At the age of 16, Robin Lee Graham had set sail from southern California on his 24-foot sloop, the Dove. He planned to ...

When followers of philosopher John Duns Scotus became the laughingstock of Renaissance-era Europe for their outdated beliefs, their once-fashionable "Duns" caps turned into a symbol of stupidity. In ...

After a catastrophic bird strike, pilot Sully Sullenberger landed in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009 — saving everyone onboard.

A 200-square-mile area in southeastern Massachusetts, the Bridgewater Triangle has long been known as a vortex of unexplained phenomena.

First opened in 1970 and shut down in 2011, the Élan School was the "last resort" for parents of teens with behavioral problems — and allegedly a site of systemic abuse. For some, the idyllic woods of ...

These colorized versions of vintage crime scene photos reveal a unique perspective on the murders, mobsters, and mayhem of decades past.

The Saskatoon police perpetrated a series of "starlight tours" in which they drove Indigenous people to the outskirts of the city and left them to freeze to death.

Philip Chism was just 14 when he murdered his 24-year-old math teacher Colleen Ritzer at Danvers High School before dumping her corpse behind the school.

From powerful priestesses to demonic masters of the occult, the history of witches is a story of the dangers of being a woman in a male dominated world. A fearsome being of fairytale and myth, the ...

These photos of the Dyatlov Pass Incident document the days leading up to the mysterious deaths of nine young hikers — and the investigation into their gruesome deaths.

On September 29, 1978, 15-year-old Mary Vincent accepted a ride from Lawrence Singleton, who then kidnapped her, raped her, and cut off both her arms.

Triboulet served two kings of France in the 16th century, but is crude jokes nearly sent him to the executioner's block more than once.