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The Sacred Band of Thebes and the Army That Changed Greek Warfare
The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite infantry unit in fourth century BCE Thebes. Ancient writers describe 300 selected soldiers organized as 150 pairs of male partners, kept together…
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aron Ralston’s Story of Survival
You’ve likely seen Danny Boyle’s unforgettable film 127 Hours, but nothing compares to hearing the story from Aron Ralston himself.…
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All about the Hinterkaifeck Murders
Let’s travel back in time to 1922, a year that sits in…
Death in Apartment 603: The Ellen Greenberg Case
Snow packed the sidewalks of Manayunk on Jan. 26, 2011, the kind…
Tori Stafford: 8 year old who was abducted and murdered
This article discusses the abduction, abuse, and murder of a child, and…
Rey Rivera Took a Call and Vanished. What Happened After Still Makes No Sense.
Baltimore, May 24, 2006. A hotel bellhop stopped just short of unlocking…
Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson welcome their little bundle of joy! Here’s a timeline of their journey from pregnancy to first baby photos
Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson had their first child in March 2024.
How Victoria Climbié’s murder changed the face of child protection in the UK
In 1999, eight-year-old Victoria Climbié came to London with her father's aunt…
The Kohistan Video Scandal: A Tale of Honor, Deceit, and Tragedy
In 2012, a blurry mobile phone video emerged from Pakistan’s remote Kohistan district. It showed five young women—Bazeegha, Sareen Jan, Begum Jan, Amina, and Shaheen—clapping and laughing in bright orange…
Capitol riot suspects are asking judges to halt their cases, saying Trump promised them pardons
Washington, D.C., November 2024 – With former President Donald Trump now declared the winner of the recent presidential election, lawyers…
The Girl in the Suitcases: A Mystery That Took 44 Years to Solve
It was the kind of discovery no one forgets. On December 20, 1976, just before the holidays, a teenage boy…
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…
This Case Went Nowhere for 40 Years. Then a Stranger’s Family Tree Gave Up the Killer
Anna Marie Hlavka lived in a small apartment in Portland, Oregon. She worked as a secretary at Tektronix, a job…
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Arkansas, where a 6-year-old girl was boldly abducted from a Little League game by a bearded man in a red pickup, saw her family wait 30 years for the suspect’s arrest
(Morgan Nick. Photo: FBI) The disappearance of 6-year-old Morgan Nick from a…
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