By far Gustave Eiffel’s most well-known work, the Eiffel Tower was designed for the 1889 World’s Fair to celebrate the 100th ...

In 1900, the lighthouse keepers on a remote Scottish island vanished. The official report called it an accident. But suspicious clues – and a puzzling logbook – point to a darker explanation.

In the 1970s, hundreds of threatening letters flooded a small Ohio town from an author who claimed to know everyone's secrets.

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." ...

How and why the Liberty Bell cracked is difficult to determine, but there are many theories that explain the origin of the iconic symbol's beloved flaw. Of all the symbols of American independence, ...

According to centuries-old Mexican and Tejano folklore, La Lechuza is a bloodthirsty, shapeshifting owl with the face of an old witch known as a bruja.

A 200-square-mile area in southeastern Massachusetts, the Bridgewater Triangle has long been known as a vortex of unexplained phenomena.

On September 29, 1978, 15-year-old Mary Vincent accepted a ride from Lawrence Singleton, who then kidnapped her, raped her, and cut off both her arms.

In the 1970s, a serial killer targeted young girls in Rochester, New York who had the same first and last initials.

For 15 years, Charles Cullen slipped fatal doses of drugs into his patients' IVs — earning him the nickname the "Angel of Death." Throughout his 16-year medical career, Charles Cullen bounced back and ...

Since 1956, some 700 people have died in Georgia's Lake Lanier, which was built on top of the historically Black town of Oscarville — leading many to suspect that it’s haunted.

When followers of philosopher John Duns Scotus became the laughingstock of Renaissance-era Europe for their outdated beliefs, their once-fashionable "Duns" caps turned into a symbol of stupidity. In ...