Sarah Goode was one of several Black women who received patents in the 1880s. The year after Goode submitted the patent ...

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“I want to be, like, Beatles big, when it’s all said and done. I want to change what’s on the radio.” It was a lofty goal for anyone, let alone a kid who grew up in Point Breeze, a small neighborhood ...

Around 104 C.E., Pliny the Younger sat down to write a letter. “Though my shocked soul recoils, my tongue shall tell,” he told the Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus. Then, Pliny began to describe what ...

If any organized crime group were to embody the core tenets of the mob, the Gambino family would be a sure bet. As one of the “Five Families” of New York City, the Gambino crime family played a ...

The Conjuring is one of the most popular horror franchises ever created. But while the films have terrified audiences for the better part of a decade now, the true horror comes from the fact that The ...

For fans of the paranormal, Ed and Lorraine Warren likely need no introduction. For years, the Warrens were the world’s most famous paranormal investigators, digging into a range of alleged hauntings ...

Jonathan Brandis’ death in 2003 came as a great shock to everyone, both his loved ones and his fans. After all, the former teenage heartthrob was only 27 years old with a seemingly bright acting ...

Leo Tanguma's murals at Denver International Airport weren't supposed to be controversial — but fate had other plans. Denver International Airport has an odd history as the source of countless ...

Scandinavian folklore tells of countless legendary creatures, and one of the most famous is the Kraken. Said to be a squid-like monster capable of destroying entire ships, the Kraken may seem like ...

The legend of Atlantis, a sophisticated island civilization said to have sunk into the ocean’s abyss, has intrigued scholars and enthusiasts for millennia. Originating from Plato’s dialogues, the ...

One of history's most famous — and bloodthirsty — legendary creatures, vampires have terrified human beings for centuries. In 1892, a group of frightened villagers in Exeter, Rhode Island gathered at ...