Alexander Sawney Bean was a clan leader who killed and cannibalized over 1,000 people. The legend inspired Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes.

There were many notorious killers during the course of human history. But here are five of the most brutal serial killers in the modern age.

Is the Matrix real? In 2001 scientists made their first serious attempt to calculate the resources a universe-sized simulation would require.

The Shell Grotto of Margate is a stunning underground complex covered in 4.6 mil shells. Is it an ancient temple, a calendar, folly, or hoax?

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.