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Whether through religion, drugs, or coercion, every one of these nine cult leaders assembled a following that was willing to kidnap, kill, or cannibalize in their name. Several members of Charles Manson’s band of social outcasts are still in prison. The famed Sharon Tate murders are now half a century old, but that violent end to the 1960s resonates today. After the pregnant actress was found butchered in her Hollywood Hills home, it was also discovered that some of her killers were barely adults....

British foreign minister claims that the Russian republic will step up its campaign of violence against homosexuals before the end of May. Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov plans to have his gay population “eliminated” by the start of Ramadan on May 26, claims a new report from British minister of state for the Foreign Office Sir Alan Duncan. Addressing Parliament on April 20, Duncan brought up the recent reports suggesting a new wave of anti-gay violence in the Russian republic of Chechnya before urging his colleagues to present a strong, united front of condemnation against such actions....

These are the stories behind the real men and women whose lives were depicted in the movie Goodfellas. One of the aspects of Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas that has elevated the film to the classic status it holds today is the intense realism of its depictions of the life in the Mafia. This realism largely stems from the fact that, unlike films such as The Godfather and Once Upon A Time In America, Goodfellas is based on a true story of one gangster, his associates, and one of the most daring heists in American history....

After spending $257,000 to raise their son, arranging his marriage, financing the wedding, and paying for his honeymoon, Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad are demanding a grandkid — or else. ANINewsUP/TwitterSanjeev Prasad and Sadhana Prasad demand a grandchild within one year — or $643,000 in damages. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad were overjoyed when their son finally tied the knot. He was their only child, after all, and the retired Indian couple had used their life savings to raise him....

Mary Seacole faced adversity — and open fire — to help injured soldiers during the Crimean War. Now, more than a century later, she is being remembered for her heroic achievements. National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia CommonsMary Seacole, painted by Albert Charles Challen in 1869. “War, I know, is a serious game, but sometimes very humble actors are of great use in it,” wrote Mary Seacole. This Jamaican woman was one of these humble actors, saving the lives of many of the thousands of British, French, Turkish, and Russian soldiers sent to fight in the Crimean War in the 1850s....

Johnny Joo’s photographs of abandoned locations give insight to a life after humans, but his work has a much deeper meaning than that. The remains of abandoned towns and buildings have provided inspiration for countless horror films and afternoon jaunts to the outskirts of town. But 25-year-old photographer Johnny Joo knows that abandoned places can offer much more than that: beauty. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts:...

Some researchers believe that the discovery could revitalize the country’s dying gold mining industry. PicrylA gold-loving fungus discovered in Australia could lead to natural methods of gold mining. A rather surprising discovery has been found in Western Australia: gold-covered fungi. According to The Guardian, this fungus draws gold particles from its surroundings which leaves its exterior looking golden itself. It’s not unusual for mushrooms to take up organic material, but it certainly is for them to take up heavy metals that they then display on their exteriors, explained Researcher Dr....

Ryan Utterback, 29, has been charged with second-degree child molestation, fourth-degree domestic assault, and a misdemeanor charge of furnishing pornographic material to a minor. KMBCRyan Utterback told local news that “only I have the intimate understanding of what is and isn’t appropriate for my children.” At a school board meeting in the fall of 2021, North Kansas City father Ryan Utterback supported banning certain LGBTQ titles from the school district’s libraries....

We rightly associate concentration camps with death, but Stanislawa Leszczyńska brought life into Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Source: Archidiecezja When Stanislawa Leszczyńska first became a midwife, she never could have imagined that she would one day be whisked away from her home in Poland, where she routinely walked miles to deliver babies, and into the real-life nightmare of Auschwitz. After the murder of her husband in Poland and the forced removal of her son to another work camp, Stanislawa and her daughter entered Auschwitz with only one hope: that they would survive....

Under the guise of tradition, child brides around the world face a life of poverty, mistreatment and stolen opportunities. Girls in many developing nations have their childhoods cut short when they’re forced to marry before they’ve even hit puberty–some as young as five. Worldwide, almost one in five teenage girls (age 15-19) are currently married. Typically transferred to their husband’s family to pay a debt or settle a grievance, these girls are property who are often abused by their husbands....

The claim is among the many new disclosures buried in the release of thousands of documents. The massive release of some 2,800 files released pertaining to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has given journalists, internet sleuths, and conspiracist theorists plenty to pore over. One file, however, is sure to draw some attention because it centers on the possible role of the Teamsters Union in Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963, and also the murder of his assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov....

Following a 2010 Pakistani flooding, millions of spiders fled to the trees for shelter and spun thick webs, resulting in spectacular cocooned trees. Source: National Geographic In 2010, ten years’ worth of rainfall poured onto Pakistani cities and villages in less than a week, completely ravaging the affected areas. While this flood was like others in many unfortunate ways–people were displaced, homes were ruined, rivers surged—one surprising consequence was entirely unique to the area....

“Feral Child” Genie Wiley was strapped to a chair by her parents and neglected for 13 years, giving researchers a rare chance to study human development. The story of Genie Wiley the Feral Child sounds like the stuff of fairytales: An unwanted, mistreated child survives brutal imprisonment at the hands of a savage ogre and is rediscovered and reintroduced to the world in an impossibly youthful state. Unfortunately for Wiley, hers is a dark, real-life tale with no happy ending....

The Broaddus family thought they’d bought their dream home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey — until “The Watcher” started leaving them notes. Zillow“The Watcher house” at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey saw the Broaddus family terrorized by an unknown stalker until they could stand it no longer and moved out. “Allow me to welcome you to the neighborhood.” Derek and Maria Broaddus couldn’t have been more excited to move into their dream house at 657 Boulevard in the well-to-do town of Westfield, New Jersey....

Medieval folding chair unearthed in Germany, massive Roman phallus carving found in Spain, 800-year-old murder victims discovered in England. Folding Chair Found Inside The 1,400-Year-Old Grave Of An Elite Woman In Southern Germany Bavarian State Office For Monument ProtectionUncovered in the Middle Franconia region of Bavaria, the chair is believed to date back to the early Middle Ages, circa 600 C.E. For decades, archaeologists have been uncovering grave sites containing folding chairs across Europe, all of them from the early medieval period and all of them burial plots for women — but even the experts remain mystified as to what it means....

World War II love letters uncovered, lost Civil War gold potentially found, ancient fertility amulet unearthed. Anonymous Love Letters Written During World War II Found Under Floorboards Of English Hotel Scarborough Historical and Archaeological SocietyOne of the letters found under the utility room floorboards at the Esplanade in Scarborough. Workers renovating a seaside hotel in England just found a series of World War II-era love letters underneath the floorboards. Though they don’t know who wrote these romantic letters 80 years ago, they’ve now turned to the public for help in identifying the authors....

The monarch butterfly is the long-distance runner–or in this case, flier–of the insect world. No other butterflies migrate as far as the monarch of North America, which flies up to three thousand miles each year. Millions of these butterflies will fly from Mexico to Canada this spring, though populations in Florida don’t travel. Come autumn, they’ll return to overwintering sites in Mexico. The entire trip takes four generations to complete. Yes, four generations of monarchs will be born, fly, mate and die during the annual migration....

Though women’s boxing still struggles to break into the mainstream, there is a long and storied history of female involvement in the sport. Share Flipboard Email The evolution of gender equality in boxing went way backward before its slow climb forward. The early 1700s had raw British female fighters like Elizabeth Wilkinson boxing other women (and even men) in bare-chested, bare-knuckle style brawls. There were no “rounds," weight classes, or low blows....

The Bronze Age site was first discovered accidentally in 1991 by a pilot. Since then, excavations have continued to reveal new and macabre details about the site’s brutal ritual purpose. Stephan Schulz/picture alliance via Getty ImagesWith the largest of seven concentric circles measuring 380 feet in diameter, Ringheiligtum Pömmelte is larger than Britain’s world-renown Stonehenge. Since 2018, archaeologists have known that Germany’s Ringheiligtum Pömmelte, or Ring Sanctuary of Pömmelte, was a hub for celebrating astronomical events and a site of ritual sacrifice....

From the fortress of an eccentric sewing machine magnate to the lavish palace of love built by a wealthy hotelier, these castles in New York are an homage to the golden age of American industrialism. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Stunning Native American Masks Of The Early 20th Century Explore Singer Castle, New York’s Turn-Of-The-Century Palace Filled With Secret Passageways And A Dungeon...