Karl Denke was an upstanding member of his community – until they realized he was turning humans into pickled pork, belts, and suspenders. Wikimedia Commons Karl Denke after his sudden death in 1924. Karl Denke, or Papa Denke as his hometown knew him, seemed like such a kind soul. He played the organ at his local church, and even took in homeless vagrants and offered them a meal or two before they went on their way....
In December 2021, 23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields was found dead in her Bridgeport, Connecticut apartment after a date with a man she’d just met on Bumble — and her family says the police botched the investigation. Facebook/Lauren Smith-FieldsLauren Smith-Fields was just 23 years old when she died in December 2021. On December 11, 2021, a young Black woman named Lauren Smith-Fields went on a date with Matthew LaFountain, a man she’d met on the dating app Bumble....
Friends say that Prentis Robinson’s videos were intended to fight crime and better the community, but could have made people upset. A North Carolina man was shot to death in his neighborhood while streaming the entire thing on Facebook Live. Prentis Robinson, a staple in his Wingate community, spent his free time trying to better his neighborhood by taking videos of illicit activities that went on in his neighborhood and handing them over to the police....
In the most devastating cases, feline frostbite injuries require amputation. But unlike most victims, Dymka the cat now has titanium prosthetics to help her walk around. Kirill Kukhmer/TASSDymka is now the second cat in the world to receive prosthetic replacements for all four paws. In October 2018, Russian veterinarian Sergei Gorshkov, who runs a clinic in the city of Novokuznetsk, received a visit from a woman who came across a stray cat during a drive....
As a founding member of the National Women’s Political Caucus, the fearless Jill Ruckelshaus joined Gloria Steinem and other feminists to fight for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Jill Ruckelshaus rose to prominence in 1970s American politics as a socially-progressive Republican in a time when conservativism was gaining momentum. Her support for the women’s rights movement earned her the nickname “Gloria Steinem of the Republican Party,” which worked as either a compliment or an insult, depending on the party member who uttered it....
When asked what he is doing with a teenager in his hotel room, Ralph Shortey said, “We were just hanging out, talking about life and stuff.” Former Oklahoma Republican state Senator Ralph Shortey pleaded guilty to federal child sex trafficking last Thursday after he was caught by police with a teenage boy in his hotel room, reported Oklahoma News 4. On Monday, the body-cam footage of the police encounter that led to this charge was released to the public....
The turn of the 20th century brought with it a number of changes. The French Postcard was just one of many responses to them. The early 20th century saw a series of push-pulls: technological advances came with shifting moral codes and gender roles. Some people tried very hard to stop–or at least slow–such changes. Hatchet-wielding, sex and alcohol-hating women like Carrie Nation preceded sex moguls like Polly Adler. Flappers sashayed around fat cat politicians and businessmen while a constellation of actors tried to legislate morality through dress and dance....
The strangest, most scandalous celebrity deaths from an era when such things could still be covered up. Today, with the ascendance of social media and countless round-the-clock gossip outlets, it’s becoming harder and harder for the rich and famous to keep anything secret — even in death. Nowadays, when a celebrity dies, we scrutinize every detail and leave relatively little shrouded in mystery. But in the decades before we all had such inside access, the most scandalous, tragic, and downright strange celebrity deaths often remained hazy, baffling, and just plain unbelievable....
Source: Zimbio For centuries, people have used protesting as an inclusive, grassroots way to bring about change. While protests can vary from non-violent to ferocious and small-scale to a million-member march, each has a specific goal it seeks to achieve. Here are some of the most bizarre protests methods to date: Bizarre Protest Movement No. 1: Performer Protests Shark Finning Source: International Business Times To protest shark finning, or removing a shark’s fin (used in delicacies like fin soup) and discarding the now-handicapped shark into the water to die, British performing artist Alice Newstead decided to pierce her skin with fishing hooks and hang by the hooks in a busy shopping area....
Ancient Pompeii porn uncovered, WWII bomb found, “Dunkirk” praised by Dunkirk veteran, Nazi gold discovered, 19th-century trans surgeon celebrated. Ancient Pompeii Porn Holds Key To Greater LGBT Acceptance, Says Reverend If you were walking through the city of Pompeii around 100 B.C., you’d see a wide amphitheater, ornately-constructed bathhouses, column-lined temples…and penises. Lots of penises. Around 80 percent of the artwork decorating this ancient Roman town would be considered explicit today, according to Rev....
Preserved dinosaur nest and eggs unearthed, lost World War I tunnel found, artificial human-Neanderthal hybrid “minibrains” created. Paleontologists Just Found A Preserved Dinosaur Sitting On A Nest With Its Eggs Intact Shundong Bi/Indiana University of PennsylvaniaExperts believe that the eggs were just about to hatch when the mother died while sitting atop the nest. In a world-first discovery, scientists in China just unearthed a 70-million-year-old preserved dinosaur found sitting atop its nest....
How did left-handedness transform from a symptom of mental and moral deficiency to a sign of creativity and mental fortitude? When Michael Salazar wrote that his “fourth grade teacher would force me to use my right hand to perform all of my school work” and that “if she caught me using my left hand, I was hit in the head with a dictionary,” he described more than just an encounter with a violent instructor; he illustrated the physical consequences of centuries of religious, scientific, and social thought....
From the rape victims who castrated their rapist in court to the US soldiers who summarily executed the Nazi concentration camp guards at Dachau, these are some of history’s greatest revenge stories. Multiple sourcesRevenge is a dish best served cold — and these true revenge stories are frigid. Nothing is more dramatic than revenge stories and history is full of such tales. There’s the story of Diana the Bus Driver Hunter, who took matters into her own hands in response to the growing number of femicides in Mexico that went uninvestigated....
From underground tunnels and coconut rafts to dummy heads and toy guns, these are the ingenious plots behind the world’s greatest prison escapes. PxHereFrom the heyday of organized crime to modern-day drug traffickers, these 11 prison escapes are among the most ingenious in history. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, some 2,000 people escape from prison every year. But only a handful of prison escapes are truly legendary....
The study suggests that gender roles in ancient cultures were much more fluid than previously thought. Matthew Verdolivo/UC Davis IET Academic Technology ServicesExcavations of a burial site in Peru found the 9,000-year-old bones of a teenage hunter. The newly unearthed remains of a teenage girl who hunted big game 9,000 years ago have scientists questioning their assumptions about gender roles in ancient hunter-gatherer societies. According to Popular Science, excavations at the Wilamaya Patjxa site in the Peruvian Andes uncovered a batch of six skeletons, two of which were buried with hunting tools....
Hitachi Seaside Park changes drastically from month to month as new flowers bloom. Each variation is breathtaking as the next, and we have the pictures to prove it. Just two hours from Tokyo in the city of Hitachinaka is one of the world’s most colorful parks — Hitachi Seaside Park. Covering almost 500 acres, the vast park is home to thousands of blooms, and draws millions of tourists throughout the year....
Haunting photographs that reveal how 1943’s Battle of Kursk, the decisive face-off between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, helped turn the tide of World War II. Like this gallery?Share it: Share Flipboard Email And if you liked this post, be sure to check out these popular posts: 36 Photos Of The Battle Of Stalingrad, The Biggest Clash In The History Of War 33 Captivating Photos From The Battle Of Guadalcanal, America’s First Offensive Of WWII...
After serving 40 years in prison, Charles Manson died on November 19, 2017 — but the strange fight over his corpse and his estate was just beginning. Charles Manson, the notorious cult leader whose followers committed eight brutal killings in the summer of 1969, ultimately died himself on November 19, 2017. He spent nearly half a century in a California prison for the murders he was convicted of masterminding and he remained behind bars up until his death due to cardiac arrest at age 83....
“No amount of meth is safe, whether it has a berry in it or not.” Boulder County Sheriff’s Office/NeedpixCraig William Rogers, 49, was arrested after admitting to police that he was making ‘healthy’ meth. Police arrested a Colorado man after discovering an unusual methamphetamine lab in his garage. Instead of run-of-the-mill meth, the man claimed to be making a bizarre concoction which he told police was a “healthy” blend of açaí berries and methamphetamine....
When scientists first discovered these remains of a teenage girl in 2010, they knew that the history of early humans was about to be rewritten. Now we know what the face of a Denisovan actually looked like. Maayan HarelAn artist’s rendering of the reconstructed face of a Denisovan girl. It’s incredible what just a little bit of DNA can do. Scientists have successfully reconstructed, for the first time, what one of our archaic human ancestors may have looked like — using only fragments taken from a pinky bone....
