These historic photos of President John F. Kennedy's assassination and autopsy reveal the devastation that unfolded in Dallas in November 1963.

Described as a reptilian creature with spines along its back, the Chupacabra is a legendary creature of the American Southwest known for attacking livestock and drinking their blood. Few cryptids are ...

Located between the Texas towns of Denton and Copper Canyon, the Old Alton Bridge is also known as "Goatman’s Bridge" for its terrifying legend of a half-goat demon.

That’s because White Boy Rick wasn’t a drug lord — he was an FBI informant. At the age of 14, the FBI taught Wershe how to deal drugs and planted him inside one of the city’s most dangerous gangs. But ...

Throughout history, criminals have been subjected to punishments that now seem needlessly grisly and barbaric. And notable among these was the gibbet. Popular in 18th-century England, gibbeting ...

The rule of omertà is brutally simple: never talk to the authorities about criminal activities of any kind or committed by anyone — even mortal enemies.

Is the legend of the Moon-Eyed people proof that Welsh explorers landed in America more than 300 years before Columbus? Cherokee legend is full of incredible tales. But one of the most fantastic — and ...

Known as China's "ghost cities," newly built cities like Kangbashi, Yujiapu, and Meixi Lake are home to futuristic buildings and infrastructure — but virtually no people.

Simo Häyhä has the most confirmed kills of any sniper on record — and he endured astonishing conditions to earn that title.

Kendrick Johnson was found dead in January 2013 in a rolled-up gym mat at Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia. Was it a terrible accident or something more sinister? On January 11, 2013, the body ...

In fact, most historians doubt that the chastity belt existed at all. Rather, it seems to have been a metaphor or a joke. So, what is a chastity belt? What Was The Chastity Belt?

After a catastrophic bird strike, pilot Sully Sullenberger landed in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009 — saving everyone onboard.