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The Great Smog of London: When the City Turned Poisonous
In early December 1952, Londoners prepared for another cold winter. Few could have imagined that within days, the capital would grind to a halt, wrapped in a suffocating fog that…
Police found buried remains and then arrested a couple. This happened after someone told them that a man had confessed to burning his two kids in the backyard
Authorities in Jasper County are investigating the possibility that two children were killed and their bodies disposed of in a…
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Rammstein’s frontman Till Lindemann denies allegations of multiple instances of sexual misconduct, files lawsuit against news outlet for defamation, and issues an open letter to fans
Rammstein continues to address and investigate the accusations made against them.
In 1928, the world’s third-richest man mysteriously vanished from his private plane during a flight. He entered the bathroom and was never seen again, and to this day, the details of what occurred on that flight remain unknown.
On a warm summer evening, 4 July 1928, Alfred Loewenstein — a…
The Sleeper of Oknö: Inside Karolina Olsson’s 32-Year Mystery
On an April morning in 1908, a maid in a small Swedish…
Heavily pregnant woman, 38, and her unborn baby were killed in a crash with an unmarked police car. London police say, “This is a busy road, and the collision happened in the early evening when people are likely to have been travelling.”
After an unidentified police car struck the automobile they were riding in,…
Skylar Neese and the Chilling Midnight Ride That Ended in Unspeakable Betrayal and Murder
16-year-old Skylar Neese peered outside excitedly from her bedroom window at her…
Shraddha Walkar was murdered by her live-in boyfriend, Aaftab Poonawala, during an argument, after which he dismembered her body into 35 pieces and stored it in a refrigerator
Shraddha Walker, a bright girl from Vasai, Maharashtra, moved to Mumbai in…
The Woman Who Burned Alive With No Name
On a cold morning in late November 1970, a man and his two young daughters set out on a hike in the foothills of Mount Ulriken, near Bergen, Norway. The…
IHOP worker fired for feeding homeless man offered job back, stands by her act of kindness: “I’d do it again”
When Victoria Hughes handed a stack of pancakes to a homeless man on Nov. 24, she likely didn’t expect the…
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 Vanishing of Tammy Lynn Leppert
Her moment in Scarface lasts just a few seconds. A girl in a leopard-print swimsuit strolls across the screen and…
The Death of Danny Casolaro, and the File That Did Not Come Back
Trigger warning: This article contains references to suicide and self-harm and includes authentic crime scene sketches related to a death.…
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When Internet Sleuths Restored the Name of Lavender Doe
On October 29, 2006, the body of a young woman was found…
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