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The Dancing Plague of 1518
The dancing plague of 1518, or the dance epidemic of 1518 (French: Épidémie dansante de 1518), remains one of history’s most baffling events. This bizarre occurrence took place in Strasbourg,…
What Really Happened to Joan Risch, the Massachusetts Housewife Who Vanished Without a Trace in 1961?
In the autumn of 1961, the quiet town of Lincoln, Massachusetts, became the backdrop for one of New England’s most…
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Akku Yadav Was the “Demon of Kasturba Nagar” Until a Courtroom Mob Killed Him in 2004
This article contains detailed descriptions of sexual violence, rape, harassment, extreme physical…
Heaven’s Gate: The Cult That Left Earth for the Stars and Never Returned
Two decades ago, on a quiet Sunday in southern California, an emergency…
A child steps into Manhattan’s morning
On 25 May 1979, six-year-old Etan Kalil Patz pushed open the cast-iron…
Armin Meiwes: The Rotenburg Case, the 2001 Killing, and the German Court Rulings
Armin Meiwes was born on December 1, 1961, in Essen, Germany. He…
Laurie Jean Depies Disappeared Outside Her Boyfriend’s Apartment in 1992, and the Only Clue Was a Print on a Cup
Laurie Jean Depies was last seen pulling into the parking lot of…
Jane Britton’s 1969 murder near Harvard Square was solved nearly 50 years later
The population at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the late 1960s, mostly revolved around…
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 Avenue in Bloomington, Indiana, headed toward her apartment at Smallwood…
Dua Lipa shrugs off criticism of being “too polished to be live”, saying, “I never lip sync”
The Friday headliner had faced viewer accusations of being "too polished for a live performance."
Boss Says His Pants Show Too Much Dick So He Posts Them Online
In 2021, an office employee shared a detailed post on Reddit about a private meeting with his manager. She told…
Rajat Dalal’s Tumultuous Career as an Instagram Influencer Has Been Filled With Scandals and Arrests; Here’s How His Actions Sparked Major Controversies
Rajat Dalal, the Instagram influencer, has a chequered past and has often been on the wrong side of the law.…
Two Wisconsin brothers spent 25 years in prison after a woman’s rape and murder. DNA shows it was someone else
Two brothers from Green Bay, Wisconsin, David Bintz, 69, and Robert Bintz, 68, have been exonerated after spending nearly 25…
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The Fishing Boat That Got Nuked—and Brought Radioactive Sushi to Japan
On the morning of March 1, 1954, a small Japanese fishing boat…
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