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You’ve heard about his brutal crimes and cannibalism — but who is Jeffrey Dahmer and how did he become one of the most notorious serial killers in American history? Curt Borgwardt/Sygma/Sygma via Getty ImagesJeffrey Dahmer during his 1992 trial. Of all the serial killers in American history, Jeffrey Dahmer may be the most terrifying. Between 1978 and 1991, he not only viciously murdered 17 young men and boys but also dismembered and cannibalized some of them....

The Führerbunker was Adolf Hitler’s last hiding spot, a lavish, expansive complex sprawling beneath the grounds of the Reich Chancellery. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: The Story Of Adolf Hitler’s Death — And The Calamitous Days That Preceded It How Gretl Braun Became Adolf Hitler’s Favorite Sister-In-Law Geli Raubal Was Adolf Hitler’s Only True Love – And His Niece...

From the 400,000 Axis soldiers on American shores to the real reason the Japanese surrendered, these World War II myths are sure to surprise. Myth: American forces were filled with eager volunteers A large part of the naive yet persistent American notion that World War II was “the good war” is the idea that countless young American men volunteered to fight because they simply knew that it was the right thing to do....

From Jaws to Psycho, movie sets can be exhausting, tragic, and beautiful all at once — and these photos prove it. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 33 Of The Most Epic War Movies Of All Time 44 Of The Best Historical Movies All History Buffs Need To Watch 33 Chilling Photos Of Vintage Crime Scenes At The Birth Of Forensic Photography...

Officials are calling the site that was unearthed in the path of the Maya Train project “Paamul II.” PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty ImagesAn aerial view of the construction along section five of the Maya Train project, where environmentalists fear significant damage. Construction of Mexico’s $8 billion Maya Train project began in 2020, and it’s been struggling to lay tracks across the Yucatán peninsula in the face of significant environmentalist opposition. But now, it’s also led to an amazing archaeological discovery....

The shortest war in history asserted the dominance of a colonial power over a subjugated land. Wikimedia CommonsThe sultan’s palace in Zanzibar, following its destruction during the Anglo-Zanzibar War in 1896. The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 lasted all of 38 minutes in what would be the shortest war in history. The war proved that the British were the final authority in Zanzibar’s affairs with a display of might and power that overwhelmed Zanzibari forces....

The study focused not only on the two beloved pets but on carnivorous mammals as a whole. The age-old argument between dog people and cat people may finally be at an end. A new study, done at Vanderbilt University, claims that dogs are actually the smarter of the two animals. The study, titled “Dogs have the most neurons, though not the largest brain: Trade-off between body mass and number of neurons in the cerebral cortex of large carnivoran species,” focused on the differences between the number of cortical neurons in the brains of carnivores....

On May 15, 1972, Arthur Bremer shot presidential candidate George Wallace five times at a Maryland rally. And once his diaries were published while he was behind bars, it became clear that he also wanted to assassinate Richard Nixon. GettyArthur Bremer is escorted from Federal District Court in Baltimore after being held on charges of assault on a federal officer and violation of the 1968 Civil Rights Act provision covering candidates for federal office....

Recent research proves that cats can understand humans and do know their own names, even if they sometimes choose to not respond. Kelly Bowden/Getty ImagesA series of experiments on 16 domesticated felines found that cats can understand humans and are able to recognize their owner’s voice. If you’ve ever felt like your cat was intentionally ignoring you, you’re not paranoid. In fact, a new study shows that they are fully aware that you’re talking to them — they just sometimes choose not to respond....

Welcome to the favelas, slums so underserved that they maintain a state of cold war with Brazilian officials. In every conurbation in Brazil, all across the country, there exists a separate state-within-a-state that houses over 11 million of the nation’s poor. Over 6 percent of the country’s population lives in this archipelago of slums, which puts them almost entirely out of the authority of the central government. These are the favelas, and they are almost a foreign country that maintains a state of cold war with Brazilian officials....

An expert spymaster, Reinhard Gehlen surrendered to the Allies at the end of World War II in order to work with the CIA before founding Germany’s modern intelligence service with hundreds of former Nazis like him. Ullstein bild/Ullstein bild via Getty ImagesReinhard Gehlen, seated front row with an “O” over his chest, was well-respected among Nazi leaders. He later used this experience to start one of the most notorious spy rings in the Cold War....

In the 1760s, a wolf-like monster known as the Beast of Gévaudan reportedly killed hundreds of people in gruesome fashion — and to this day, no one knows exactly what it was. Wikimedia CommonsA 1764 rendering of the Beast of Gévaudan called “Picture of the Monster that is desolating Gévaudan.” Between 1764 and 1767, something evil stalked the quiet hills of Gévaudan, France. The so-called Bête du Gévaudan, or Beast of Gévaudan, attacked hundreds of people, often tearing out their throats....

When seven-year-old Brittany Renee Williams vanished in 2000, she was presumed dead. But now a woman says she has the scars and DNA tests to prove she is Williams. WWBTRaised in a neglectful foster home, Brittany Renee Williams vanished in 2000 and was presumed dead. In August 2000, seven-year-old Brittany Renee Williams vanished into thin air. She had been living at an independent foster home in Henrico, Virginia, where its owner, Kim Parker, treated her for AIDS....

On February 2, 2014, movie star Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York City apartment with a syringe in his left arm. He was just 46 years old. Philip Seymour Hoffman was a true actor’s actor. The native New Yorker sharpened his skills on Broadway before finding fame in Hollywood and never forgot that the craft itself trumped any accolades. An Academy Award-winning thespian, Philip Seymour Hoffman toiled on his work with the focus of a teacher who tragically knew that he would die too soon....

Sherri Rasmussen was found shot to death inside her home on February 24, 1986 in an apparent burglary gone wrong — but the real culprit was actually Stephanie Lazarus of the LAPD. Sherri Rasmussen was murdered on February 24, 1986 — and her murder would remain unsolved for 20 years. On Feb. 24, 1986, 29-year-old Sherri Rasmussen was found dead in her apartment in Van Nuys, California. In a fit of jealous rage, an LAPD officer named Stephanie Lazarus had murdered Rasmussen after her on-again-off-again boyfriend John Ruetten ended their relationship for good and married Rasmussen....

From 1978 to 1991, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer tortured and murdered 17 young men and boys. Here are their forgotten stories. Jeffrey Dahmer is one of the most notorious serial killers of all time. Beginning in 1978, the “Milwaukee Monster” butchered at least 17 young men and boys. He even cannibalized some of them. And his heinous crimes continued until he was finally caught in 1991. But though his story is well known around the world, less is known about Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims....

Andrew Greenbaum made a fortune off numerous spam email campaigns before fleeing the United States in 2005 to avoid a $12.8-million lawsuit. Until recently, his whereabouts remained unknown. Spam Kings/O’Reilly MediaAndrew Greenbaum was bullied for being Jewish as a child and so changed his name to Davis Hawke and became a white supremacist. A corpse that was found incinerated in an SUV three years ago has just been confirmed to be a 38-year-old Jewish neo-Nazi named Davis Wolfgang Hawke, who ran a spam email empire that led to a $12....

For better food, a separate room, and protection from hard labor and the gas chamber, some prisoners became kapos — but they had to beat their fellow inmates in return. In 1945, months after being freed from a Nazi concentration camp, Eliezer Gruenbaum was walking down the streets of Paris. Born to a Zionist father from Poland, Gruenbaum was now staunch communist; he was planning to meet with a Spaniard at a local café to discuss the new communist regime in Poland....

Before Mary Sommerville came around, the word “scientist” didn’t even exist. Wikimedia Commons When we think of history’s great scientists, names such as Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, or Nicolaus Copernicus likely come to mind. The funny thing is that the term “scientist” wasn’t coined until 1834 — well after these men had died — and it was a woman named Mary Somerville who brought it into being in the first place....

A 10-foot monster native to the grasslands of Victoria, the giant Gippsland earthworm may appear terrifying, but it’s actually a threatened species whose biggest foe is humans. Museums VictoriaBiologist Beverley D. Van Praagh holding a mature giant earthworm. From the huntsman spider and saltwater crocodile to the olive python and snake-swallowing frog, Australia is undoubtedly home to some of the world’s scariest creatures. While not quite as terrifying, the giant earthworm has mesmerized millions just the same — as it can grow up to six and a half feet long and is the biggest worm in the world....