From the time she was eight years old, Kathy Hobbs lived under the shadow of…
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Myths & LegendsArchaeologyHistory
Enuma Elish: Uncovering the Ancient Babylonian Story of Creation
by Gary Mannersby Gary MannersBefore the Book of Genesis was written, the ancient Mesopotamians had their own epic tale…
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Unexplained MysteriesScience & Nature
The Legend of J’ba Fofi: The Giant Spider of the Congo
by Gary Mannersby Gary MannersThe dense, uncharted rainforests of the Congo Basin have long been a fertile ground for…
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Imagine a ghostly wolf padding silently through the darkness ahead of a Norse warrior, or…
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Unexplained MysteriesHistory
Declassified FBI Files Reveal Bizarre Claims of a 1,500mph Nazi Flying Saucer
by Gary Mannersby Gary MannersA newly released trove of declassified government documents has reignited one of the most enduring…
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Unexplained Mysteries
Rauðskinna: The Legendary Icelandic Book of Black Magic
by Gary Mannersby Gary MannersIn the annals of history, few grimoires command as much fear and fascination as Rauðskinna…
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Unexplained Mysteries
Unmasking the Headless Man: The Duchess of Argyll Scandal
by Gary Mannersby Gary MannersIn 1963, Britain was rocked by a divorce case so scandalous it eclipsed even the…
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Science & Nature
The Man with the Golden Arm: How James Harrison Saved 2.4 Million Babies
by Gary Mannersby Gary MannersJames Christopher Harrison, famously known as the “Man with the Golden Arm,” was an Australian…
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Unexplained MysteriesHistory
The Mystery of Bermeja: The Mexican Island That Vanished
by Gary Mannersby Gary MannersThe world around us is constantly changing, but few things are more unsettling than the…
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Unexplained MysteriesArchaeologyMyths & Legends
The Mystery of Kota Gelanggi: A Lost City in the Malaysian Jungle
by Gary Mannersby Gary MannersWithin the dense tropical jungles of Johor, Malaysia, near the Linggiu Reservoir, lies a mystery…
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Major Crimes in HistoryMyths & Legends
The Candy Man: 1974 Halloween Murder Fed America’s Poisoned Candy Myth
by Gary Mannersby Gary MannersOn October 31, 1974, eight-year-old Timothy O’Bryan died after eating a cyanide-laced Pixy Stix in Texas. The poisoner was his father. Joel Best’s decades of case counts have never confirmed a stranger poisoning a trick-or-treater.
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On an August afternoon in 1901, two Oxford academics went looking for the Petit Trianon and came back convinced they had seen Marie Antoinette. Were they walking in 1789, or did memory do the rest?