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Paul Bateson was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of Addison Verrill, but he also allegedly confessed to killing and dismembering six other men in 1970s New York. When Paul Bateson joined the cast of the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist, he was still just a radiology technician with an affinity for leather bars in Greenwich Village. Only a few years later, however, his late-night outings would turn sinister, resulting in at least one murder in New York City — and perhaps many more....

Pope Francis’ statements come after a report was released last week by a Vatican women’s magazine which detailed nuns forced to abort priests’ children. PixabayPope Francis in Rome, 2015. In a historical first, the Roman Catholic Church has not only acknowledged the sexual abuse of nuns on behalf of its own clergy, but detailed how nuns were used as sex slaves by priests and bishops alike. Pope Francis said on Tuesday that he was devoted to ending the rampant issue: “We have been working on this for a long time....

See the most incredible images from the life and career of the man who has been married to Queen Elizabeth II for 70 years. Prince Philip — the 95-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II — will retire from royal duties this fall. Share Flipboard Email Known for his controversial tendency to always speak his mind, the Duke of Edinburgh has inspired worldwide controversy along with admiration. “If you stay here much longer you’ll all be slitty-eyed,” he once told a group of British students studying in China in 1986....

The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation found 215 bodies on the grounds of the defunct Kamloops Indian Residential School using ground-penetrating radar. Wikimedia CommonsKamloops Indian Residential School, circa 1930. The people of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation in Canada knew that something horrible had happened to their children. Many had gone mysteriously missing after being forcibly enrolled in boarding schools. But it wasn’t until the discovery of 215 small bodies at the now-defunct Kamloops Indian Residential School that they learned the heartbreaking truth....

On December 12, 1910, Dorothy Arnold disappeared from New York City’s Fifth Avenue while dress shopping. Her maddening case has never been solved. Library of CongressThe disappearance of New York City socialite Dorothy Arnold remains one of the biggest “missing persons” cases in U.S. history. Shortly before Christmas 1910, the heiress to a perfume empire Dorothy Arnold vanished without a trace while shopping for an evening dress at a New York City department store....

Iconic Images Of The 1990s: Fall Of KGB Statue, 1991 In August 1991, hardliners in the Communist Party demanded the removal of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who wanted to sign a treaty that would lead to the disintegration of the Soviet Union. They did this by placing him under house arrest and reinstating censorship. However, they were met by mass civil resistance–particularly in Moscow. Even with the aid of the KGB, the feared secret police, hardliners couldn’t win support and their coup toppled in three days....

In the 1990s, hundreds of families in rural England reported that “phantom” social workers had abducted their children. As it turns out, the truth is worse than the urban legend. Pixabay There’s something particularly upsetting about urban legends involving children — especially when said legends involve children being abducted from their homes. One such urban legend was somewhat rooted in fact. In the 1990s, British newspapers caught wind of a story that seemed to involve “phantom” social workers....

Don Shirley was a piano prodigy and his passion was for classical music. But because of his race, 1950s America wanted him to stick to pop music. Marks_Records/eBayDon Shirley, as he appears on the cover of his self-titled album, 1957. Everything in writer Nick Vallelonga’s upcoming film Green Book, he insists, is true. The film follows pianist Don Shirley and he travels through the Deep South in the era of Jim Crow and forms a friendship with his driver, white, Italian-American bouncer, Tony Lip....

The unearthed gate to an ancient Greek Temple of Zeus, an 800-year-old mass grave in Peru, and early humans’ attempts to domesticate the world’s most dangerous bird. Archaeologists Just Unearthed The Gateway To The Temple Of Zeus In The Ancient City Of Magnesia Hurriyet Daily NewsThough it’s estimated to take years, archaeologists now hope to uncover almost all of the entire temple — then rebuild it as it once was in the third century B....

While Walter Freeman has become infamous as the doctor behind the lobotomy, these photos reveal how misunderstood his story and the procedure really is. The procedure was simple. Share Flipboard Email The doctor would first administer a local anesthetic, leaving the patient conscious and alert for what was to come (if the patient didn’t respond to anesthesia, doctors would use electroshock). Next, the doctor would position a sharp steel pick of seven or so inches with its point underneath the eyelid and against the bone atop the eye socket....

Christina Crawford famously claimed in “Mommie Dearest” that her mother was a sadistic parent. But those closest to Joan Crawford disagreed. Joan Crawford was one of the biggest American movie stars of all time, but her daughter Christina Crawford claimed that the glamorous facade hid a cruel and sadistic personality. Where does the truth lay? Go behind the story of “Mommie Dearest” and one of the most infamous families in Hollywood history....

Earlier this week, Boko Haram, the deadliest terrorist group in the world, attacked and firebombed several villages in Nigeria. The attack killed at least 86 people, adding to the more than 15,000 people the terror group has killed since 2002. Yet politicians, the media, and the public at large, seem to be overwhelmingly muted in both their compassion and outrage — especially when compared to, say, the Paris attacks carried out by ISIS in November....

Staten Island has never been the biggest fan of New York City — and in some ways, rightfully so. Across the globe, the idea of secession has caught traction. We’ve seen it in various forms, be it Scotland’s referendum, Brexit, or most recently with “Calexit,” the Californian attempt to break off from the United States. While all of these have received media attention, Staten Island’s attempts at secession are less popularly known....

The scale was between one and five and found that women with the most severe form of endometriosis were generally better looking than women of a milder form or without the condition at all. PixabayResearchers have called for the retraction of the study which evaluated the attractiveness of women suffering from endometriosis. Typically, medical research studies are performed with the belief that its findings will benefit public health. But this medical study from 2012 which evaluated the attractiveness of women suffering from endometriosis — a painful reproductive condition that affects an estimated 176 million women in the world — seems to do anything but that....

The boy is probably the first to touch the tooth in thousands of years, according to a local paleontology museum collection manager. Mary GagnonThe 12,000-year-old tooth belonged to a juvenile mastodon. While hiking with his family through the Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve in Rochester Hills on Labor Day, six-year-old Julian Gagnon found a priceless souvenir. Feeling something underfoot while wading through a creek, the boy reached down and plucked a 12,000-year-old fossilized molar of a juvenile mastodon out of the mud....

Discover the most rousing Hillary Clinton quotes on women’s rights, her journey through politics, and how she wants to change America for the better. From serving as First Lady to New York Senator to Secretary of State to the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, Hillary Clinton knows the ins and outs of U.S. government better than just about anyone. Here are 21 Hillary Clinton quotes — on everything from equality for women to gun control — to get you inspired:...

Nearly 3,000 people died on September 11, 2001, while countless survivors were left with lifelong physical and emotional wounds. From the “Falling Man” to the “Dust Lady,” these are some of their stories. On September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. left scores of victims. Many lost their lives. Others only barely managed to survive. But though the sheer number of 9/11 victims can be hard to comprehend, each victim was a person with a story....

The woman who inspired the horror film became infamous for her tragic fight with demons — and her terrifying death. Though many may not know it, the horrifying events of the 2005 film The Exorcism of Emily Rose were not entirely fictional but rather were based on the actual experiences of a German girl named Anneliese Michel. Anneliese Michel grew up devoutly Catholic in Bavaria, West Germany in the 1960s, where she attended Mass twice a week....

Months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Los Angeles residents woke up to sirens, explosions, and searchlights across the skies. Was the “Battle of Los Angeles” a shadowy government coverup or an embarrassing military blunder? Wikimedia CommonsScenes from the “Battle of Los Angeles,” as citizens grappled with the aftermath. At 2:25 a.m. on Feb. 25, 1942, the people of Los Angeles woke up to sirens. Every light in the city was extinguished....

It may be only an inch long, but the bullet ant has an excruciating sting that leaves victims in agony, including temporary paralysis and hallucinations. The bullet ant — sometimes called the 24-hour ant or conga ant — measures just over an inch long, but its sting can deliver a positively gargantuan amount of pain. Those who have had the severe misfortune of being stung by this tiny rainforest creature say the pain is unequal to anything else on Earth....