DEATH

It all began in 1952 when then-Princess Elizabeth was caught without a black outfit when the circumstances called for one.

The cause of death in these mysterious cases has, at one time or another, been reported as spontaneous human combustion—but there was often a more realistic explanation.

Find out which national parks have recorded the most fatal incidents in recent years.

The author’s tomb was erected in 1912—and its anatomical correctness was a problem.

On January 30, 1925, Kentucky cave explorer Floyd Collins went underground—and didn’t come out. The epic effort to rescue him gripped national headlines and transformed into a battle between heroism and folly, selflessness and selfishness, life and death.

Catch the blooming of Sydney‘s corpse flower without being exposed to its infamous odor.

The Oregon Trail had 4 to 10 percent death rate, which is lower than you might assume if you’ve played the computer game.

Some New Year’s superstitions and traditions are spookier than others, but these are some of those most memorable from around the world.

What began as a routine renovation revealed Harvard's history of body snatching.

Research (and lots of dry-heaving) has revealed why the flower reeks of weeks-old road kill.

According to a medieval saga, the Norwegian “Well Man” might have been used as a biological weapon.

Get a better sense of how illnesses have shaped history with these gripping reads about history’s most notorious diseases.