Settled amid the rough beauty of the outback in Western Australia, Wittenoom is a ghost town with a deadly history. It is around 900 miles away from …

Lobotomies are an outdated form of psychiatric treatment that was intended to cure myriad mental ailments. Doctors would physically alter the brain, changing the way that people could process …

In 2013, a woman’s body was discovered in a water tank in Los Angeles; her disappearance would attract the attention of people around the globe. Elisa Lam …

Faceless technology corporations like Google, Amazon, and Apple are worth billions of dollars and seem like magical, circuit-driven monoliths, seemingly inaccessible to the common man.  Most …

At the age of 22, Irma Grese was barely an adult when she was led from her prison cell to be executed. She was a beautiful …

Phineas Gage suffered a head injury that ought to have killed him instantly—but it didn’t. Although he survived a gory accident with an iron rod …

When you think of spiritual dedication, you may think of monks or nuns – people who dedicate their whole existence to a higher power. These …

Barnum & Bailey Circus dubbed itself “The Greatest Show on Earth.” The traveling circus featured trapeze artists, acrobats, clowns, and even a human cannonball. In …

When considering the largest navies in the world during the twentieth century, some obvious contenders come to mind, like the United States and the Soviet …

Today, North Korea is globally known, and sometimes feared, for its antagonism on the global stage. The Kim family, which rules over the nation with …