Experts believe Shakespeare’s head was stolen from the church in the late 1700s. Read the theories why and what ground penetrating radar has determined.

An old and most endearing Polish folklore tells of Smok, the Wawel dragon. Smok lived on Wawel Hill and terrified Krakow’s early settlers.

The Isdal Woman is one of Norway’s most famous unsolved mysteries. Her body was found in Bergen, Norway in 1970.

There are disturbing rites of passage that may seem taboo to us but are normal for other cultures. Here are some of the most intriguing.

Parasites feed upon other living bodies and are more common than one would suspect. Here are five examples of known parasites in humans.

The Gospel of Mary was discovered in a Cairo bazaar in 1896. If it is genuine, then Mary Magdalene had a crucial role in early Christianity.

Leatherman is one of the most mysterious men that ever lived. Nobody knew who he was and he got his name from his rather unique appearance.

A 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy is buried in Middlebury, Vermont. Amum-Her-Khepesh-Ef was believed to be a two-year-old Egyptian prince.