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Udham Singh witnessed a massacre and spent the rest of his life dreaming of getting his revenge. Gurpreet Sandhu/Flickr.com Udham Singh immediately following the assassination of Michael O’Dwyer. Udham Singh lived a tragic life from the beginning. That is, perhaps, why the impressionable young man vowed to kill the man he believed was oppressing his people. Singh was born in December 1899 in the region of Punjab, India. After both parents died, Singh and his older brother moved to an orphanage in Amristar in 1907....

Chris Watts’ girlfriend Nichol Kessinger didn’t know that her boyfriend was capable of murdering his pregnant wife and daughters to be with her. Or did she? HandoutNichol Kessinger has allegedly been placed in witness protection. When Nichol Kessinger and Chris Watts started dating in June 2018, sparks flew immediately. Watts claimed that his mistress, whom he met at work, showed him more respect than his own family and left him completely mesmerized....

As John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, a woman wearing a headscarf looked on from the grassy knoll. To this day, the identity of the “Babushka Lady” remains a mystery — and the source of dozens of conspiracy theories. The moments after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were pure chaos. People dropped to the ground, covering their heads, while others fled the scene, fearing for their lives....

These startling 1970s New York photos reveal a city undergoing an unparalleled transformation fueled by economic collapse and rampant crime. Reeling from a decade of social turmoil, New York in the 1970s fell into a deep tailspin provoked by the flight of the middle class to the suburbs and a nationwide economic recession that hit New York’s industrial sector especially hard. Combined with substantial cuts in law enforcement and citywide unemployment topping ten percent, crime and financial crisis became the dominant themes of the decade....

The children, ages 15, 10, and seven, had been left alone in their Houston apartment for an “extended period of time.” KHOU/TwitterPolice say the oldest child was taking care of the others. For months, perhaps longer, a nondescript Houston apartment building hid a nightmare. Within its stucco yellow walls, four young siblings had been abandoned — and one had died. “A very horrific situation out here, very tragic,”said Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez during a press conference....

In these weird and wonderful hotels - from sea critters to freezing temperatures - travelers don’t have to look beyond their enclosed walls for a thrill. For the average traveler, a hotel room is merely a rest stop, with the real adventure starting once you leave its comfort. But in these weird and wonderful hotels – from sea critters to freezing temperatures – trekkers don’t have to look beyond their enclosed walls for a thrill:...

Hiking Mount Fuji outside of the summer months has been discouraged by authorities, but currently there is no law banning climbers from attempting to scale the famous landmark. PixabayA body was found on Mount Fuji by local police after a climber, who had livestreamed his hike, fell and disappeared. Local police have found a body on Japan’s Mount Fuji which many believe could belong to an unidentified climber who recently went missing....

In 1921, 11 sailors boarded the Carroll A. Deering in Barbados to head back to the United States. But weeks later, the ship was found wrecked — with no crew in sight. National Park ServiceThough the crew of the Carroll A. Deering was nowhere to be found, a six-toed cat was discovered aboard. After sailing through the Bermuda Triangle in 1921, the Carroll A. Deering crashed just off the coast of North Carolina....

Dalia Dippolito thought she was hiring a hitman to kill her husband, Mike — but it was actually an undercover officer, and the whole thing was captured on camera for an episode of COPS. YouTubeDalia Dippolito tried to have her husband, Mike Dippolito, murdered just six months after marrying him. On the morning of August 5, 2009, Dalia Dippolito received the worst call of her life. It was Boynton Beach Police Sergeant Frank Ranzie urging her to rush home from the gym....

Ernst Röhm was ruthless in his rise to power in Nazi Germany. Too bad for him Adolf Hitler didn’t like rivals — even if they were his friends. Wikimedia Commons A portrait of Ernst Röhm in his Nazi uniform. Ernst Röhm — just like Hitler — desired a strong Germany. As a former soldier wounded three times during World War I, Röhm was upset that the loss had resulted in limitations on the country’s military....

Forty-three million years ago, the fearsome four-legged whale stalked prey both underwater and on land. TwitterThe four-legged whale called Phiomicetus anubis used its powerful jaws to kill prey. Ancient monsters once roamed the Earth. Paleontologists in Egypt just came across one such creature, a four-legged whale so fearsome that they named it Phiomicetus anubis, after the Egyptian god of death. “It was a successful, active predator,” said Abdullah Gohar. A graduate student at the Mansoura University Vertebrate Palaeontology Centre, Gohar is the lead author of a recent paper describing the discovery....

English mystic, novelist, mountaineer, and magician Aleister Crowley rejected his upper-class Christian upbringing and explored the darkest corners of occultism. He was an occultist, ceremonial magician, drug fiend, sex addict, mountaineer, poet, and a “traitor to the British people.” He drew crowds of followers and hoards of critics. He was branded as evil and egotistical, a raging genius, and a messiah of anti-Christianity. It’s safe to say that few people in modern history generated as much controversy, shock, and scandal as Aleister Crowley....

Take a haunting look inside one of the world’s last closed societies, the Hermit Kingdom. As one of the world’s last closed societies, North Korea has attracted global curiosity to what it seals off. Despite an ongoing food crisis that has spanned two decades and the cascading paranoia of its political leadership, life manages to go on in the Hermit Kingdom. Compiled from a handful of sources, we take a look at everyday life in North Korea:...

In 1969, NASA relied on software engineer Margaret Hamilton to safely land the Apollo 11 astronauts on the lunar surface — and to bring them back home. Warning messages flashed on the screen at Mission Control on July 20, 1969. As the Apollo 11 lunar module — designated Eagle — descended toward the Moon’s surface, NASA had to decide whether to call off the historic mission. “With only minutes to spare,” software engineer Margaret Hamilton recalled, “the decision was made to go for the landing....

Adult members of the Mormon Church are supposed to wear their holy temple clothes every day — but they’re not supposed to let anyone see them or even talk about them. All religions have symbols, relics, rites, and garments that are sacred to their followers. But one religious garment often gets more attention — for better and for worse — than others: the holy Mormon underwear of the Church of Latter-Day Saints....

After 30 years of solemnly pledging “never again,” the world stood by and watched in horror as another genocide unfolded — this time in Cambodia under Pol Pot. On the evening of April 15, 1998, news source Voice of America announced that General Secretary of the Khmer Rouge and wanted war criminal Pol Pot was scheduled for extradition. He would then face an international tribunal for genocide and crimes against humanity....

These Roald Dahl facts reveal that the beloved children’s author led a life shaped largely by tragedy. He introduced the world to Matilda, Charlie, James, and the BFG. And while the main characters forged by Roald Dahl’s feverish imagination are nothing short of sweet, the circumstances they face are decidedly less so. The cruelties of chance shape the plights of his child protagonists, with perseverance — and a will to hope — serving as the only ways they can see their way through their worldly troubles....

Saudi Arabia is third in the world for executions per year behind China and Iran. TwitterAn executioner and Saudi officials, moments before a beheading. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has officially decreed it will no longer impose the death penalty on individuals who committed crimes while underage. According to the BBC, the country’s Human Rights Commission ruled on the matter two days after they banned flogging. It appears King Salman’s decree was partly motivated by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child....

When the first Americans settled into Alaska, the land and the natives who lived in it went through some profound changes. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 21 North Korean Propaganda Depictions Of Americans Inside The Battle of Hayes Pond, When 500 Native Americans Chased The Ku Klux Klan Out Of North Carolina 44 Historic Photos Of Native Americans Brought To Life In Striking Color...

From technicolor bark to oak-walled religious sanctuaries, a captivating look at the world’s eight most amazing trees. Source: Christopher Martin Photography Amazing Trees: The Rainbow Eucalyptus Tree Like most aphorisms, the adage “art imitates life” is applicable in many cases, but is especially so when remarking on the stunning canvas that is the rainbow eucalyptus tree. Resembling some sort of psychedelic Pollock painting, what one might easily confuse for frenzied, highly saturated brush strokes is actually Mother Nature’s grunt work....