Prathamesh Kabra
Man with the world’s worst hunger ate for 15, swallowed live animals, and was forced to poop out secret spy messages during war missions
Tarrare was born around 1772 near Lyon, although even the name is uncertain in the sources, which sometimes treat it…
The Mysterious Disappearance of Marilyn Bergeron
At 4:03 p.m. on Feb. 17, 2008, Marilyn Bergeron made a small purchase at a Café Dépôt in Saint Romuald,…
Biosphere 2 Was Designed as a Self-Contained Version of Earth. From 1991 to 1993, Eight People Lived Inside It and Documented What Happened Next
Eight people walked into a sealed glass world in the Arizona desert on September 26, 1991, carrying the weight of…
Inside the Mysterious Disappearance of Dr. Margaret Mary Kilcoyne
Dr. Margaret Kilcoyne went to bed around 10:00 pm Friday, January 25, 1980. Her brother, Leo Kilcoyne, was staying at…
Inside the Unfinished Investigation Into Kristen Modafferi’s Disappearance
Kristen Modafferi was heading into what she believed would be the best summer of her life. She had just wrapped…
Derek and Maria Broaddus Bought 657 Boulevard. Then “The Watcher” Started Writing.
They closed on a six bedroom house on Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey, and treated it like a normal pre…
The Sleeper of Oknö: Inside Karolina Olsson’s 32-Year Mystery
On an April morning in 1908, a maid in a small Swedish coastal home heard sudden noise from the bedroom.…
Ben McDaniel vanished in an underwater cave at Vortex Spring. Fifteen years later, the questions only got louder. Part 4.
The longer Ben McDaniel stayed missing, the more his equipment started to feel like a second witness. His body was…
Ben McDaniel vanished in an underwater cave at Vortex Spring. Fifteen years later, the questions only got louder. Part 3.
The search underwater had already produced a disturbing result. Divers who were qualified to enter the gated section kept surfacing…
Ben McDaniel vanished in an underwater cave at Vortex Spring. Fifteen years later, the questions only got louder. Part 2.
Ben McDaniel arrived at Vortex Spring early on Wednesday, August 18, 2010, planning a full day in the water. The…
Ben McDaniel vanished in an underwater cave at Vortex Spring. Fifteen years later, the questions only got louder. Part 1.
On August 18, 2010, McDaniel was last seen diving at the popular resort in Ponce de Leon, Florida. He was…
Lauren Spierer left a Bloomington townhome before dawn, and the record goes quiet
At about 4:30 a.m. on June 3, 2011, Lauren Spierer walked away from a townhome near 11th Street and College…
Model lured to fake photo shoot and never came home
Kimberly Pandelios was a young mother in Northridge, California, trying to turn small modeling jobs into something steadier. On February…
Peter the Great Turned His Court into a Drunk “Holy Club” That Bullied an Entire Empire
Inside the parties where Russia’s tsar crowned a fake pope, forced dwarfs to marry, and used vodka as a kind…
Jennifer Kesse disappeared on her way to work in 2006 and investigators now have new DNA to examine
Jennifer Joyce Kesse was twenty four, settled into her first condo near Orlando’s Mall at Millenia, and back from a…