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In 1903, Parisian police clerk Alphonse Bertillon became the first to photo document a crime scene. Years earlier, he streamlined the use of mugshots, effectively revolutionizing detective work all with a camera. 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 Amazing Vintage Crime Scenes Of New York, Then And Now...

In colonial Massachusetts, more than 200 people were accused of being witches and wizards — and 20 of them were killed when they couldn’t prove otherwise. From 1692 to 1693, it didn’t take much to spark suspicion of witchcraft in Salem. Sometimes, it just took town gossip to send victims of the Salem witch trials to the gallows. Other times, it only took a bad dream. Over the course of that strange year, people living in and around Salem, Massachusetts clamored to charge each other with making deals with the Devil....

Connie Converse wrote and performed trailblazing music in the 1950s, but one day in 1974, she drove off looking for a fresh start — and was never seen again. Connie Converse never released a commercial album, yet nearly 50 years after she vanished from the face of the Earth, her music has gained more recognition and acclaim than ever before. She was ahead of her time, a singer-songwriter whose music sounds surprisingly contemporary considering when it was made....

4,000 fossils excavated during the Great Depression revealed that the coast of Texas was once filled with rhinoceros, elephant-like mammals, and ancient wild dogs. Jay Matternes/The Smithsonian InstitutionAn artist’s depiction of the animals of ancient Texas. Some say everything is bigger in Texas, and they’re right — at least when it comes to ancient fauna. According to Smithsonian Magazine, a new analysis from the University of Austin revealed that the Lone Star state used to be home to a myriad of prehistoric animals....

George Mallory went missing in 1924 and it took 75 years for anyone to find his body. George Mallory was a famed British mountaineer and explorer. Long before Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to summit it, Mallory joined a British expedition to reach the top of Mount Everest. The 1924 expedition was one of three to take place in the early twenties, starting in 1922. Mallory was 37 at the time and jumped at the chance to take part in such an exciting adventure, as he feared his advancing age would make it impossible in the future....

After William Pitsenbarger helped rescue as many as 60 soldiers during one particularly fierce battle, he stayed on the ground and helped them fight. On September 22, 1966, William Pitsenbarger Sr. and his wife visited the Pentagon where their son was to be honored with the Air Force Cross, the second-highest award for that service. But the ceremony was marked by loss as their 21-year-old son, William Pistenbarger Jr., was killed in action some six months earlier....

No one can identify the 13-foot mystery sea creature that recently washed ashore in Mexico. See the video and photos and judge for yourself. This mystery sea creature was recently found on the beaches of southwest Mexico. Image Source: Yahoo News We just don’t — and, more to the point, can’t — know every single thing that lurks in the depths of the sea, which perhaps explains our eternal fascination with it....

Lupe Vélez blazed new trails for Latinas in Hollywood before her shocking and controversial suicide in 1944. Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty ImagesMexican film actress Lupe Vélez took Hollywood by storm in the 1930s. Drama followed Lupe Vélez wherever she went. It dogged her in her hometown of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, trailed her to Hollywood, haunted her into taking her own life, and echoed on after her death. Even Vélez referred to herself as a “devil....

Discover the unbelievable story of Project Azorian, the CIA’s Cold War effort to steal the K-129 nuclear submarine that the Soviets had lost. Have you ever watched an opening scene to a movie where “based on a true story” flashed across the screen and you thought, no way. Well, in 1968 with the Cold War in full swing, the K-129 – a Soviet submarine equipped with three ballistic nuclear missiles – sank soon after leaving its port in the Pacific Ocean along the Kamchatka Peninsula (for reasons that neither government has ever made public)....

In the 1920s, the Osage were among the wealthiest people in the world. But jealousy and bigotry would bring on a startling and barbaric conspiracy to end their success. Getty / BettmannThree of the dozens of Osage tribe members who were killed in a vicious plot for oil wealth. Since the discovery of large oil deposits beneath the land of Osage Native Americans in Oklahoma, the tribe had become some of the wealthiest people in the world....

Richard Cottingham brutally murdered prostitutes he found on the seedy streets of 1970s New York, earning his horrifying legacy as the Times Square Torso Killer. Today, Times Square is a glittering tourist attraction. But it had a much seedier reputation in the latter half of the 20th century. Not only was Times Square filled with porn shops, peep shows, and prostitutes, but it also became the hunting ground for serial killer Richard Cottingham, the Torso Killer....

Researchers have now uncovered the DNA of a previously unknown group of hominids. TwitterThe study found Melanesian DNA to contain far less Denisovan genetic material than previously thought — leading some to believe a third human ancestor may have been responsible. Most everyone knows that the islands of the South Pacific are some of the most remote and unique places on Earth, but a 2016 study revealed just how distinctive the area’s inhabitants really are....

A self-taught slave who escaped to freedom, Susie King Taylor educated African American soldiers at a time when it was illegal for a Black woman to read. Library of CongressSusie King Taylor was the first Black teacher of freed Black students and the first Black Army nurse. In 1850s Georgia, in the deep American South just before the outbreak of the Civil War, a young Black woman dared to read. Even though it was illegal, Susie King Taylor’s grandmother was adamant that she become literate, and she ensured that her books were wrapped and hidden from the police....

Ted Bundy’s death at Florida State Prison on January 24, 1989, brought an end to the macabre story of America’s most notorious serial killer. The life and crimes of notorious serial killer Ted Bundy were most recently chronicled in Netflix’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. While the movie mainly explored Bundy’s relationship with former girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer, his last days were largely glossed over. The film furthermore took some notable liberties with the facts, none heftier than Kloepfer visiting Bundy in Florida State Prison days before his execution and finally learning the truth about her ex-boyfriend....

For only a $1.28, you can now grow your own boyfriend, girlfriend or even gay best friend. All you have to do is douse the miniature doll in water, after which it expands by 600%. As an added bonus (or if you live in Russia), the dolls can also be doused with alcohol for the same effect. Price: $1.28 for girlfriend and gay best friends, $1.99 for boyfriend Price: $20,000 (though currently unavailable)...

Discover the crimes of the Golden State Killer, the East Area Rapist, and the Original Night Stalker — and learn how a former cop named Joseph James DeAngelo was finally identified as the man responsible for dozens of burglaries, rapes, and murders. The Golden State Killer didn’t get his nickname until true-crime writer Michelle McNamara coined it for him. The late author’s 2018 book about the serial killer, I’ll Be Gone In The Dark, has since led to an HBO documentary series about the case — and helped solve it....

From the 1960s until the 1990s, Father Pellegrino Ernetti claimed that he helped create a time machine called the Chronovisor, which he used to observe the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Public DomainFather Pellegrino Ernetti, who allegedly helped build the Chronovisor, was a Benedictine monk, scientist and exorcist. From the unsolved disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi in 1983 to a covert collection of documents known as the Apostolic Archive, the Vatican’s history is full of secrets....

Shroud of Turin shown to be fake, Ötzi the Iceman’s last meal reconstructed, medieval warrior with knife for a hand unearthed. Jesus’ Alleged Burial Shroud Stained With His Blood Confirmed Fake By Scientists Wikimedia CommonsUnprocessed (left) and digitally processed (rights) images of the Shroud of Turin. For hundreds upon hundreds of years, countless Christians have believed that the Shroud of Turin is as advertised: the cloth in which Jesus’ dead body was wrapped just after his crucifixion, with the outline of the man as well as some of his blood stains left behind....

Though the official story is that Hitler killed himself in his bunker in 1945, conspiracy theories have arisen that Hitler fled to Argentina with Eva Braun and was protected by the Argentine government. Wikimedia CommonsAdolf Hitler killed himself in 1945, but what happened to his body? “…Claims to have aided six top Argentine officials in hiding ADOLPH HITLER upon his landing by submarine in Argentina. HITLER reported to be hiding out in foot-hills of southern Andes…”...

Found in tropical places like the Florida Everglades, the manchineel tree is a flowering spurge plant that is packed with poison — from its fruit to its bark and sap. The manchineel tree produces some of the world’s most beautiful wood. Caribbean craftsmen have been using it as their stock in trade for centuries, carving some of the most beautiful curios and bedroom sets out of its bark. It can even be found in some historic houses all over the United States, from fireplace mantels to wood mirrors....