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Known as the 44 Caliber Killer and the Son of Sam, serial killer David Berkowitz murdered six people across New York City before being captured in 1977. Between the summers of 1976 and 1977, a young man named David Berkowitz terrorized New York as he indiscriminately gunned down innocent young people in their cars. He went by the name “Son of Sam,” claiming that Satan had possessed his neighbor Sam’s dog and was sending him messages to kill....

Denise Williams’ husband’s death had been attributed to a boating mishap, alligators, and an accidental drowning for years. Newser.comDenise Williams Almost 20 years after her husband’s death, a Florida woman has finally been arrested for his murder. Seventeen years ago, Mike Williams, an “affable” real estate appraiser went missing during a duck hunting trip on Lake Seminole. Due to a large number of alligators in the lake and its surrounding areas, investigators assumed that he had fallen from his boat, and gotten eaten by gators....

“Mr. Flintstone was issued a citation for speed and became unruly and had to be detained.” Pasco County Sheriff’s OfficeFlorida man Don Swartz, dressed as Fred Flintstone and sitting in his homemade “footmobile,” getting pulled over by a Pasco County sheriff’s deputy. A man in Florida dressed as Fred Flintstone was pulled over for reportedly exceeding the speed limit in his handcrafted “footmobile” made to look like the famous vehicle from The Flintstones, according to a now-viral Facebook post from the local sheriff’s office....

During the Civil War, Rachel Knight joined forces with a white Southern Unionist named Newton Knight — and helped him wage a guerrilla campaign against Confederates in Mississippi. As the Civil War raged on in Mississippi, a Confederate deserter named Newton Knight and his band of Southern Unionists evaded capture by hiding in the swamps of Jones County — but they didn’t do it alone. Rachel Knight, a woman who had been enslaved by Knight’s grandfather, assisted and cared for the men in the swamps....

A private campground in Monte Rio, California, Bohemian Grove hosts an all-male social club of rich and powerful members who want to “misbehave.” Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryFuture presidents Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon at the Bohemian Grove club in 1967. Every July, rich and powerful men flock to the woods of Monte Rio, California. There, among the redwood trees, members of the mysterious Bohemian Grove club attend talks, gather for elaborate ceremonies, indulge in booze, and let loose away from prying eyes....

“Zachary Machnikowski admitted that in the middle of the night, he broke into an innocent couple’s home, armed himself with a large kitchen knife, went upstairs and savagely attacked them while they slept.” DuPage County State Attorney’s OfficeZachary Machnikowski. After a girl called him “ugly” at a party in 2015, Zachary Machnikowski got angry and left the party to sneak into the girl’s home. Once inside, at around 1:25 a.m., he made his way to her parents’ bedroom where he proceeded to stab them as they were lying in bed....

When Maine officials told a man he was ineligible for assistance with his bedbug infestation, he dumped 100 of the insects on the counter. When a Maine man was informed that he did not qualify for city assistance with his bedbug problem, he apparently figured that if he had to deal with the pests, the government should have to too. He slammed a container filled with the tiny and incredibly annoying insects onto the counter of the Augusta City Center, yelling, “They’re your problem now!...

Angela Hitler was allegedly the Führer’s favorite sister and she remained loyal to him even after he developed a questionable relationship with Angela’s daughter, Geli. Besides the woman with whom he would die, there was one other woman who would defend the Führer till her end. They grew up together. She was his housekeeper — and she was the mother of his incestuous love interest. Meet Hitler’s half-sister, Angela Hitler, whose daughter the dictator would grow to love and to potentially have killed....

The horse was found in full saddle suggesting that it was being prepped to rescue those fleeing the volcanic eruption. Cesare Abbate/ANSA Via APThe remains of a military official’s horse, discovered in Pompeii. Dec. 23, 2018. Awe-inspiring discoveries at the Pompeii archaeological site keep coming with the recent uncovering of a highly well-preserved horse — still harnessed and in its stable. The animal was killed in a flash when the nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A....

Artist Tanya Schultz expertly wields pounds of colored sugar, sweets, beads, toys, pipe cleaners and glitter, creating candy art that explodes with color. Source: Pinterest Even Hansel and Gretel would ogle at the work of Tanya Schultz, an Australian artist who creates unbelievably intricate artwork from candy and sugar. As psychedelic as a Cream album cover, this candy art has popped up all over the world, making appearances in Australia, Germany, the UK, Japan, Taiwan and the Netherlands....

Lisa McPherson died after a Scientology practice gone wrong. Her death opened the doors to a controversy over just how the church handles mental instability. YouTubeLisa McPherson On December 5, 1995, Lisa McPherson was found unresponsive in her room at the Flag Land Base, the Florida-based “spiritual headquarters” of the Church of Scientology. She was loaded into an ambulance by her caretakers and taken to a Scientology hospital, despite the fact that there were four closer hospitals on the way....

Image Source: YouTube No, you’re not seeing double. This neon green-and-orange sea slug really does have two heads. Divers working on a documentary about Borneo caught this two-faced nudibranch in action, according to recent reports. While no one understands the exact cause of its deformity, the truth is that even with two heads, this slug is far from the strangest nudibranch in the sea. If you hear the word “nudibranch” and think “naked,” you’re not immature – the word has Latin and Greek roots and roughly translates as “naked gill,” since many species, like this bright pink Tritoniopsis elegans, display beautiful, feathery gills on their backs....

Was Empress of Iran Farah Pahlavi the Marie Antoinette of her day or a forward-thinking leader unappreciated in her own time? For some, Empress Farah Pahlavi is a tragic symbol of Iran’s last chance at democracy. For others, she represents the worst excesses of the overthrown shah’s regime in the era before the country’s 1979 revolution. And for all who know her story, the captivating yet controversial life of Farah Pahlavi remains nothing short of fascinating....

Human bone jewelry uncovered in Russia, pipe tomahawk returned to the Ponca tribe, giant prehistoric kangaroo found in Papua New Guinea. 6,000-Year-Old Jewelry Made From Human Bones Unearthed From Graves In Northern Russia University of HelsinkiThough human bone jewelry could be the result of everything from memorials for fallen loved ones to cannibalism, the history behind these Stone Age keepsakes ultimately remains mysterious. Archaeologists in Russia just discovered that a large sample of Stone Age jewelry uncovered on a remote island in Russia was made from human bones....

Hilarious vintage men’s underwear ads, Florida swamp racing, satellite photos that are modern art masterpieces, the forgotten beauty of Patagonia, haunting Cambodian genocide portraits. Vintage Men’s Underwear Ads That Would Never Be Made Today Some are silly, some are funny (whether intentionally or not), and some make very little sense at all. Yet all of these vintage men’s underwear ads share a charmingly stilted, antiquated sensibility that makes them a fascinating relic of an era long gone by....

In 2021, a group of cold case investigators announced that based on his grisly past and a strong connection to the serial murders, Gary Francis Poste could be the mastermind behind the Zodiac Killer — but some have their doubts. Tuolumne County Jail/San Francisco Police DepartmentGary Francis Poste, pictured left after an arrest in 2016, and a police sketch of the Zodiac killer from 1969. Some 50-odd years after the Zodiac Killer terrorized the San Francisco area — killing at least five people while taunting police with cryptic notes — a group of cold case investigators claim to have finally identified him....

Count Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès vanished after the murders of his wife and four children in 2011 — and no one has seen him since. In April 2011, a horrific tragedy emerged in Nantes, France. The wife and children of nobleman Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès were found dead and buried underneath the family’s back porch. The case was dubbed “La Maison de L’epouvante” or “The House of Terror” by the French press....

The meteorite is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old — and worth nearly $2 million. FacebookThe 33-year-old father of three hopes to use his new fortune to build a church. The odds are astronomical, but apparently, life-altering riches can fall from the sky. Indeed, that became the case for Josua Hutagalung when a $1.8 million meteorite crashed through the roof of his house. According to The Daily Mail, the Indonesian coffin maker was in the middle of furnishing someone’s coffin when the cosmic rock broke through his North Sumatran home, leaving a small hole in the tin roof and burrowing six inches beneath the house....

From the “Giggling Granny” to the “Toy Box Killer,” these brutal murderers number among history’s most disturbingly prolific serial killers. There is a class of killers that everybody knows about, a group of murderers whose crimes were so sensational that they exploded into the national consciousness as soon as they were first discovered. These are the Jeffrey Dahmers, Ted Bundys, and John Wayne Gacys of the world. But there are other, stranger stories of serial killers — stories that didn’t receive the same degree of coverage in the media....

Get ready to break out your new swimsuit and fire up the barbecue! This week marks the official start of summer with the summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year. Even if you can’t appreciate scorching heat and sweaty seats, these classic shots of summer are sure to put a smile on your face: A group of women run and enjoy a day at the beach. AFP/Getty...