Did the Russian aristocrat Elisabeth Demidoff really offer the family fortune to anyone who would spend a year and a day in her tomb?

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Science has revealed historical truths about mummies, but they just can't shake their association with curses, myths, and Halloween.
This Nyack, New York, house has such a notorious reputation for being haunted that the state's Supreme Court ruled the sellers had to warn buyers what they were getting into .
Doll's Head Trail in Atlanta's Constitution Lakes Park doubles as a found art exhibit—but the pieces on display are much creepier than what you'd find in a normal museum.
From cube-shaped wombat poop to postmen’s scrotal temperatures, these weird science experiments have taught us a lot.
In Heinz-sight, UK resident Steve Smith should have decided on take-out for his Tuesday night dinner.
Mortician Caitlin Doughty explains why you can’t take a human skull home, from a lack of dermestid beetles to vague abuse-of-corpse laws.
A Dairy Queen in Greenwood, South Carolina, has been forced to fight back against a slate of recent claims that their burgers are made of ... people.
Saying Bielefeld doesn't exist is a common joke in Germany, and now the city is offering a big prize to anyone who can find truth behind the statement.
The pumpkin spice craze has officially infiltrated the canned meat industry, and it might actually be delicious.
If your lungs are sending you signals to stop hitting those high notes, it’s probably a good idea to listen to them.
Death was just the beginning for the embalmed noggin of former Lord Protector of England, Ireland, and Scotland Oliver Cromwell.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for … horse flesh ice cream? Okay, so maybe “we all" don’t. But some people do. A lot of people, in fact. Lobster, foie gras, and ghost pepper, too.
The very English vandal has a distinctive way of ripping the books’ pages and also has a favorite genre: true crime.
Feral chicken flocks are crowing at dawn, chasing joggers, and trampling local gardens on Jersey, a UK Channel Island.
The Magnolia Hotel—supposedly haunted by a total of 13 ghosts—will soon open its doors to overnight visitors.
Robert Ripley traveled the globe to bring his readers fascinating facts, but it was his lone researcher who came up with most of them while sitting in the New York Public Library.
If you find yourself in the Keystone State, your chances of sneaking a peek at a Sasquatch just went up.
If you mourn the end of every box of KFC, keep this resin-preserved drumstick on your shelf and admire it forever.
These divination methods—using chickens, entrails, and even cheese—show our ancestors were pretty inventive when it came to trying to predict the future.
The agency recently released documents revealing it had tested at least two samples of hair purporting to belong to Bigfoot. The results were surprising.
Instead of listening to relaxing music and breathing deeply, practitioners of rage yoga are encouraged to scream and curse their stress away.
In the 1970s, people flocked to the tiny Illinois town in anticipation of the world's end. It didn't go as planned.
Being hounded by paparazzi dedicated to snapping a photo of every inane part of celebrity life is a given when you’re famous. But that doesn’t mean that most celebrities enjoy it.