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What Happened To Theodosia Burr?
On December 31, 1812, 29-year-old Theodosia Burr Alston boarded the schooner Patriot in Georgetown, South Carolina, to visit her father, former U.S. …
10 hours ago
A Missing Family, a Hidden Grave and a Father Who Vanished : The Dupont de Ligonnès Case
In April 2011, the Dupont de Ligonnès family disappeared from their home in Nantes, France. On April 21, police uncovered a horrifying secret beneath…
2 days, 10 hours ago
The America's Youngest Serial Killer : Jesse Pomeroy
In the early 1870s, young boys in Boston survived brutal attacks by another child: Jesse Pomeroy. At just 12, he was sent to reform school for tortur…
5 days, 10 hours ago
Did Shakespeare Really Write His Own Plays?
His name is on some of the most famous plays ever written, but could William Shakespeare have been a cover for someone else? Centuries after his deat…
1 week ago
The Voice Had a Name, the Killer Never Had a Face : The Dr No Case
Throughout the 1980s, women and girls were found murdered near Ohio highways and truck stops. Several victims were sex workers, and investigators sus…
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The Day an Entire French Town Lost Its Mind
In August 1951, hundreds of people in the French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit fell ill with stomach pains, insomnia, and terrifying hallucinations. Some…
1 week, 5 days ago
The Missing Woman Who Might Not Exist: The Joanna Lopez Case
In January 1989, Chicago television station WMAQ ended its overnight broadcast with a haunting missing-person notice: a grainy photograph, the name J…
2 weeks ago
How They Survived 72 Days In The Andes: The 1972 Uruguay Plane Crash
On October 13, 1972, a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team, relatives, and friends crashed high in the Andes while travelling to Chile. There were …
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The Day a Whole Town Lost Their Children: the New London School Gas Explosion
On March 18, 1937, a massive explosion tore through a school in New London, Texas, shortly before the end of the school day. Nearly 300 people, most …
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The Mould That Changed The World: The True Story Behind Penicillin
In 1928, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming noticed something strange in a contaminated Petri dish at his London laboratory: bacteria would not gro…
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