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White River Junction's Haunted Bridge
The abandoned Route 4 bridgeWhile a modern bridge carries Route 4 traffic across the Connecticut River in the historic Vermont town of White River Junction, motorists cannot help but notice the...
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The Underwater Shrine of Lake Michigan
In the tiny town of Petoskey in northern Michigan, over one thousand curiosity seekers gathered along the shoreline of Lake Michigan last weekend to catch a rare glimpse of a marble statue of Jesus on...
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The Flaming Phantom of Devonshire Street
A strange story from the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Leader, June 30, 1889.
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Forgotten Messiahs: Hannah Martin
Throughout American history, many individuals have appointed themselves as religious prophets. In many cases, some of these self-styled messiahs even managed to amass legions of faithful disciples....
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Taemon Blair: Lynching or Suicide?
Taemon BlairOn the surface, it would appear that Taemon Blair had a bright future. Blair, who graduated from West Charlotte High School in North Carolina as a straight A honor roll student, was a...
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Entire Graveyard Swept Away by Flood
The following story, published in 1873, describes a rather gruesome side effect from the flooding of the Arkansas River near Little Rock-- the washing away of more than five hundred bodies from an old...
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Perps behind world's greatest panty raid still at large
On Sunday, April 7, the Victoria's Secret store at the Capital City Mall in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, became the scene of what is perhaps the greatest panty raid in history, when two female thieves ran...
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Legends of Great Samurai Swordsmiths
MasamuneWeaponry has advanced a great deal since the era of the samurai, but in Japan the ancient art of swordmaking is still regarded with awe and reverence. Not surprisingly, the names and...
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When Ghosts Seek Revenge
Can spirits exact revenge on their enemies from beyond the grave? The following true story was first published in 1901, and was written by a soldier by the name of C.B. Lewis, who was stationed in...
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The Death Crown of Feathers
"A crown of feathers is in the pillow of every sincere Christian at the time of death". This, for many centuries, was a popular saying in Appalachia based on the age-old belief that true Christians...
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The Stone-Throwing Ghost of Wetzel County
Situated along the Ohio River in northwestern West Virginia, rural Wetzel County is home to just fifteen thousand souls. It's county seat, and largest city, is New Martinsville, which boasts five...
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The Gruesome Legend of a Romanian Cathedral
Built in 1517, the Curtes de Arges Cathedral in Romania is one of the most fabled historic sites in the Carpathian region once known as Wallachia. While the imposing limestone structure, which has the...
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The Boys Who Lived in a Barbed Wire Cage
All of the recent political talk about the migrant crisis at the U.S./Mexico border and the alleged caging of immigrant children at ICE detention facilities brings to mind the strange case of Charles...
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6 Surprising Facts About Betsy Ross
With all of the recent controversy over Nike's decision to pull its sneakers inspired by the iconic Betsy Ross flag-- just days ahead of Independence Day-- there's a pretty good chance that many people...
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Paranormal Science: Does a certain protein allow you see ghosts?
Having studied the paranormal for, well, pretty much an entire lifetime, I've often entertained some pretty unconventional ideas and wild theories about the science of ghosts, and have sought answers...
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Did Jeffrey Epstein Fake His Own Death?
We've delved into a lot of conspiracy theories over the years, so when the purported suicide of uber-wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein broke on Saturday morning we contemplated weighing in on the...
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Clementine Barnabet and the Voodoo Cult Murders of 1911
Clementine BarnabetFrom Ted Bundy to John Wayne Gacy, serial killers have fascinated the American public for decades, while becoming household names in the process. However, there was one American...
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Is CBD oil the biggest scam in American history?
Earlier today, while driving to work, I passed six signs in front of various stores hawking CBD oil-- that so-called miracle supplement that can supposedly do everything from relieving pain to...
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Cannibal Ants Escape from Soviet-Era Nuclear Bunker
In a headline that reads more like the plotline of a Cold War-era comic book than a news story, Newsweek has reported yesterday that "up to one million"cannibal ants, which had been trapped inside an...
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Study Finds People Bothered More by Zebra Extinction than Human Extinction
In October, researchers from the University of Oxford published a paper in the journal Scientific Reports on the topic of human extinction, and concluded that more people are bothered by the total...
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