It seemed like Peg Entwistle had everything going for her – until she threw herself from the Hollywood sign. Wikimedia Commons Peg Entwistle Peg Entwistle was a beautiful, young actress whose career was tragically cut short when she took her own life at the age of just 24 — by jumping from the Hollywood sign. Born in Wales, she immigrated to New York City in 1913, where she began a promising career on Broadway....
If you went before Roland Freisler, your trial had a 90 percent chance of ending in either life imprisonment or death. Wikimedia CommonsRoland Freisler (center) gives the Nazi salute while standing inside a Berlin courtroom. 1944. On February 27, 1933, arsonists burned the Reichstag building, home of the German Parliament, to the ground. Adolf Hitler had been sworn in as Chancellor of Germany just one month earlier but did not yet have absolute power....
Sada Abe loved Kichizo Ishida so much that even after murdering him, she kept his most prized “tool” as a keepsake. Wikimedia CommonsSada Abe On April 23, 1936, Sada Abe and Kichizo Ishida checked into a hotel in Tokyo. The plan was for a short liaison. Ishida, after all, had a wife to get back to. But the afternoon turned into night, then into the next morning. And for the next four days, Abe and Ishida stayed in bed engaged in frantic lovemaking....
From the 1930s through the 1960s, labor leader Walter Philip Reuther leveraged the power of the United Automobile Workers to fight for causes ranging from civil rights to affordable housing to universal healthcare. Bettmann/Getty ImagesWalter Reuther at the United Auto Workers 20th annual convention. From the Great Depression until his death, Walter Reuther led a life of integrity and consequence. Born to a German socialist, he led a lifelong struggle to unite the working class....
PE teacher Khing Hnin Wai was filming in her usual location not far from parliament when she captured history in the making. YouTubeKhing Hnin Wai’s video has amassed over 11.7 million views and countless retweets, likes, and comments. It was shortly after dawn on Monday that Myanmar’s military staged a coup and took control of the country. After a convoy of black SUVs careened toward Parliament, top officials like de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi were detained....
According to Navajo legend, Skinwalkers are shapeshifting witches that disguise themselves as deformed animals like wolves and bears. The legend of the shapeshifting entity known as the Skinwalker has largely been relegated to hoax status. After all, it is difficult to believe that a humanoid figure has been transforming into a four-legged animal and terrorizing families in the American Southwest. While unscientific, the Navajo Skinwalker does have deep roots in Native American lore....
In 1863, a slave known only as Gordon escaped from a Louisiana plantation where he was nearly whipped to death. His story was quickly published — along with a gruesome photo of his injuries. Although little is known of his life, Gordon the slave, a.k.a. “Whipped Peter,” left a critical mark on American history when one haunting image of him opened the eyes of millions to the singular horror of slavery in the United States....
Source: EUobserver Journalists, publishers, writers and readers were all shocked to learn of the massacre on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Resurrected in 1992, the publication has had its fair share of controversy, threats and violence over the years, as it has depicted just about every political and religious figure alive or dead in a very unfavorable light. Here are some of the most controversial Charlie Hebdo covers to date....
In the 1910s, the United Kingdom’s Gallaher brand cigarettes gave smokers a little something extra in each pack: proto-“life hacks” on pack-stiffening cigarette cards, complete with gorgeous, full-color illustrations. Want to know how to preserve fall leaves? Gallaher has you covered — as long as you can get your hands on spermaceti, a waxy substance generated by sperm whales. Having trouble slicing new bread (since the pre-sliced variety wouldn’t emerge for more than a decade)?...
From Cleopatra’s perfume to tunnel networks used by the Knights Templar, 2019 left us with some truly astonishing archaeological discoveries. For centuries upon centuries, King Tut’s coffin sat inside its tomb, the treasure tunnels of the fabled Knights Templar sat underneath a city in present-day Israel, and the grisly remains of perhaps history’s largest-ever child sacrifice lay uncovered in what’s now Peru – until 2019. Over the course of this banner year for archaeology, researchers made some of the most fascinating finds in recent memory....
“We need to drink the red liquid from the cursed dark sarcophagus in the form of some sort of carbonated energy drink so we can assume its powers and finally die.” -/AFP/Getty Images On July 19, archaeologists finally looked inside the previously-unopened Ancient Egyptian sarcophagus that had been unearthed in Alexandria several weeks prior. And what they discovered was three skeletons floating around in a mysterious, 2,000-year-old red liquid, and soon the internet started buzzing about what this “mummy juice” might be....
From his prison escapes to his Twitter wars, discover some of the wildest facts about Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: Meet Amado Carrillo Fuentes, The Powerful Mexican Drug Trafficker Who Became The ‘Lord Of The Skies’ El Chapo House That Once Contained A Secret Passageway Under The Bathtub Is Raffled Off By Mexican National Lottery...
A camel at Shirley Farms, a petting zoo in Tennessee, escaped its enclosure and attacked multiple people before police arrived on the scene. The Pumpkin Barn LLC/FacebookPeople interacting with camels at Shirley Farms in 2017. On March 10, 2022, the Obion County Sheriff’s Office received an unusual call. A camel, the caller said, had “viciously attacked” two people near Shirley Farms, a petting zoo about one hundred miles north of Memphis, Tennessee....
Chang and Eng Bunker were the original Siamese twins who wanted to live ordinary lives after touring as freak-show attractions for years. But considering they were connected at the liver, this could never truly be. Wellcome CollectionThe original Siamese twins, Chang and Eng Bunker in 1860. The original Siamese twins really were from Siam. When Chang and Eng Bunker were born in 1811 in a small town near Bangkok, they were medical marvels....
For seven weeks in 1984, Christopher Wilder hunted vulnerable young women across nine different states before being fatally shot upon his arrest. Christopher Wilder enjoyed life in the fast lane, literally. A racecar driver who preferred the finer things, Wilder had no trouble attracting beautiful young women with a nice car, an expensive camera, and, of course, lies. Indeed, little did those women know that being seduced by this charming bachelor would cost them their lives....
The Harlem kingpin who inspired “American Gangster,” Frank Lucas began importing and distributing “Blue Magic” heroin in the late 1960s — and made a fortune. It’s no wonder why Ridley Scott made American Gangster, a movie based on the life of Harlem heroin kingpin Frank “Superfly” Lucas. The details of his ascent to the upper echelon of the 1970s drug trade are as wildly cinematic as they are likely exaggerated. What better medium to tell such a trumped-up tale than a Hollywood blockbuster?...
“I would urge the public not to support events which feature live captive animals, and find other more animal-friendly ways to enjoy the festive period.” Animal AidA reindeer at one of the secretly-filmed facilities with large tufts of fur missing. Cameras secretly placed inside reindeer facilities in England have revealed several instances of animal abuse. An organization called Animal Aid covertly installed the cameras in November 2017 in an effort to evaluate how the reindeer at three separate facilities across England were being treated....
The long-hidden Tikal neighborhood is a near perfect miniature replica of the citadel at Teotihuacán, located in modern Mexico, which conquered the city in the fourth century. Stephen HoustonAn ancient temple looms above the forest in Tikal, in present day Guatemala. Archeologists long dismissed the rolling hills near the ancient Mayan city of Tikal as part of the landscape. But cutting-edge technology has revealed a buried neighborhood — one that bears a strong resemblance to Teotihuacán, a powerful Mesoamerican city 750 miles away....
Irena Sendler even managed to survive torture by the Gestapo and a death sentence. At the onset of World War II, the Germans outlawed helping Jews, making it punishable by death in Poland. And not only the death of the one offering assistance, but the death of their entire family. Irena Sendler was well aware of the danger, but that didn’t stop her from risking everything to save the lives of over 2,000 Jewish children....
Beginning in 2010, investigators uncovered 16 corpses — mostly young women — who had been killed over a period of at least 14 years and discarded across New York’s Gilgo Beach. Authorities believe that they may have been victims of the mysterious Long Island Serial Killer. Gilgo CaseThis composite shows the six identified victims linked to the Long Island Serial Killer case along with police sketches of two Gilgo Beach murder victims whose identities have not been confirmed....
