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Archaeologists In Sweden Just Unearthed 139 Graves And Evidence Of Ship Burials Dating To The Viking Age

While investigating a Stone Age settlement just outside of Varberg, Sweden, archaeologists serendipitously discovered a massive Viking-Age burial ground rife with artifacts. So far, just six percent of the site has been excavated, but researchers have already revealed 139 graves holding both human and animal remains, clay pots, and even evidence of ship burials.

The initial examination of the site began back in May 2017, when the local government announced plans to build a roundabout and instal...
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The Zodiac Killer, The Enigmatic Murderer Who Terrorized Northern California In The Late 1960s And Early 1970s

The case of the Zodiac Killer remains one of the most infamous unsolved serial murder cases in American history. The mysterious killer’s reign of terror in Northern California during the late 1960s left a trail of victims, puzzling messages, and unanswered questions that continue to haunt investigators and the general public to this very day.

Although many potential suspects have been named in the case, none have ever been officially identified as the Zodiac Killer. The brutal nature of his cri...
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How The Bloody 1986 FBI Miami Shootout Ushered In The Militarization Of U.S. Law Enforcement

On April 11, 1986, a small group of FBI agents tracked down the murderous bank robbers Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix and cornered them on a Miami side street, sparking a bloody shootout that would leave both perpetrators dead.

Just before 10 a.m., three FBI vehicles crashed into the bandits’ car and forced them off the road. Almost immediately, Platt and Russell began to fire at the agents using automatic and semi-automatic weapons. Most of the agents, meanwhile, were equipped wit...
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Archaeologists Just Uncovered A Hidden Tomb Filled With Ancient Skeletons Right Beneath The Iconic Al-Khazneh Building In Petra

Beneath a mysterious, hand-carved structure built into the desert canyon walls in Petra, Jordan, archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old tomb containing 12 skeletons. The structure, known as the Treasury, was famously featured in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as the resting place of the Holy Grail.

Known in Arabic as “Al-Khazneh,” or “the treasury of the pharaoh,” the structure’s exact purpose remains unclear. However, earlier this year, a joint team of Jordanian and...
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John Wayne Gacy Performed As Pogo The Clown By Day — And Murdered 33 Young Men And Boys By Night

The image of serial killer John Wayne Gacy dressed up as his alter ego, Pogo the Clown, is chilling, like something out of Stephen King’s It. One of history’s most notorious serial killers, Gacy presented himself as a model citizen in his Chicago-area community before he was caught.

He was an active participant in the local “Jolly Joker” clown club, where he performed at numerous charity events, birthday parties, and children’s hospitals. Gacy’s jovial persona, Pogo the Clown, became a way for...
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A Doctor In England Disguised Himself As A Nurse To Poison His Mom's Partner With A Fake COVID Vaccine

British doctor Thomas Kwan, 53, who donned a wig, fake facial hair, and a medical mask to secretly poison his mother’s former partner, has pleaded guilty to attempted murder, according to police in Northumbria.

Kwan reportedly sent his mother’s then-partner, Patrick O’Hara, forged letters claiming that he was overdue for a check-up. Kwan then visited the man at his home, wearing a disguise so his mother and O’Hara wouldn’t recognize him, to administer a poison made to look like a COVID-19 vacci...
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44 Vintage Photos That Capture The Pinnacle Of Goth Culture

Although the term “Gothic” has been around for centuries to describe architecture, art, and stories, the term “goth,” as it pertains to the subculture, really started to take off in the 1980s. Then, throughout the 1990s, goth style saw an ever-increasing boom in popularity, thanks in large part to the popular figures of the era who embodied goth to the fullest.

As the early 2000s approached, though, the goth subculture started to fade away — at least, in the mainstream. Of course, goth never tr...
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Meet The Haenyeo, South Korea's 'Sea Women' Who Dive Up To 30 Feet For Seafood — Without Scuba Gear

On South Korea’s largest island, Jeju, there is a community of women known as the Haenyeo. The Haenyeo are divers who specialize in gathering seafood like conches, seaweed, and octopuses. Some Haenyeo can dive as deep as 30 feet, without using oxygen masks or any other modern-day scuba gear. They harvest seafood for up to seven hours per day, 90 days a year, for this is how it has been done for centuries.

Most of the Haenyeo working today are between 65 and 75 years old, and some are as old as...
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Astonishing 3D Images Reconstruct The Wreck Of The Endurance, The Doomed Ship That Sank In Antarctica In 1915

In November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, sank into the frigid waters of the Weddell Sea near Antarctica. Now, new images show how the ship has fared at the bottom of the ocean over the last 110 years in stunning 3D detail.

A digital scan of the Endurance was created using 25,000 high-resolution images captured when the shipwreck was first discovered in 2022. The ship, which rests nearly two miles below the surface, remains remarkably well preserved, and the new images even...
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Archaeologists Just Unearthed The Remnants Of A Centuries-Old Pub During A Construction Project In England

Amid ongoing work at the site of a former nightclub in Dover, England, archaeologists have unearthed hundreds of artifacts from what they believe to be a centuries-old pub.

The team from Canterbury Archaeological Trust uncovered a pit containing hundreds of clay pipes, German wine bottles, and Bellarmine jugs, adding to a growing collection of historical items found near the site. The team has been working since April to develop a new creative and digital hub — and has made numerous discoveries...
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A TikTok Star Was Just Arrested For The Brutal Murder Of A Therapist In Louisiana

Popular TikTok content creator Terryon Thomas, who goes by the name “Mr. Prada” on the app, has been charged with first-degree murder after he was arrested in connection with the death of Baton Rouge therapist Dr. William Nicholas Abraham.

Abraham, 69, was found dead on the side of a highway between Fluker and Tangipahoa, Louisiana, on Sept. 29. Law enforcement officials confirmed that he died as a result of blunt-force trauma. So far, it is not clear if Thomas was Abraham’s patient, and police...
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'The Dumbest Don': How Peter Gotti Became Boss Of The Gambino Family Despite Being 'Too Dumb' To Be In Charge

One of history’s most notorious gangsters, Gambino family boss John Gotti was known as “The Dapper Don” because of his expensive clothes and ability to eloquently handle himself on camera. His lesser-known older brother, Peter Gotti, had a nickname, too — though his was far less flattering: “The Dumbest Don.”

Peter Gotti served as a capo for his brother’s crime family for a number of years, proving himself to be a faithful and reliable mobster. However, his brother felt that Peter was incapable...
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Analysis Of Walrus Ivory Suggests Trade Between Europeans And Indigenous Americans 200 Years Before Columbus

Hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World, Europeans and Indigenous Americans may have already been engaging in trade. A new study just revealed that Norse Vikings hunted walruses on the same grounds as Thule Inuits, and they likely interacted in various ways.

Walrus ivory was a prized commodity in medieval Europe, and Vikings would harvest the creatures’ tusks during hunting expeditions in Greenland and then bring them back to the mainland to trade. Scientists rec...
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33 Vintage Photos From The Golden Era Of Surfing

If the Beach Boys’ hit single “Surfin’ U.S.A.” is an indicator of anything, it’s that surf culture hit the mainstream in America in the 1960s. During the ’60s and ’70s, surf fever was all the rage, especially in California, and it could be seen in the fashion, the art, the music, and most importantly, the attitude.

It was largely thanks to Hawaiian surfers George Freeth and Duke Kahanamoku that surfing first began rising in popularity in the U.S. in the early 1900s. After all, their series of s...
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A Massive Roman Mosaic Was Just Uncovered By A Farmer In Eastern Türkiye

An unsuspecting farmer in Türkiye’s Eastern Anatolia region recently made a groundbreaking discovery: a nearly 1,000-square-foot mosaic from the Late Roman or Early Byzantine period just beneath the dirt. Experts have said it is the only one of its kind to be found in the region.

The vivid pattern features dozens of trees, plants, and animals that were found in ancient Türkiye. Now, work has been done to remove the dirt entirely from the mosaic, revealing it in full for the first time in centur...
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What Is Seppuku And How Was It Carried Out? Newly Translated Samurai Texts Reveal Some Surprising Answers

Translator Eric Shahan recently published English-language versions of four centuries-old texts passed down by the samurai that detail how they carried out the suicide ritual of seppuku. Translated into English for the first time, these texts dispel many Western assumptions about seppuku, including the popular notion of a samurai stabbing himself in the stomach to take his own life.

The texts also reveal new information about the samurai way of life, including how a samurai’s rank could influen...
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How Blogger Amanda Riley Faked Having Cancer For Seven Years — And Scammed Her Followers Out Of $100,000

When Amanda Riley started blogging about her battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2012, many people were touched by her story. A young Christian mother of two based in California, Riley was only in her late 20s when she was diagnosed. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is an aggressive form of cancer, too, so many were sympathetic about her predicament.

Amidst sharing optimistic health updates, discouraging setbacks, and her steadfast faith in God, Riley quickly attracted attention with her blog, which was titled...
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Researchers Just Observed Octopuses And Fish Hunting Together In A Rare Cross-Species Social Group

Octopuses off the southern coast of Israel have formed a fascinating bond with the local fish population, and the two species are now teaming up to track down prey. This strange collaboration has already proven to be beneficial to each aquatic creature, enabling them to hunt more effectively than they could alone.

In an even more surprising display, octopuses have also been seen punching or pushing away fish in the hunting group that are seemingly not carrying their own weight, according to a n...
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Jordan Belfort, The Real 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Whose Life Was Even Wilder Than What Was Portrayed On Screen

Jordan Belfort is best known as the “Wolf of Wall Street,” though many also call him a conman. Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Belfort rose to prominence on Wall Street thanks to his brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont, which ran an elaborate “pump and dump” scheme that defrauded investors of more than $110 million.

Before the FBI took Stratton Oakmont down, however, Belfort was riding high. He spent his fortune on a lavish mansion, expensive cars, a massive yacht, and copious amounts of d...
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Archaeologists In Denmark Just Uncovered 50 Exceptionally Well-Preserved Viking Skeletons

Over the past six months, archaeologists have unearthed more than 50 well-preserved Viking skeletons from graves found in Åsum, Denmark, near the city of Odense.

Now, analyses of these skeletons could help to provide new insights into the everyday lives of the Vikings.

The excavation was carried out by archaeologists from the Museum Odense, who announced the discovery in a statement.

“It is truly unusual to find so many well-preserved skeletons at once, like those discovered in Åsum,” said ar...
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11 Bizarre Secret Projects That The U.S. Government Actually Considered — And Sometimes Carried Out

At any given time, there are countless secret government operations underway in the United States. While this has always been going on, covert government projects really started to ramp up in the mid-20th century, especially during World War II and the Cold War, as increasingly advanced technology became more and more commonplace.

With this new technology came new ideas of how it could be used. War was deadlier than it had ever been before — but perhaps a solution could be found to end war once...
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The Story Of The Hachikō Statue, The Monument To The Loyal Dog Who Spent 10 Years Watching For His Dead Owner

Outside of Shibuya Station in Tokyo stands the beloved Hachikō statue, a bronze monument to one of Japan’s most famous dogs. Hachikō the Akita is best remembered for his unwavering loyalty. Every evening, the dog would wait at the train station for his owner, Professor Hidesaburō Ueno, so the two could walk home together.

Unfortunately, Ueno died suddenly from a brain hemorrhage while teaching in May 1925. Hachikō, as always, went to meet his master at Shibuya Station after work — but he never...
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Remains Of Franklin Expedition Captain James Fitzjames Have Been Identified 175 Years After His Tragic Demise In The Arctic

The skeletal remains of James Fitzjames, a member of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition to the Arctic in 1845, have been identified by researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University.

Fitzjames served on the HMS Erebus as Sir John Franklin led that ship and the HMS Terror from England in search of the Northwest Passage in May 1845. Tragically, both ships soon met with disaster as they became trapped in ice in the Victoria Strait, near King William Island in present-day Nunavu...
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Archaeologists In Türkiye Unearthed The Sarcophagus Of An Ancient Roman Gladiator

At Ayasuluk Hill in İzmir, Türkiye, archaeologists recently made a remarkable discovery when they unearthed a tomb belonging to a Roman gladiator from the third century C.E.

Just as remarkable, however, was the revelation that the tomb had been reused during the fifth century C.E., with the remains of 12 other people added to it.

The excavation was carried out by Türkiye’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism and led by associate professor Sinan Mimaroğlu of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University. During t...
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