Jonestown, the site in Guyana where more than 900 followers of cult leader Jim Jones died in a mass murder-suicide in 1978, ...

Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.

The wreck of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese treasure ship seized by pirates in 1721, has been identified near ...

An Australian potato farmer from Beech Forest, Victoria, Cliff Young won the 544-mile Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon in 1983 at the age of 61.

Over the years, more than 20,000 people have vanished in the region between Anchorage, Juneau, and Utqiagvik known as the "Bermuda Triangle of Alaska." ...

The Piri Reis map was created in 1513, 260 years before James Cook discovered Antarctica. So why was it on this world map?

Starting in the 16th century, some Italian parents had their sons castrated so that they could become castrati, singers with high-pitched voices.

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.

The mysterious murder of Rodney Marks has gone unsolved for over 17 years and the investigation is still ongoing.

Elvis Presley was known for being extremely close with his mother Gladys Presley. When she tragically died of a heart attack in 1958, he would never be the same again. Elvis Presley spent much of his ...

Wide skirts were all the rage among Victorians — but the extremely flammable nature of crinolines meant that women routinely burned alive while wearing them. They say pain is beauty. But for many ...

From declarations of love and remembrances of old friends to hilarious insults directed at locals, the Pompeii graffiti preserved since 79 A.D. is a raunchy sight.