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Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd managed to have a long criminal career in a relatively short life before being gunned down by the FBI in 1934. There are certain kinds of criminals who can electrify public opinion. To some, they’re just common thugs. To others, they’re heroes. Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was exactly this kind of criminal. Pretty Boy Floyd broke the law, often with extreme violence. But Floyd was also a product of the times he lived in....

Rico Omarr Harris was driving from Los Angeles to Seattle when he left a message for his girlfriend, pulled off the interstate, and disappeared in the mountains west of Sacramento. Yolo County Sheriff’s OfficeRico Harris planned to leave his basketball career behind him and move to Seattle to work as a property appraiser when he vanished without a trace. Rico Harris was desperate for a fresh start in life. After a brief stint with the Harlem Globetrotters and successfully kicking his addiction to drugs and alcohol, he hoped to have a new beginning with his new girlfriend in Seattle....

When Rocky Dennis died at age 16, he had already lived more than twice as long as doctors expected — and lived a fuller life than anyone thought possible. People MagazineRocky Dennis and his mother, Rusty, with whom he shared an incredibly close bond. Rocky Dennis was born with an extremely rare bone dysplasia which caused his facial bone features to contort and grow at an abnormally fast rate. Doctors told his mother, Florence “Rusty” Dennis, that the boy would suffer multiple disabilities because of his disease, and would most likely die before he turned seven....

The men had been missing for three days after running out of fuel and drifting 118 miles from home. Australian Defence ForceThe mariners were missing for three days before this Australian Army helicopter retrieved them from Pikelot Island. It was July 29, 2020, when three ambitious mariners set sail from Pulawat in the Federated States of Micronesia for the Pulatop atolls. While sailing these 23 nautical miles across the western Pacific seemed entirely doable at first, the crew eventually sailed off course — and then ran out of fuel....

“Plastics that have spent time in the ocean develop smells that turtles are attracted to… it has now become a problem for turtles because they’re attracted to the smells from the plastics.” Mike Hook/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty ImagesA new study found that sea turtles confuse the scent of plastic for food. The recent trend of dead sea animals washing ashore with plastic in their guts has disturbed experts for years now. According to a new study published in Current Biology, sea turtles may actually be confusing plastic for food....

A fascinating look at the iconic images and pivotal moments of the life of JFK. From his decorated war service to his infamous womanizing to his gifted oratory, John F. Kennedy was the world’s first made-for-television politician and statesman superstar. Today marks the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination in Dallas in 1963, when he was serving as the 35th President of the United States. In the gallery below, we look at fascinating photographs of John F....

Charles Jencks’ exquisite landscape art serves as a reminder that nature can be as transformable as manmade structures. To understand the world view of Charles Jencks, a landscape architect and sculptor whose grand body of work has to be seen to be believed, refer to Jenck’s own remarks: Source: Paranoias With names like “The Garden of Cosmic Speculation” and “Northumberlandia”, the Lady of the North, Charles Jencks’ creations are as grandiose as they are mesmerizing....

Few people have been the target of as many assassination attempts as Adolf Hitler. None of them worked out as planned. Several months ago, the Internet lit up in debate after one author posed the question, “Would you kill baby Hitler?” While more of an ethics game than anything else, the fact is that there were many people living in Hitler’s time who wanted to kill Hitler the man, and simply failed....

From saloon murders to street brawls to the infamous New York Draft Riots, the Bowery Boys embodied the bloody history of 19th-century New York. Wikimedia CommonsAn illustration depicting a member of the Bowery Boys in the group’s traditional red shirt attire. OVER THE YEARS THAT THEY RULED LOWER MANHATTAN, the Bowery Boys were many things. They were volunteer firemen and butchers, mechanics and tradesmen, upstanding citizens and members of one of the most infamous gangs in the history of New York City....

Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda hails from a long lineage of death-defying, danger-devoted daredevils. Known as the Flying Wallendas, Nik owes his passion to great grandfather Karl Wallenda, the legendary aerialist who brought his tightrope troupe to America in the 20th century and provided much-needed inspiration–and relief–to audiences around the world in the midst of crippling economic depression. Despite Karl’s fatal Puerto Rico plunge in 1973, Nik has continued in tirelessly championing his family’s legacy....

WIllie Francis was sentenced to death by electric chair, but a drunken executioner’s misstep resulted in a painful shock, but a miraculous survival. Wikimedia Commons Willie Francis, the “teenager who was executed twice.” On May 3, 1946, Willie Francis, a 17-year-old black teenager prepared for his final moments on earth. As he was strapped into “Gruesome Gertie,” Louisiana’s electric chair, too scared to say his goodbyes, Francis just clenched his fists and awaited the inevitable moment when the switch would be flicked....

Her niece not only claimed that veganism cured her, but blames her death on the fact that she consumed meat. YouTubeLopez and Johnson discussing the benefits of veganism in one of their YouTube videos. A YouTube star who claimed online that her vegan lifestyle cured her cancer, has died of cancer. YouTube vlogger Mari Lopez, who touted her beliefs that raw veganism, juicing and faith in God cured her stage four breast cancer, succumbed to her illness in December after it spread to her liver, blood, and lungs....

Over three feet of hail fell onto the unsuspecting town of Guadalajara in Mexico — and many are pointing the finger at climate change. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 1 of 22A woman and a child walk on hail in the eastern area of Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on June 30, 2019. ULISES RUIZ/AFP/Getty Images 2 of 22Enrique Alfaro / Twitter 3 of 22Some areas saw hail piled as high as six feet....

The Elephant’s Foot was created after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 when reactor 4 exploded, releasing a lava-like mass of radioactive material called corium. In April 1986, the world experienced its worst nuclear disaster yet when a reactor at the Chernobyl power plant in Pripyat, Ukraine, erupted. More than 50 tons of radioactive material quickly wafted through the air, traveling as far as France. The explosion was so severe that toxic levels of radioactive material plumed out of the plant for 10 days....

A world-renowned paranormal researcher and the inspiration for “Ghostbusters,” Hans Holzer wrote more than 140 books about his work, including his investigation of the Long Island home that inspired “The Amityville Horror.” Today, there are countless documentaries and television shows about the exploration of haunted houses around the world. For that, we can thank Hans Holzer, the man who is often referred to as America’s first ghost hunter. Wikimedia CommonsHans Holzer is remembered today as the “Father of the Paranormal....

This veterinarian/hunter drew the ire of the internet last year following the release of photos of him posing with his kills. Luciano Ponzetto/InstagramHunter Luciano Ponzetto poses with some of the animals he’s killed. Once shared online, these photos and others like them ignited controversy. An Italian veterinarian and hunter, who found infamy online last year due to photos of him posing with a lion he killed, recently slipped on ice and fell 100 feet to his death while on a hunt....

The Spanish-style Colonial Revival house at 12305 5th Helena Drive was the first property Marilyn Monroe ever bought — and her last. She died there just six months after moving in. JGKlein/Wikimedia CommonsThe entrance to Marilyn Monroe’s Spanish-style home in Los Angeles. Marilyn Monroe’s house at 12305 5th Helena Drive in Los Angeles was the 43rd home the icon had lived in — and the last. Purchased in February 1962, the icon would be found dead in her bedroom there just six months after moving in....

Between 1977 and 1983, at least 17 Japanese nationals were abducted by North Korean spies, though Japan claims it is likely that hundreds more were taken. Ministry of Foreign Affairs JapanFamilies of abductees formed the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, pictured here. On the evening of Nov. 15, 1977, 13-year-old Megumi Yokota was walking home with friends from badminton practice in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The walk from the badminton court to her front door took only seven minutes, and Megumi was a punctual girl....

In this area of Australia, harsh weather and mineral wealth mean one thing: life is better lived in the underground city of Coober Pedy. It is the number-one source of gem-quality opals in the world. It is also home to around 3,500 people of 45 different nationalities, many of them Europeans who arrived in the 1960s in search of fortune. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts:...

Hailing from Mardin, Turkey, Sultan Kösen stands a whopping 8 feet, 3 inches tall — and holds the current Guinness World Record for being the tallest living man. Wikimedia CommonsA 2009 photo of Sultan Kösen greeting fans and autographing copies of his fingerprints. On paper perhaps, Sultan Kösen is a mild-mannered farmer living in a remote village in Turkey. He yearns for the things that most men of his village want: the trappings of domestic life, featuring a wife and two children....