Missouri State Penitentiary: Some of the tours of infamous prison led by former inmates
The Hope Diamond is thought to carry a curse from Louis XIV to an American heiress
“Evacuate the children, put up the blackout curtains, kill the cat”: The mass pet killings of 1939
Theia, the unknown planetary object devoured to form the Earth and Moon as known today
The hanging of train robber Black Jack Ketchum didn’t go as planned
The Senoi people from the highlands of Malaysia were said to have power over their dreams
From Fireside Chats to ‘War of the Worlds,’ the early days of radio
The murder of Mary Phagan, the 13-year-old who earned 10 cents an hour in a factory
Tortured, starved, alone: Genie, the tragic story of a feral child
Cerro de Potosi: The silver mother lode of the world
