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“All the Indian there is in the race should be dead,” the reform school’s founder said. “Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.” Wikimedia CommonsFrom 1879 until 1918, more than 10,000 Native American children from 140 tribes were sent to Carlisle. Only 158 graduated. When young Native American children were forced into the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, they were stripped of their long hair, their clothes, their language, their names and — oftentimes — their lives....

Many point to overpopulation as the obvious source of global problems, but is there any weight to this theory? When recently opining on just what threatens humankind the most, Stephen Hawking joined an elite cadre of scientists and intellectuals in including overpopulation as one of his primary concerns. “Six years ago, I was warning about pollution and overcrowding,” the theoretical physicist said on Larry King Now. “They have gotten worse since then....

Weegee’s striking crime scene photos that captured “the details and drama, the humor and the horror, along the city’s streets.” 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 From Gangsters To Gentrification: 8 New York Mob Murder Scenes Then And Now...

Standing on a tiny island in Lough Key in Ireland, McDermott’s Castle has a rich and eerie history that dates back to the 12th century. While McDermott’s Castle is a picturesque sight to behold, the Medieval structure has a rich history in its walls that calls out for visitors to study it. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts:...

Discover the 12,000-year history of irezumi, the ancient form of Japanese body art widely seen as a Yakuza tattoo tradition today. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: How The Yakuza Became One Of History’s Most Successful Organized Crime Groups 51 Amazing Vintage Tattoo Photos 33 Disturbing Photos Of The Second Sino-Japanese War That Reveal Why China Is World War II’s Forgotten Victim...

Chances are, when you picture New York City, you’re conjuring up images like this: Or even for a more serene, outer-borough scene, you’re probably thinking of something like this: And why not — New York City crams its 8.5 million people (the highest total of any city in the U.S. by more than double) into just 300 square miles, making for a whopping 27,000 people per square mile (more than 10,000 higher than its closest U....

These electron microscope images show what life is like in the invisible world of viruses, bacteria, and pollen — and it’s both surreal and spooky. The microscopic world is an endlessly fascinating place, and thanks to technological advances over the last 90 years, we can now see things at incredibly high magnification through these electron microscope photos. Scanning electron microscopes (SEM) show us the invisible world of microorganisms by combining a variety of signals that are then scanned through a focused beam of high-energy electrons spread across a specimen....

Adolf Eichmann evaded capture and trial for nearly 15 years before Israeli Agents were tipped off by a young Jewish woman. Gjon Mili/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesAdolf Eichmann in his cell at Djalameh Jail, 1961. “I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction,” Adolf Eichmann said in the days that surrounded the Nuremberg Trials....

Ann Marie Burr disappeared from her bedroom one night in 1961 — while living in the same Tacoma, Washington neighborhood as 14-year-old Ted Bundy. Charley ProjectAnn Marie Burr was eight years old when she vanished in 1961. During a violent summer storm in August 1961, eight-year-old Ann Marie Burr vanished from her family’s Tacoma, Washington home. In the decades since, a disturbing theory about her disappearance has risen to the surface....

Body snatching at the dawn of the Scientific Revolution was so lucrative that some career graverobbers actually murdered people to satisfy the market. On April 16, 1788, four boys were playing outside New York Hospital in Manhattan. As the story goes, the children saw a physician-in-training through the window and waved to him. The doctor waved back — but with a cadaver’s severed arm. According to a version of these events printed in 1873, the mother of one of the boys had just died and the doctor allegedly teased the boy, saying it was his dead mother’s arm with which he had waved....

“Even people in cars driving on the avenue there would stop and roll down their window and ask for cookies.” TwitterElina Childs A Canadian girl scout in Edmonton, Canada decided to take her cookie-selling efforts to a prime spot right outside a cannabis dispensary on the first day that marijuana was legally for sale in the country. And her strategy proved phenomenally successful. She managed to sell out her entire supply in just one day....

Jorge Porto-Sierra’s plan to burn sex offenders to death was only thwarted when police arrived too soon. Osceola CountyJorge Porto-Sierra’s mugshot. “I’m going to kill you, child molester,” screamed Jorge Porto-Sierra as he poured gasoline on the door of the Friendly Village Inn in Osceola County, Florida. With a cigarette in hand, Porto-Sierra continued to dump the flammable fluids all over the premises in hopes of setting the property ablaze and burning the sex offenders inside to death....

In the grainy footage, an unidentified man is seen driving away with $600 worth of cat blood. But why? St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office/FacebookA Florida man was caught stealing $600 worth of cat blood from a St. Augustine veterinarian’s office. There have been some unusual robbery cases in the past, but this latest case out of Florida has got to be among the strangest this year. An unidentified Florida man was caught on camera in the midst of carrying out his crime — stealing a box of cat blood from an animal clinic....

Photographer Andrew Newey captures the Gurung honey hunters as they extract wild honey from cliffs, a sacred tradition that has taken place for centuries. Source: Andrew Newey Photography Few have witnessed—let alone captured—the centuries-old traditions of the Gurung honey hunters. Located in the Himalayan foothills of central Nepal, these tribe members utilize centuries of generational wisdom to extract wild honey from hives located hundreds of feet in the air. World-renowned photographer Andrew Newey documents the extraordinary ceremony, which takes place twice a year, with his incredible photographs....

After a local hiker discovered a stream in Waipio, Hawaii, that reeked of beer, local activists noticed that a nearby drain pipe was leaking alcohol — from a beer distributor across the street. Carroll Cox/EnviroWatchActivists found that the alcohol was leaking from a storm drain beneath — and originated from an alcohol distributor’s warehouse. In October, one hiker in Hawaii found more than he bargained for while trekking through Waipio on the island of Oahu when he noticed the overwhelming smell of beer coming from a small stream....

John Belushi died in Los Angeles on March 5, 1982 after drug dealer Cathy Smith injected him with a lethal combination of cocaine and heroin known as a “speedball.” On March 5, 1982, John Belushi died at just 33 after injecting heroin and cocaine at the Chateau Marmont, a shadowy gothic hotel that looms over West Hollywood’s famous Sunset Strip. Although John Belushi’s death marked the abrupt end of his career as an actor, comedian, and musician, it came as no surprise to those who knew him best....

The Mary Celeste was discovered abandoned near the Azores Islands on December 5, 1872 — and to this day, experts are unsure about what happened to its crew. On December 5, 1872, while sailing through rough weather, the Canadian brig Dei Gratia sighted a seemingly abandoned ship drifting through the Atlantic between Portugal and the Azores Islands. It was the Mary Celeste, an American brigantine that had left New York nearly a month prior....

Discover the full story of Geraldine Ferraro, the New York congresswoman who made history as the first female vice presidential candidate in 1984. On July 19, 1984, Geraldine Ferraro made history when she walked onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. Ferraro, a congresswoman from Queens, New York, accepted the official nomination as a vice presidential candidate. In that moment, she became the first woman to be nominated for vice president by a major political party in the United States....

According to a new book about the true story of “Catch Me If You Can,” many of Frank Abagnale Jr.’s alleged cons purportedly occurred while he was in prison. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc.Frank Abagnale Jr. and Leonardo DiCaprio at the premiere of Catch Me If You Can in 2002. New evidence about the true story of Catch Me If You Can says that Abagnale fabricated large portions of his story. Frank Abagnale Jr....

Scientists hope that this will advance the fight to save lives by creating lab-grown organs. Scientists have created the first successful human-animal hybrid, or what is known as a chimera, in a laboratory. Led by the Salk Institute, the international team of researchers announced the achievement this past Thursday in the scientific journal Cell. The team succeeded in creating a chimera by injecting human cells into pig embryos and letting them gestate together....