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5 Theories About Amelia Earhart's Disappearance

Amelia Earhart vanished in 1937.

5 Theories About Amelia Earhart's Disappearance

Don’t Look Up's Ending Explained: Does Everyone Die?

L to R: Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, and Jennifer Lawrence in Adam McKay's Don't Look Up (2021).

Don’t Look Up's Ending Explained: Does Everyone Die?

The Animal Most Likely to Kill You in Each State

Beware of large, hoofed beasts.

The Animal Most Likely to Kill You in Each State

How One Small English Village Sacrificed Itself to Stop the Plague From Spreading

The plague devastated Eyam in the 17th century.

How One Small English Village Sacrificed Itself to Stop the Plague From Spreading

9 Victims of King Tut's Curse (And One Who Should Have Been)

Those on Howard Carter’s (pictured) team fell victim to King Tut’s curse—though Carter himself was spared.

Robert the Doll, Ötzi the Iceman, and 8 Other Reportedly Cursed Objects

Be nice to Robert the Doll.

Read About Cannibal Leonarda Cianciulli in This Excerpt From She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women

Leonarda Cianciulli's baked goods boasted some secret ingredients.

11 Secrets of Paranormal Investigators

Paranormal investigators explore what goes bump in the night—and here's what they had to say about what their job is really like.

The Mystery Behind the 19th-Century New England Vampire Panic

The Brown family was involved in New England’s vampire panic.

The Ghost Who Helped Solve Her Own Murder

Elva Zona Heaster.

When Marie and Pierre Curie Investigated a Psychic Medium

The psychic medium Eusapia Palladino

11 Facts About Día de los Muertos

Sugar skulls are just one part of Día de los Muertos.

20 Halloween-Like Traditions From Around the World

Participants standing in front of an altar during Día de los Muertos

11 Terrifying Urban Legends That Turned Out to Be True

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9 Awesomely Odd American Curiosity Shops You Should Visit

Erin McCarthy

Why Do Fire Departments Have Chaplains?

Chaplains sometimes suit up, too.