The Malleus Maleficarum book for witch hunters justified unfair trials, torture, and murder with the idea that women are evil and form pacts with the devil.
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Unexplained Mysteries
Did Nitocris, First Ancient Egyptian Queen, Truly Exist?
by Mark Millerby Mark MillerNitiqrit, also known as Nitocris, is allegedly the first queen regnant of ancient Egypt. She possibly reigned at the end of the Old Kingdom.
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Unexplained Mysteries
Overtoun Bridge: Where Dogs Leap to their Deaths
by Alan McNairnby Alan McNairnThe Overtoun Bridge dog deaths may rest in their superior sense of smell. Dogs are attracted to the scent of prey and there is plenty below the bridge.
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The Clovis people were one of the first indigenous people to inhabit areas of the Americas about 13,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age.
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The first recorded occurrence of Sweating Sickness, or “English Sweat” took place in 1485. Within months it killed 15,000 people.
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The Long Island Serial Killer has been operating for almost twenty years. He killed, mutilated, and disposed of at least ten victims near Gilgo Beach.
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Codex Gigas is a bizarre book known as the Devil’s Bible. The 3 foot long, 165-pound text contains spells, magic, and an image of Satan.
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Major Crimes in History
The Mystery of Germany’s Hinterkaifeck Farmhouse Murders
by Alan McNairnby Alan McNairnThe Hinterkaifeck murders occurred on March 31, 1922, when six people were butchered to death at a rural homestead in Germany. The case remains unsolved.