The Nutty Putty Cave Tragedy
In a remote stretch of Utah’s wilderness, hidden beneath the Earth’s surface, lies the infamous Nutty Putty Cave. The cave, first discovered in the 1960s, …
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The Green Children of Woolpit
In the heart of Surrey lies an idyllic village named Woolpit. The first recorded mention of the village was in the 10th century, and its …
The Incredible Life of Terry Fox
On July 28th 1958, Betty and Rolland Fox welcomed Terry Stanley Fox into the world, their second of four children. Terry’s name came from his …
Dan Saunders and The $1.6 million ATM Glitch
Imagine if your bank ATM card suddenly started giving you cash even though you had nothing in your account. Not just a few dollars, or …
The Life of Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man
Joseph Merrick walking the streets of Victorian Leicester, England, was a frightening sight. His enlarged head and deformed body were so twisted and unusual that …
Poon Lim, The Man who Survived 133 Days Lost at Sea
You may know the movie called Castaway, starring Tom Hanks. Do you know the definition of castaway? It means shipwrecked or someone lost in a …
Robert Landsburg and the Mount St. Helens Eruption
On May 18th, 1980, the sun broke across the Cascade Mountains in Washington State at 5:36 a.m. to reveal a calm and cool morning. For …
Marina Chapman, The Girl who was Raised by Monkeys
What if everything in your predictable future was changed in a single moment? That’s what happened to Marina Chapman. She was being a kid, and …
The Mysterious Death of Alfred Loewenstein
In 1928, Alfred Leonard Loewenstein was the third richest man in the world, sitting on a fortune worth around £12 million (£929 million today). Wherever …
The Mysterious Case of the Yuba County Five
In February 1978, a group of friends from Yuba City, California, were getting ready to travel to Chico, a town just an hour away, to …