The Devil’s Footprints
The Devils Footprints was the name given to a peculiar phenomenon that occurred in Devon, England on 8 February 1855. After a light snowfall, during the night, a series of hoof-like marks appeared in the snow.
Read moreThe Devils Footprints was the name given to a peculiar phenomenon that occurred in Devon, England on 8 February 1855. After a light snowfall, during the night, a series of hoof-like marks appeared in the snow.
Read moreSuperstitions and Folklore Characters in Trinidad & Tobago well be similar to other Caribbean countries with slight variations in name of the character
Read moreThe house gained a reputation for being haunted after a series of residents reported unsettling phenomena. In 1929, the story of Borley was heavily covered by the Daily Mirror. Notably, it was investigated by paranormal investigator Harry Price in 1937, who described it as ‘The Most Haunted House in England’, a phrase which caught the imagination of the press.
Read moreThe story of the Coso Artifact has been embellished over the years, but nearly all accounts of the actual discovery are basically the same. On February 13, 1961, Wallace Lane, Virginia Maxey, and Mike Mikesell were seeking interesting mineral specimens, particularly geodes, for their LM&V Rockhounds Gem and Gift Shop in Olancha, California.
Read moreThe Hope diamond has intrigued people for centuries. Its perfect quality, its large size 45.52 carats (9.10 g), and its rare color (fancy deep blue diamond) make it strikingly unique and beautiful, currently housed in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C.
Read moreThere wont be many people reading this list who have not heard of the Amityville horror movie and the majority will no doubt have watched it. What you may not know is that it is based on true events.
Read moreCountess Elizabeth Bathory, was a Hungarian countess from the renowned Báthory family, has often been described as Countess Dracula. She is possibly the most prolific female serial killer in history and is remembered as the ‘Blood Countess’ and as the ‘Bloody Lady of Cachtice’
Read moreAn unnerving trip through Buddhist Hell.At the entrance, a brightly coloured sign proclaims Welcome To Hell, while beyond lies a garish, in-your-face morality tale of sawn torsos, boiling vats and devilish figures tormenting worldly sinners.
Read moreScientists have come a bit closer to achieving the ‘Star Trek’ feat of teleportation. No one is galaxy-hopping, or even beaming people around, but for the first time, information has been teleported between two separate atoms across a distance of a meter about a yard.
Read moreAs a child, Klaus Schmidt used to grub around in caves in his native Germany in the hope of finding prehistoric paintings. Thirty years later, representing the German Archaeological Institute, he found something infinitely more important — a temple complex almost twice as old as anything comparable on the planet.
Read moreThe Tarim mummies are a series of mummies discovered in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, China, which date from 1900 BC to 200 AD. In addition to being very well-preserved finds, controversy flows around them as DNA tests seem to show that they are the result of Asian and Caucasian mating thousands of years before it’s commonly thought that the two peoples intermingled.
Read moreA video showing a girl throwing a man against a wall with her mental powers has been circulating the web. The last thing you need to see when getting a coffee in the morning is a woman assaulting a man by pushing him up against the wall using the power of her mind.
Read moreDo not upset U.S. teenager Calvino Inman too much – or he may see red. Doctors have been left baffled by the 15-year-old Tennessee teenager, who cries tears of blood.
Read moreVoodoo is a religious tradition originating in West Africa, which became prominent in the New World due to the importation of African slaves. West African Vodun is the original form of the religion; Haitian Vodou and Louisiana Voodoo are its descendants in the New World.
Read moreThousands of Irish Catholics have flocked this week to a County Limerick church to pray at the stump of a recently cut willow that many observers say, has the silhouette of the Virgin Mary.
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