although Daniel Lambert always insisted that he didn’t overeat, his weight ballooned to 739 pounds by the time he was in his 30s, giving him a waist that measured more than nine feet around. Public Domain Daniel Lambert weighed 739 pounds at his heaviest. In 1806, a strange advertisement appeared in a London newspaper. It described the “greatest Curiosity in the World,” a Mr. Daniel Lambert, who weighed 50 stone (700 pounds)....

Catherine Ann Cesnik’s murder has been unsolved for 47 years. Police have now gathered DNA from a priest who had reason for wanting her dead. Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik’s decomposing body was found in 1970. When a father and son out hunting in Maryland mistakenly happened upon the corpse, the 26-year-old nun had already been missing for almost two months. Nearly five decades later, Cesnik’s murder remains unsolved. But Baltimore County Police detectives think one dead Catholic priest’s DNA might hold the missing clue....

From Stalin to Hitler to Lincoln, these famous photoshopped photos will make you question history. When anyone is in a position of power, public perception becomes either your foundation, or a tidal wave that will swallow you and your legacy whole. Which means, of course, that PR becomes an incredibly important tool to have in your arsenal. This is why all public figures have countless advisers and managers whose only job is to look after the images of their superior....

“Pee Wee” Gaskins took to violence as early as age 11, when he and a group of friends burglarized, assaulted, and raped their neighbors. In the late 1970s, Pee Wee Gaskins was considered the most prolific serial killer in South Carolina’s history. But by the looks of him, Gaskins didn’t seem like a cold-hearted murderer. At just five-foot-five and 130 pounds, it seemed unbelievable that he managed to brutally murder at least 15 men, women, and children....