Who is really who when your mind is playing games? — The end of my shift was growing closer. It was my turn to close up shop tonight, so everyone else had already left. My body felt so worn out from the long shift. All I wanted was to go home and fall into my bed. I finish cleaning up. …

Prove me wrong. Or right. — These days, the found footage genre probably feels more overdone to excess, and no one can really be blamed for feeling that way given the sheer number of movies that have been, and still are, being done in this genre to today. The fact that found footage films are generally…

The story of a legendary vagabond, also known for wearing a suit from hand-made leather. — A legend was born one day after a vagabond gained fame for traveling between western Connecticut and eastern New York from 1857 to 1889; in addition to his fixed travel route, the Leatherman also became known for wearing clothing constructed entirely from hand-made leather. …

The time a gorilla forever changed how humans viewed the species forever. — When we think of heroes, we tend to think of fictional superheroes in comics or movies or acts of kindness, heroics from strangers or loved ones in real life. From mothers lifting cars off of children, pulling strangers up from train tracks, to anything a police officer, firefighter or EMT…

How a pigeon saved over 100 lives during World War I. — On October 3, 1918, with WWI going on, Major Charles White Whittlesey and nearly 200 men found themselves trapped behind enemy lines. They had neither food or ammunition. Even worse, friendly fire from allied troops began to fire in their direction, with the latter not aware of their location. Surrounded…

In 1997, 14-year old Kevin McClam vanished into the night. His disappearance remains unsolved. — Teen mysteriously vanishes one night after telling his family he was going to stay up to play more video games. He has not been heard from since. On March 30, 1997, 14-year old Kevin Lamont McClam was last seen at his family’s home in Goose Creek, South Carolina at 1…

The intriguing (real) case of a woman incapable of feeling fear. — Fear. Arguably the one emotion we all wish we could do without, though it has its purpose, warning of the potential of physical danger but at the same time could prevent us from taking leaps of faith on chances in the event of risking rejection (e.g., asking someone out on…

The Unsolved Disappearance of Mary Virginia Carpenter — Just over seven decades ago, a 21-year-old woman traveled to the campus of her new college by train and a taxi. However, after being dropped off, she mysteriously vanished without a trace. On June 1, 1948, Mary Virginia Carpenter set out to the campus of her new college, Texas State…

The story behind a famously “vocal” seal named Hoover. — A family finds and adopts an orphaned seal pup who later proves to possess an uncanny ability at imitating human speech. On May 5, 1971, on the shore of Cundy’s Harbor, Maine, a man named Scottie Dunning discovered a small male harbor seal pup without its mother. After failing to…

What started as a harmless fundraising publicity stunt ultimately ended in a catastrophe. In 1986, an attempt at breaking a world record with balloons occurred in Cleveland, Ohio. …

The story of how a teen became known as the “Radioactive Boy Scout” A teen boy scout’s chance encounter with local authorities leads to an alarming discovery that none present at the scene could have anticipated.

The story behind a boy who joined the war at seven. As a great war raged on, a young Serbian boy returned home to find his family dead and his home burned down. …

Edward and Stephania Andrews left a cocktail party in 1970. What happens next no one knows. Background At the time of their disappearance, the couple, both aged 62, lived in Arlington Heights; Edward was working as a manager and bookkeeper for a Chicago manufacturer, while Stephania worked as a credit investigator…

The only confirmed member was eventually found…dead. Nearly a century ago, the Denver Mint was robbed in Colorado one morning in a case that remains unsolved to this day. Mint Job On December 18, 1922, a day like any other as a Federal Reserve Bank truck sat outside the U.S. Mint in…

Loved ones receive strange emails, seemingly from beyond the grave. — In June of 2011, Jack Froese died from an arrhythmia at 32, leaving all of his loved ones devastated by his passing. They never expected what came next. By this point, any one of us would hope to get a sign from the afterlife before the grief period ends and…

The Space Rock and a Car — Many a space rock have made their marks throughout history, both literally and metaphorically. Just a month from today actually would mark 28 years since a particular hunk of rock not from this world had made such a lasting impression. Today, I’m talking about the Peekskill meteorite of 1992. The Descent On…

The historic partnership between man and beast. Established in 1843, the NSW town of Eden nestles less than 25 miles from the Victoria border. Named after George Eden, the British Secretary for the colonies, the breath-taking landscape also fitted the name. Eventually, seamen, many of which were whalers, would take…

The story of ‘Ming of Harlem.’ It could only happen in NYC. In a housing complex in Harlem fifteen-years ago, a new page in the Big Apple’s already storied history was unexpectedly written thanks, in part, to a big cat found within the concrete jungle. “There’s a tiger next door…” On October 3, 2003, the…

In 1991, a faceless robber killed four unarmed guards and stole nearly $200,000 before evading justice. — On Sunday, June 16, 1991, at approximately 5:04 a.m. at the United Bank Tower located at 17th Avenue and Lincoln Street in Denver, Colorado, an alarm went off in a basement storage room. Records of the incident after the fact showed that a guard had turned it off, taking no…

In 1994, an unusual rainstorm rained down on the city of Oakville, Washington. — On August 7, 1994, a rainstorm unlike any other descended upon the city of Oakville, WA, with a population of 723, unleashing not raindrops but rather these mysteriously translucent, and gelatinous blobs. The ‘blob rain’ reportedly came down in torrents, and covered as much as twenty square miles. …