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In the 1960s, Eric Edgar Cooke murdered at least eight people in Perth and sometimes even dabbled in necrophilia — until he was finally caught. YouTubeEric Edgar Cooke terrorized Perth in the 1960s. Young Eric Edgar Cooke, of Perth, Australia, just wanted to fit in. Shy, awkward, and ashamed of his appearance, he was mercilessly made fun of by peers due to his cleft lip and nervous nature. He eventually took to wandering the streets at night to escape his abusive home life....

The King of Pop purchased Neverland Ranch in 1987 for $19.5 million. It remains an abandoned artifact of a time gone by – and the scene of alleged child sexual abuse. There has arguably never been a single human being as famous, invigorating, talented, polarizing, and controversial as Michael Jackson. His home — a 2,700-acre property in Los Olivos, California named after a fantasy land from a children’s fairy tale — was just as curious....

One baffled doctor wrote up the discovery: “There is no clear explanation for this anomalous presence.” Zhurakivska etal., OOOOJournal, 2020She was first diagnosed and treated at 19, but returned six years later — and the year after that — with the same condition. It’s been over a decade, but the rare case of a woman growing hair out of her mouth is still fascinating experts. It began when a 19-year-old Italian woman met doctors at the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, desperate for answers....

Lewis Powell was just 21 years old when he conspired with John Wilkes Booth and several others to plot the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and William Seward in an effort to topple the U.S. government. Wikimedia CommonsThe Civil War, staunch political divides, and the death of his brother likely convinced Lewis Powell to join John Wilkes Booth in the assassination plot. Lewis Thornton Powell, also known as Lewis Payne, was hanged in Washington, D....

The Native Fashion Now exhibit highlights the most beautiful – and meaningful – looks from the people who truly define American style. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 19National Museum of the American Indian 2 of 19Orlando Dugi (Diné [Navajo]), cape, dress, and headdress from “Desert Heat” collection, 2012National Museum of the American Indian 3 of 19Jamie Okuma (Luiseño and Shoshone-Bannock), boots, 2013–14....

When hijackers took Pan Am Flight 73 hostage in September 1986, Neerja Bhanot bravely helped passengers escape and was ultimately killed while shielding three children from a hail of bullets. Instagram/SonamKapoorNeerja Bhanot had a thriving career as a model before becoming a heroic attendant aboard Pan Am Flight 73. Neerja Bhanot was working as a senior flight attendant for Pan American World Airways when tragedy struck on the morning of Sept....

From 1965 to 1971, Pamela Courson stood by Jim Morrison’s side as his girlfriend and muse — until his tragic death at age 27. Left: Public Domain; Right: Chris Walter/WireImage/Getty ImagesPamela Courson became Jim Morrison’s girlfriend after they met at a Hollywood club in 1965. Pamela Courson embodied the free spirit of the hippie generation. An art school dropout, she was determined to pursue art on her own terms — and make a name for herself....

“My knife is still in good order,” says the card. When the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper was on a murder spree in 1888, the Ealing Police Station and local journalists received many notes claiming to be from the man responsible for the killings. One of them will be up for auction this October, nearly 130 years after it was sent. “Beware there is two women I want here,” it reads....

Was the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg justified — or was it the product of a nation’s collective paranoia? Few episodes are more emblematic of American Cold War paranoia and Red Scare hysteria than the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. After being arrested for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets in 1950, the young New York couple with communist affiliations was soon swept into a sensational trial that enthralled and frightened millions of Americans who were already terrified of both the bomb and communists....

A uranium cube anonymously sent to an American professor is said to be one of 664 uranium cubes that were used in the failed nuclear reactor built by the Nazis. John T. Consoli/University of MarylandThe uranium cube once used in a Nazi nuclear reactor. Timothy Koeth, a researcher at the University of Maryland, received a peculiar package one day in 2013. To his surprise, it was a cube of uranium from the 1940s that had apparently been used in the failed Nazi scheme to build a nuclear reactor....

New book identifies Black Dahlia killer, unusual ancient tradition may be spreading the plague in Madagascar, and the JFK assassination files contain surprising revelations. New Book Claims To Have Solved The Black Dahlia Murder Case The murder of Elizabeth Short, known as the “Black Dahlia,” is one of American history’s most brutal and mysterious killings. On Jan. 15, 1947, Short was found dead, brutally mutilated, in a residential neighborhood outside of Los Angeles....

Thomas Silverstein was convicted of four brutal murders, all while serving time for armed robbery — then spent the last 36 years of his life in solitary confinement. Thomas Silverstein was an explosively violent, lifelong convict who murdered four people while imprisoned. And his death in 2019 marked the end of an era — as he had become the longest-held prisoner in solitary confinement in American history. Violently bullied as a child, Silverstein was raised to respond in kind....

“Take them back, please, they bring bad luck.” Wikimedia CommonsA woman who stole a bounty of artifacts from Pompeii mailed them back to a travel agent, along with a confession claiming that they brought her bad luck. Pompeii is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy. It is also, apparently, a popular target for archaeological theft. According to the Guardian, a travel agent in the city received an unexpected package containing a number of artifacts that had been stolen from the site of the ancient disaster....

From Rome to India to the Americas, erotic art has always existed throughout the ancient world, proving that people have always loved sex. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: A Peruvian Museum Is Using Ancient Erotic Sculptures To Teach Men How To Self-Screen For Testicular Cancer An Ancient Roman Erotic Fresco Painting Has Just Been Uncovered In Pompeii...

Source: Policy Mic Auteur theory makes the contentious case that a film’s creative vision and complexity can be credited to the director. Since such a theory implies that actors and other crew members working on the film are of little consequence, the theory remains hotly debated and criticized. However, as these seven signature directorial shots suggest, the argument does have its merits. Christopher Nolan: The barrel roll. Nolan loves to turn our character beliefs on their side, and does so a very lateral way....

“She was just a little girl full of life,” Ki’ari Pope’s mother said. “Everyone loved her.” GoFundMe/YouTubeKi’ari Pope An eight-year-old girl in Florida has died five months after drinking boiling water through a straw. Ki’ari Pope was injured in March after watching a YouTube video in which someone appeared to drink boiling water. Her cousin dared her to try it, and after Pope did, she required emergency surgery on her windpipe to clear swelling scar tissue....

As much as 10,000 years old yet shockingly well-preserved, bog bodies like the Tollund Man are more incredible than any manmade mummy. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Archaeologists Just Discovered Two Ancient Egyptian Tombs Containing 2,500-Year-Old Mummies With Golden Tongues Archeologists Discover Dozens Of Cat Mummies In An Ancient Egyptian Tomb Meet The Ghoulish Salt Mummies That Were Frozen In Time...

Daniel K. Inouye was a Japanese American soldier with the 442nd Infantry Regiment during World War II who rose to become the highest-ranking U.S. Senator when he died in 2012. Wally McNamee/Corbis via Getty ImagesSenator Daniel Inouye in his U.S. Capitol office on August 4, 1964. Inouye would go on to serve as a Senator for Hawaii until his death in 2012. From 1963 until he died in 2012, Daniel Inouye served as the senator for the state of Hawaii....

The man was arrested after investigators seized the vast trove of looted artifacts from his home. Douane FrançaiseThousands of looted archaeological artifacts like these were uncovered from the man’s home. A French treasure hunter who was found amassing a giant collection of more than 27,400 priceless artifacts has been accused of carrying out one of the largest lootings in archaeological history. According to Smithsonian Magazine, Belgian officials became suspicious of a man identified as Patrice T after they discovered a trove of 14,154 Roman coins in the man’s possession in the fall of 2019....

Belgian financier Alfred Loewenstein was the third-richest person on Earth when he supposedly fell out of his private plane on July 4, 1928, in a bizarre “accident” that left aviation experts baffled. Bettmann/Getty ImagesA professional airman himself, Alfred Loewenstein mysteriously fell out of an airplane in 1928. The disappearance of Alfred Loewenstein is one of the most baffling mysteries in modern American history. The third-richest man in the world, the Belgian-born banker epitomized the wealth and excess of the Gilded Age....