On July 8, 2014, 28-year-old Lars Mittank disappeared in a field near the Varna Airport in Bulgaria — and some of his last known moments were caught on video. What began as a carefree Eastern European vacation ended in a family’s worst nightmare and a mystery that endures to this day. Lars Mittank, a 28-year-old from Berlin, Germany, joined his friends on a holiday to Bulgaria in 2014 but never made it back home....
Flaming whiskey ran through Dublin’s Liberties district in 1875 after a liquor warehouse caught fire. Though the blaze nearly burned the city down, the only people who died were those that drank too much flaming booze. Dublin Fire BrigadeRemarkably, all 13 deaths of the Dublin Whiskey Fire in 1875 were caused by alcohol poisoning rather than the blaze itself. The Dublin Whiskey Fire of 1875, one of the most destructive blazes in the city’s history, saw burning alcohol pouring through the streets of the Liberties, Dublin’s central district, in a quickly spreading inferno....
On November 6, 2005, Karls Monzon and another masked gunman stormed into a warehouse at Miami International Airport and stole $7.4 million in a matter of minutes — in broad daylight. NetflixA re-enactment of the 2005 Miami Brinks heist in Netflix’s Heist docuseries. You’d be forgiven for mistaking the 2005 Miami Brinks heist for a movie script. From masked gunmen and drugs to kidnappings and bags of cash, the $7.4 million robbery had it all....
The World’s Weirdest Houses: Subterra Castle Located near Topeka, Kansas, Subterra Castle took Ed Peden and his wife nearly a quarter of a century to make inhabitable after they reclaimed the property from abandonment. Once belonging to the United States government, the edifice had, at one point, been home to a 4 megaton nuclear ballistic missile. Oddly enough, Peden believes that by transforming the erstwhile Cold War relic into a home he has effectively created a place that allows the mind, body, and spirit to flourish....
Faceless fish caught, 8th wonder rediscovered, Civil War bodies found, Jefferson Davis Day celebrated, Aztec temple unearthed. Faceless Fish Caught In Australia For The First Time In 140 Years Deep down in the waters off the coast of Australia, the water is a chilly 34 degrees and no light cuts through the highly pressurized surroundings. It’s a world that we know relatively little about — a world where, apparently, faces aren’t really necessary....
Possible world’s oldest pyramid discovered, 18th-century rockets unearthed, CIA dog experiments from the Cold War revealed. Gunung Padang Is The Oldest Pyramid On Earth, Research Claims Wikimedia CommonsThe Gunung Padang site. Though few seem to know it, there’s been an ancient pyramid that’s been hiding underneath a mountain in Indonesia for centuries. It’s known as Gunung Padang and one researcher has reason to believe that this may be the oldest pyramid still standing on Earth....
Ever since Tiffany Valiante of Mays Landing, New Jersey was gruesomely killed by an oncoming train in 2015, the full story behind her death has remained an unsolved mystery. On a summer night in 2015, New Jersey Transit train 4693 struck and killed an 18-year-old named Tiffany Valiante near her home in Mays Landing. In the aftermath, her death was ruled a suicide. But her family insists that the recent high school graduate was actually murdered....
The younger sister of Eva Braun, Gretl Braun was one of Adolf Hitler’s closest friends from his rise to power until the bloody end of the Third Reich. Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty ImagesMargarethe ‘Gretl’ Braun (right) with her sister Eva at the Kehlsteinhaus, or Eagle’s Nest, in 1943. Gretl Braun was one of two sisters of Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler’s wife, and she was a member of Hitler’s inner circle for much of his rise to power and throughout World War II....
“What it shows is Henry’s premeditated, calculating manner. He knows exactly how and where he wants it to happen.” Wikimedia CommonsKing Henry VIII was either convinced of his wife’s adulterous, incestuous, treasonous ways or intentionally contrived reasons for her to be killed. On May 19, 1536, King Henry VIII’s second wife Anne Boleyn was executed with a single swing of the sword. Charged with adultery, incest, witchcraft, and treason, she praised her husband before the blade fell as a “gentle and sovereign lord....
In what would be one of the deadliest battles in human history, a million soldiers lost their lives at the Battle of the Somme as the British and French tried to unsuccessfully hasten the end of World War 1. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 44 Bloody Photos From The Trenches Of Verdun, Modern History’s Longest Battle...
The incident marks the second time this week that breasts were visible during a BBC broadcast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXmgpL3xt_E BBC viewers got a lot more than they were expecting when they tuned into News at Ten last night. The Daily Mail reports that while most viewers of the popular news program were watching presenter Sophie Raworth, an entirely different show was playing out over her shoulder on a staffer’s computer in the newsroom in the background....
David Ferrie was a rabid anti-communist who allegedly knew Lee Harvey Oswald and had shadowy connections to the CIA, which has led some to speculate that he conspired to kill JFK. Bettmann/Getty ImagesAn undated mugshot of David Ferrie. For most of his life, David Ferrie struck those who knew him as an oddball. Bouncing from job to job, attempting to conceal his alopecia with a wig and fake eyebrows, Ferrie didn’t accomplish much by the time he died at the age of 47....
Dogue, which opened in San Francisco’s Mission District, features food items like hand-cut filet mignon tartare and poached quail eggs. JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty ImagesRahmi Massarweh, owner of Dogue, a restaurant for dogs, and a canine customer. On September 25, a new luxury cafe named Dogue opened in San Francisco. But its bespoke food items are exclusively for dogs. As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, Dogue serves a range of delicacies out of its “Pawtisserie” during the week, including doguccinos, pastries, and other tailored items....
Just a 24-line poem in his memoir served as a clue to the treasure’s location. TwitterForrest Fenn hid a treasure chest filled with goods worth upwards of $5 million. In the summer of 2017, a 53-year-old man named Jeff Murphy disappeared shortly after embarking on a hike at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. While it’s sadly not uncommon for hikers to lose their lives while traversing dangerous terrain, one element of Murphy’s death was unique: he was searching for the mysterious Forrest Fenn treasure....
Horace Greasley, known as Jim to his friends, joined the British army in 1939. His regiment landed in Normandy, and while the rest of the army retreated to Dunkirk, he and his comrades were ordered to stay behind and fight off the advancing Germans. Soon the exhausted regiment was cornered after they dared to grab a nap in a barn south of Lille, France. They surrendered and were forced to march for ten weeks to Holland....
On December 18, 1994, Alison Botha was abducted near her home in South Africa. By the end of the night, she had been raped, stabbed, and disemboweled — but she was still alive. After an ordinary night out with her friends, Alison Botha drove back to her apartment in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. But as soon as the 27-year-old parked her car, a man with a knife forced his way inside....
Prohibition-era gangster George “Machine Gun” Kelly pulled off one of American history’s most infamous crimes and thought he got away with it. Then his victim got revenge. Wikimedia CommonsGeorge “Machine Gun” Kelly not long after his capture in Memphis in 1933. Born in Memphis, Tenn. in 1895, George Kelly Barnes never had much success at a “normal” life. He dropped out of college at Mississippi A&M due to low grades. Meanwhile, he married Geneva Ramsey, and the couple had two sons....
Between 1990 and 1995, Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women and sent letters to newspapers detailing his crimes — all of which he signed with a happy face. Clark County Sheriff’s DepartmentA 1995 mugshot of Keith Hunter Jesperson, the Happy Face Killer. In 1994, The Oregonian received a strange letter. It began with a happy face written in ink and the line: “I would Like to Tell my story!...
Judith Eva Barsi was a promising child star before her father József Barsi murdered her and her mother Maria inside their Los Angeles home on July 25, 1988. ABC Press PhotoJudith Barsi was only 10 years old when her father murdered her in their San Fernando Valley home. On the outside, Judith Barsi seemed to have it all. At just 10 years old, she had snagged a number of film and TV roles, appearing in Cheers and Jaws: The Revenge and lending her voice to animated movies like The Land Before Time....
Robert Preston was just a 20-year-old helicopter maintenance worker for the Army when he commandeered a helicopter and attempted to land it on the White House lawn. Getty ImagesSecret Service check the stolen Army helicopter after Robert Preston landed it on the South Lawn of the White House. It was shortly after midnight on a clear February night in 1974 when 20-year-old Army helicopter mechanic Robert Preston drove his car onto Fort Meade’s unguarded Tipton Field....
