They called her “Lady of the Swamp.” Margaret Clement lived near the swamps until she vanished. Murder was suspected, but where was her body?
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What is the real history of Dracula? Where did Bram Stoker get inspiration for his vampire? Vlad the Impaler seems only a small contribution.
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Was the theft of the Mona Lisa a blessing in disguise? She became famous after Vincenzo Perugia artfully stole her from the Louvre in 1911.
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The original text of The Emerald Tablet first appeared around 1500 years ago. Does its cryptic message hint at the mystical Philosopher’s Stone?
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During the Elizabethan era, many people believed Agnes Bowker’s cat story when she and witnesses claimed that she gave birth to a monstrous cat creature.
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Despite the pomp of courtly life, King James II lived in troubled times. Shrouded in controversy, James ultimately took the crown as a Catholic.
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Olympic games change over the years. Here is a list of discontinued olympic sports featured in past Olympics that are no longer a part of the modern games.
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The Edinburgh underground city was connected to the construction of the Flodden Wall in 1513. It housed the undesirables and plague victims.
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The Linen Book of Zagreb pertains to an Egyptian mummy found wrapped in a linen with mysterious texts. The language has been identified as being Etruscan.
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The fact that the Mary Rose sunk during the 1545 Battle of the Solent is not disputed. The reason, however, is the topic of debate that goes on to this day.
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The mystery of Edwin Drood is an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens. Authors have tried completing it with the few clues and facts in the book.
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Arguably the earliest instance of a plane whose pilot (and the plane itself) went missing is the 1910 disappearance of an aviator named Cecil Grace.
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Building the Parthenon was costly and labor-intensive. Huge slabs of marble had to be moved from Mount Pentelicus, a journey of ten miles.
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She was the wife of future President Andrew Jackson. But some accused Rachel Jackson of bigamy in this 18th-century scandal. Did she have two husbands?
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Did Adolf Hitler survive World War Two? Officially he committed suicide in April 1945. But some theories point to an escape in Argentina.