Herman Webster Mudgett – better known under the name of Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, was one of the first documented American serial killers. In Chicago at the time of the 1893 World’s Fair, Holmes opened a very strange hotel which…
What are the worlds biggest unexplained mysteries ? Mystery deepens over world’s biggest explosion 110 years ago in Russia. The Hinterkaifeck Mystery The shocking mystery of the SS Ourang Medan Lost in Panama – The unexplained mystery of Kris…
This incredible underwater city, trapped in time, is 1341 years old. Shicheng, or Lion City, is located in the Zhejiang province in eastern China. It was submerged in 1959 during the construction of the Xin’an River Hydropower Station. 1,078 large…
This is a real picture, but is it a hoax? Pteranodon is a genus of pterosaurs that included some of the largest known flying reptiles. They held a wingspan of over 6 meters (20 ft) and existed in North America,…
Most people are familiar with the basic plot of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Few people realize, however, that there was a real life Dr. Hyde who also mixed dangerous chemicals and changed…
Very few resorts will get as ghostly as the Kupari luxury resort in Croatia, which hasn’t seen any paying guests since its last season more than 20 years ago. Kupari is a bay on the Adriatic Sea in an area…
The Ryugyong Hotel sometimes spelled as Ryu-Gyong Hotel), or Yu-Kyung Hotel, is an unfinished 105-story, 330-metre-tall (1,080 ft) pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name (“capital of willows”) is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang. The building…
What Is Abscam? In February of 1978, the FBI recruited Melvin Weinberg, a convicted con artist, to assist them in their pursuit of two stolen paintings. Through continued collaboration with the art and insurance fraud expert, the organization’s operation evolved…
Lonely locations You’ve heard of a one-horse town, but what about a one-person town? Scattered throughout the U.S. are places with populations you can count on one hand — and sometimes one finger. Some of these places were evacuated after…
Abandoned North Brother Island, New York North Brother Island, located in between Queens and the Bronx in New York, has a long and fascinating history. The entire island has now been abandoned for nearly 50 years. A morbid past…
In scenes reminiscent of a disaster film, residential streets and major thoroughfares have emerged from the city’s harsh winter unable to withstand the pressure from daily traffic. Giant holes in the ground have opened up swallowing cars, trucks and public…
