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 ...

In January 1959, a group of young hikers set off on a journey through the Ural Mountains in then-Soviet Russia. About a month later, all of the hikers were discovered dead and scattered around their ...

If Giulia Tofana's confessions are to be believed, then the lethal potion maker is among the most prolific serial killers in history. Giulia Tofana was a 17th-century professional poisoner who sold ...

Many Americans are taught that the Pilgrims and Indians gathered for a historic feast at Plymouth in 1621, but the true story of the first Thanksgiving is far more complicated. For as long as anyone ...

Teddy Roosevelt, Helen Keller, and other revered historical figures who supported the eugenics movement at the height of its pre-WWII popularity.

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 ...

On Oct. 22, 2013, a ninth grader at Danvers High School in Massachusetts named Philip Chism did the unthinkable. At just 14, he brutalized his 24-year-old math teacher, Colleen Ritzer. The reportedly ...

The Sea Peoples terrorized Egypt and the Mediterranean during the Bronze Age, but their identity and origins remain mysterious to this day. In the 12th century B.C.E., Bronze Age civilizations began ...

Often described as spiritual messengers and attendants of God, Biblically accurate angels sometimes look very different from what you'd expect. In modern times, Biblical angels are almost always ...

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 ...

More than 20,000 people have vanished in the stretch of forest between Utqiagvik, Anchorage, and Juneau known as the Alaska Triangle — and some say paranormal forces may be to blame. The Bermuda ...

When her Nicoleño tribe left California's Channel Islands for the mainland, Juana Maria stayed behind for 18 years. The classic 1960 novel Island of the Blue Dolphins still captures the imaginations ...