Marie Laveau, The Voodoo Queen.
If there was ever a true queen of Voodoo, it was Marie Laveau, a Creole woman born in 1801 to white politician Charles Laveau and […]
Roland Doe And The True Story Of “The Exorcist”.
Horror movies often confront us with the unimaginable, but sometimes the terror is too much to imagine. One of his scariest and most disturbing films […]
1902 eruption of Mount Pelée: Volcano kills 30,000 as governor decides election is more important.
In April 1902, the Mount Pele volcano erupted on Martinique. (Carl Simon/United Archives/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) A few months ago, when the idea […]
A Brief History of Magic Wands.
Wizards, sorcerers, witches, sorcerers and fairies all know that they need wands to enhance their magical powers. These elongated hand-held devices were believed to be […]
The Story of Bikini Atoll, Poisoned Paradise Island.
This is Bikini Atoll, a beautiful paradise in the Pacific islands of Micronesia. But behind this idyllic image lies the harrowing tale of an island […]
Real Places That Are Really Scary.
There are many places in the world that are said to be haunted or cursed. If you’re afraid of ghosts, don’t go to buildings that […]
The Hawaiian Gazette: The First Hawaiian Newspaper Published.
On September 4, 1866, the first newspaper was published in the Hawaiian Islands. For the next 53 years, the Hawaiian Gazette covered all printable news, […]
Consequences of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
On September 11, 2001, the unmarried deadliest terrorist assault in human records became performed with the aid of using the extremist organization al-Qaeda, led with […]
The Largest Land Run In History Was A Ruthless Race.
How fast can you run to get free land? It may sound like a game show premise, but this is a wild west fact, and […]
The University of Toronto research team that discovered insulin.
Diabetes is a deadly disease if untreated, as first noted by the Ancient Egyptians around 1500 B.C.E. Still, until the 1920s, there was no useful […]