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Cary Stayner’s own brother Steven was abducted and held captive for seven years when they were children, but that didn’t stop Cary from kidnapping and murdering four women himself 27 years later. Public DomainCary Stayner killed four women near Yosemite National Park in 1999. Yosemite National Park is a well-known picturesque natural wonder. Located in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, it attracts millions of travelers from around the world each year with its towering sequoia trees, cascading waterfalls, and granite cliffs....

When it was uncovered that congressional candidate Nathan Larson condones pedophilia, rape, and more, he admitted to everything without hesitation. Nathan Larson served prison time for threatening to kill the president and has admitted that he’s a pedophile. And now he’s a congressional candidate. The 37-year-old accountant from Charlottesville, Virginia is running as an independent in Virginia’s 2018 10th congressional district election. NY Daily NewsNathan Larson. Nathan Larson said people are tired of being constrained by political correctness....

When medics arrived at the scene to offer assistance, the woman coughed on them while screaming that she had the coronavirus. Lake County Sheriff’s OfficeLadonald Shakkie Holmes, who has a black belt in martial arts, was arrested after the incident. Nothing is more dangerous than a woman scorned — except maybe an upset woman who knows karate. A Florida woman caused multiple disturbances after she allegedly beat up her boyfriend using her martial arts skills....

From 1924 to 1950, Georgia Tann and the Tennessee Children’s Home Society stole and sold an estimated 5,000 children. Special Collections Department/University of MemphisGeorgia Tann. When most people consider a life of thievery and crime, the last thing they’d think of stealing is a baby. Generally speaking, babies are a pain in the neck. And it’s not like you can sell a baby, right? In 20th century Tennessee, some people were doing just that....

Between 1984 and 1985, the “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez killed at least 13 people across California and attacked many more — and the survivors all remembered his rotten teeth. YouTubeBy the time he was arrested, high sugar consumption and cocaine use had rotted Richard Ramirez’s teeth. For a little over a year, serial killer Richard Ramirez terrorized California. Dubbed the “Night Stalker,” he broke into homes, viciously attacked the people inside, and carried off their valuables....

Five spies, soldiers, and activists far too brave to not have a bigger place in the history books. Wikimedia CommonsFrances Clayton. For most, the Civil War probably conjures up images of Abraham Lincoln, Stonewall Jackson, and the other great men who led the United States during a time of incredible, and incredibly violent, political upheaval that divided the country more so than any other time in its history. Yet you probably don’t consider the women of this period: the nurses who saved countless lives, the abolitionists and activists that fought for the rights of women and slaves, even the female soldiers who dressed up as men and fought on the front lines....

Once a tranquil getaway for Hollywood elite, 10050 Cielo Drive became infamous for the 1969 murders of Sharon Tate and four others. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The Forgotten Murder Of Gary Hinman, The First Manson Family Victim Inside Spahn Ranch, Where The Manson Family Lived During Their Murder Spree They Committed The Most Infamous Murders Of The 1960s — So Where Are The Manson Family Members Now?...

According to one theory, Prince Albert Victor, the grandson of Queen Victoria, was responsible for the infamous Jack the Ripper slayings in Whitechapel. Wikimedia CommonsPrince Albert Victor around the time of the Ripper Murders. Few cases haunt the popular imagination like that of Jack the Ripper. For almost five years, the Ripper stalked the dark streets of one of London’s poorest neighborhoods leaving a trail of mutilated bodies in his wake....

After Enrique “Kiki” Camarena was found out by the Guadalajara cartel in 1985, he was kidnapped and tortured to death over the course of three days. In an audio recording of the torture and interrogation of undercover DEA agent Kiki Camarena that was released to the public three years after his 1985 death, one can hear the desperate man pleading with his captors. “Couldn’t I ask you to have my ribs bandaged, please?...

See why treasure hunters are still drawn to Arizona’s Superstition Mountains by the lure of the fabled Lost Dutchman Mine and the promise of untold riches. Wikimedia CommonsThe Weavers Needle rock column of Arizona’s Superstition Mountains is often said to mark the location of the Lost Dutchman Mine. The Superstition Mountains in Arizona are bound to be home to at least a few good stories by virtue of their name alone....

The granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, Margaux Hemingway struggled with her fame after she became an overnight celebrity and the world’s first million-dollar supermodel in the 1970s. Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesMargaux Hemingway was one of the world’s first supermodels and came to define a generation of fashion and glamor in the 1970s. On July 2, 1996, news broke that supermodel Margaux Hemingway died of an intentional overdose at 42 years old....

In November 1938, Helen Hulick was about to testify against two men who had burgled her building. But then, the judge held her in contempt of court — for refusing to wear a dress. Getty ImagesHelen Hulick at her second court appearance on Nov. 14, 1938. In 1938, 28-year-old kindergarten teacher Helen Hulick made history in a Los Angeles courtroom — by refusing to wear a dress. When Hulick appeared in court to testify as a witness to a burglary, she was chided by the judge for wearing slacks....

Throughout the late 1800s, Ida Lewis braved the waters near Newport, Rhode Island — and saved 18 lives along the way. Wikimedia CommonsIda Lewis She started saving lives at sea when she was just 12 — and didn’t stop until she was in her 60s. This is the story of Ida Lewis, the lighthouse hero of old Rhode Island. Becoming The Keeper Of The Lighthouse Ida Lewis was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1842, the daughter of Captain Hosea Lewis, the keeper of the Lighthouse Service at nearby Lime Rock....

If you answer yes to questions like: “Are your feelings hurt easily?” “Are you ever troubled by feelings of guilt?” Congratulations! You might live a bit longer. Scientific studies are constantly contradicting each other. One day coffee causes organ failure, the next it prevents suicide. Same kind of thing with chocolate, red wine, fruit, bread, and now: neuroticism. Typically, being neurotic — a personality trait characterized by anxiety, irritability, nerves, worry, guilt, obsessive compulsive traits, and/or depression — is not something you brag about....

Purchased by a wealthy Scottish widow in 1864, the family-owned island of Niihau is committed to preserving its natural and cultural history — perhaps at a dangerous cost. Niihau, Hawaii’s “Forbidden Island.” Just 17 miles from the coastline of Kauai, Hawaii boasts a historic restricted area: the small, 70-square-mile island of Niihau, also known as the “Forbidden Island.” The island is actually a privately-owned preservation project that for 150 years has been largely successful, save for the constant threat of outside influence....

After he won the race to the South Pole, he became the first man to reach the North Pole. Then, he vanished without a trace. Bettmann via Getty ImagesCaptain Roald Amundsen, circa 1923. In 1911, Roald Amundsen and his Norwegian expedition gathered among the snow and ice at the southernmost tip of the world. Everyone put their hands on the Norwegian flag and triumphantly stuck it into the frozen ground, thus securing Amudsen’s legacy as the first man to reach the South Pole....

When a February thunderstorm in South Africa killed two giraffes, conservation scientists began to studying how lightning strikes the animals — with intriguing results. Wikimedia CommonsRockwood Conservation’s herd of eight giraffes was reduced to six after a heavy thunderstorm in February. On the last day of February, a South African rainstorm in the Northern Cape saw two giraffes struck by lightning. The freak 2020 incident at Rockwood Conservation naturally came as a shock, though a new study suggests it shouldn’t have — as giraffes are inherently prone to being struck....

Don’t panic, guys. This is a good thing. Congratulations on your wedding! Congratulations on your baby! Sorry about your testosterone levels. A new study published recently in the Journal of Psychoneuroendocrinology found that testosterone levels decline in all men as they age, but much more quickly after they get married, and more slowly after they get divorced. The research — which looked at 1,113 men over 10 years — is far from the first to show these kinds of changes in men’s sex hormone supply....

See inside the lavish, gaudy and lethal world of Mexico’s most feared narcos, as posted to their own cartel Instagram accounts. Instagram has long been a place for people to brag—whether it’s folks showing off their post-workout muscles, their new shoes or even the nauseating #RichKidsOfInstagram—but Mexican drug cartels are taking things to the extreme. These aren’t police photos taken inside the home of a Mexican drug lord after an arrest, these are pictures taken by the gangs themselves....

Lili Elbe was born Einar Wegener, and spent her entire life trying to choose between the man she was born as and the woman she wanted to become. Wikimedia CommonsLili Elbe in the late 1920s. Einar Wegener didn’t know how unhappy he was in his own skin until he met Lili Elbe. Lili was carefree and wild, a “thoughtless, flighty, very superficially-minded woman,” who despite her womanly ways, opened Einar’s mind to the life he never knew he was missing....