Head Scratchers & Good Stuff to Know

A large group of people showed up at the London Borough Southwark docks after word spread that an angel appeared not long after the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. A photograph of the hovering angel confirmed that something truly divine happened during a time when people needed faith and hope... Sign in to see full entry.

The history of Captain Tony’s Saloon is a bit diabolic in nature when you look at the rich history of the place. Starting out as Key West’s only morgue, it onced housed bodies, and even had a few that were found under the floorboards during construction. The haunted saloon has witnessed murders, and... Sign in to see full entry.

During the construction of the famous Mount Rushmore monument, architect Gutzon Borglum wanted to create a Hall of Chronicles inside the cliff face. For this purpose, he excavated a cave behind the head of Abraham Lincoln. In 1998, more than 50 years after his death, copies of important documents... Sign in to see full entry.

In the early 1900s, down in Arkansas, the man who would come to be known as “Old Mike” was a familiar face in and around the city of Prescott. A traveling salesman, he would swing by each month to sell stationery to homes and local businesses. He occasionally stayed overnight, but he always left the... Sign in to see full entry.

Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 murder mystery novella, "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt," tells the story of Marie Rogêt, a beautiful young Parisian woman whose body was found, battered and bruised, in the Seine River. The tale captivated readers during its day, because, except for the victim's name, and the... Sign in to see full entry.

Old English Remedy Successfully Kills Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Bacteria... By looking outside of the box, researchers turned to old world pratices, and the results were astounding. MRSA is stubborn; in fact t he drug-resistant superbug causes over 80,000 severe infections and 11,000 deaths each... Sign in to see full entry.

Sign in to see full entry.

Sign in to see full entry.

Dubbed one of the most creepy and diabolic places in America, this institution stand's out due to the bizarre circumstances surrounding the care of patients who were committed to the Willard Asylum for the Insane in Upstate New York. They arrived with a suitcase packed with all of the possessions... Sign in to see full entry.

Two days before Christmas, 1927, Santa Claus walked into the First National Bank of Cisco, Texas, followed by several delighted children who had seen him on the street. Then Santa pulled out a gun and robbed the bank. “Santa” was Marshall Ratliff. The bank, despite its impressive name, was nothing... Sign in to see full entry.