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The Dancing Plague of 1518

By Prathamesh Kabra 8 Min Read

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…

By Prathamesh Kabra 10 Min Read

Lake Bodom Murders

On a summer weekend in 1960, four teenagers pitched a tent beside a quiet Finnish lake. By the next afternoon…

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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…

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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…

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A child steps into Manhattan’s morning

On 25 May 1979, six-year-old Etan Kalil Patz pushed open the cast-iron…

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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…

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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…

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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…

By Prathamesh Kabra 21 Min Read
Dua Lipa shrugs off criticism of being “too polished to be live”, saying, “I never lip sync”
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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
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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
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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
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Two brothers from Green Bay, Wisconsin, David Bintz, 69, and Robert Bintz, 68, have been exonerated after spending nearly 25…

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