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The Porn Star Kamikaze Pilot
Mitsuyasu Maeno was Japan's last kamikaze pilot, but there were a couple of other interesting things about him. First off, he was BORN in 1946, a year after World War 2 ended. Second, he was one of J…
Published on 8 hours ago
The Giant Who Helped Win The American Revolution
Peter Francisco was an absolute mountain of a man who served in the Continental Army during the American Revoltuion as a teenager. Often refered to as the Virginia Giant, this Portugese orphan turned…
Published on 1 week ago
Animal Cruelty Was Beer Pong For 1600s Germany
For about a hundred or so years between the 17th and 18th centuries, a favorite German party pastime was… throwing animals high into the air and then watching them fall, get crippled, and be clubbed …
Published on 2 weeks ago
Europe's Vampire Hysteria
After the death of a local farmer, Petar Blagojević, a small Serbian town went into full vampire paranoia as nine other villagers suddenly dropped dead after claiming to see Blagojević risen from the…
Published on 3 weeks ago
The Ghost Kings of England
Does anyone have more unfinished business than a king or queen? Not in England, where the ghosts of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Queen Victoria, King George III, Prince Albert, and more seemingly haunt e…
Published on 4 weeks ago
The Cult That Inspired David Koresh
The Koreshan Unity cult is NOT the infamous Waco commune the FBI barbecued in the 90s. Rather, it's a turn-of-the-century Florida cult founded by a man who so badly electrocuted himself that he woke …
Published on 1 month ago
The Butcher of Plainfield Ed Gein
Ed Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield or Plainfield Ghoul, was an American killer and body snatcher who committed unspeakable crimes in Wisconsin in the 1950s. His nightmare farm was fille…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
The Bloody Benders
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Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Amelia Earhart Files
Pioneering female aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared forever on July 2nd, 1937. It has never been determined what happened to Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. Now, the Trump Administration has…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The History of Panty Raids
After World War II, panty pandemonium struck American college campuses and organized raids of female dorms became a common prank. If your grandpa went to college in the 1950s, there's a good chance h…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago