Whether they murdered for profit, pleasure, or both, the impact on the victims, their families, and the community was always the same. The ruthlessness of the following crimes may shock you, so mentally prepare yourself for the brutality to come. 10 The Bloody Benders The Bloody Benders were a family who moved into Osage Township, Kansas, in late 1870. This family of four would end up killing as many as 21 people....
10 Richard Caputo In 1971, Richard Caputo stabbed his girlfriend, Natalie Brown, to death. After he was arrested, it was ruled that he wasn’t mentally competent to stand trial. He was committed to a mental institution where he started a relationship with one of his psychologists, a woman named Judith Becker. Eventually, Caputo was transferred to a minimum-security mental institution where he was given furloughs. On one of those furloughs in October 1974, he strangled Becker and left New York City....
For every shipwreck we understand, there are at least ten which are still shrouded in mystery. They are uniquely haunting places, catastrophes frozen in time and preserved hundreds or even thousands of feet below the surface. Here, we delve into some of the strangest shipwrecks that are still unexplained today. 10 The World Trade Center Ship One of the greatest tragedies of the modern world happened on September, 11, 2001: Four commercial aircraft were hijacked by terrorists and flown toward key landmarks in the US....
Despite all of the beautiful sounds that we hear in nature, that isn’t our focus for today. Instead, we are looking at the animals who don’t sound so pretty. Below, we will outline ten animals who make sounds that are just bizarre. Make sure your volume is turned up before listening to these creepy animal sounds. 10 Walrus Walruses can create a whole bunch of different kinds of noises. You can hear the whole range of noises in the video here....
10 Coyotes, Wolves, And Dogs Are Interbreeding When European settlers made their way through southern Ontario, they killed wolves en masse, decimating their population, to build up farms. By pure chance, the settlers also sparked an evolutionary change that’s given the world a new species: coywolves. Coyotes from the prairies, emboldened by the reduced threat of competing with wolves, moved into their territory. The wolves, which were struggling to find living mates, started to mate with the coyotes and the settlers’ domesticated dogs....
These creatures have more mysteries than they have legs. Inexplicable fossilization, producing milk more nutritious than a cow’s, and spinning graphene-laced silk are just some of the things spiders do that confound scientists. Then there was the spider that received death threats, causing the cops to show up. 10 They Eat More Than Humans The human race consumes an average of 400 million metric tons of fish and meat every year....
10 William Hacket In 1591, William Hacket made a rather meteoric rise from servant to well-off widow’s husband to Jesus Christ. The illiterate former servant had recently married a rich widow and had already reduced them to poverty when he decided that he was capable of performing miracles. This, in turn, obviously made him the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. His followers claimed that the divine aura surrounding him when he prayed was unmistakable....
10Bruce Was Sent To America To Stop His Street Fighting Just like a superhero, Bruce Lee has an origin story. Lee grew up on the streets of Hong Kong in the ’50s. At this time, British-owned Hong Kong was flooded with people trying to escape the repressive communist Chinese government, leading to overcrowding. This meant that Hong Kong was overrun with homelessness, poverty, and crime. As a child, Lee was in a gang called The Tigers Of Junction Street....
This list is about the powerful effect that magic and superstition had on some of the beliefs of ancient Roman society. 10 Magic, Superstition, And Medicine Some of the medical knowledge in ancient Rome was strongly linked to magic and superstition. Pliny the Elder records a number of health tips that few of us would take seriously. Here are some examples. Do not try this at home without medical supervision....
Whether they appear to grow in size, contort their body shape, or create the illusion of change, there are organisms all over the Earth that would find our singular body form boring. Here are 10 surprising shape-shifting organisms. 10 Slime Mold A yellow mass of gel pulsing toward you is the stuff of nightmares. This blob is hungry and searching for food. Bright light scares it and sends it undulating away to find darkness in which to hide....
While people who decide to purchase inflatable sex dolls may treat them with the utmost care, this is not always the case. In memory of those Dutch wives that suffered less-than-pleasant endings, this article will review some of the most terrible fates suffered by blow-up dolls. 10 Nazi Blow-Up Dolls It’s an understatement that the Nazis had some strange plans during their reign, such as attempting to train dogs to talk....
10Corpse Wax Adipocere, or corpse wax, is a fatty substance that occasionally forms during the decomposition of humans and animals. When a corpse is left in moist, airless conditions, corpse wax can encase the remains in a brittle shell. Corpses encased in adipocere are quite a hassle for the owners of graveyards because it prevents recycling grave plots. On the other hand, it can aid forensic scientists and archaeologists during autopsies of very old remains....
But some people are more open-minded about paranormal activity and try to understand the unknown. Are these lost souls from the past? If so, who are they and why do they remain? These 10 prostitutes—whose sadness, despair, anger, and energy apparently refuse to depart this world—may haunt the unsuspecting for centuries to come. 10 Miss Elizabeth And Her Infant ChildGoldfield, Nevada At the beginning of the 20th century, Goldfield, Nevada, was a prosperous mining town where thousands settled with the dream of striking it rich....
10The Kennedy Sister Home Invasion On March 5, 1984, the father of Yleen and Lillie Kennedy went to their house to see why they hadn’t picked him up to take him to a doctor’s appointment. Upon entering their Houston home, he found both of his daughters dead. The younger of the two sisters, Lillie, was the “lucky” one out of the pair—she was only shot in the head. Yleen died a brutal death; she was raped, beaten, and stabbed to death....
Over the years, Jackson planned a number of ambitious projects which never came to fruition. It’s not surprising that details of these ventures made the news. He was the King of Pop, so what else were we expecting? 10 He Almost Bought The Skeleton Of The Elephant Man For the uninitiated, the Elephant Man’s real name was Joseph Carey Merrick. He was called the Elephant Man due to the abnormal growth of his bones and skull, which left him seriously disfigured....
10 Benu The Benu Bird was an Egyptian version of the more well-known phoenix. In Egyptian creation mythology, the Benu bird flew over the surface of chaos, landed, and let out a scream that broke the original primordial silence. This cry was said to decide what would be in this world and what wouldn’t be. Traditionally, the Benu bird closely resembles a heron but has flame-colored feathers and occasionally a human head....
Over time, the effects of lack of sleep are much more serious. Cardiovascular disease, obesity, and severe impairment of cognitive functions are just a few of the ways that sleep deprivation prohibits us from achieving our peak performance. Around 30 percent of the US workforce is clocking less than six hours a night on average, which creates the potential for some serious issues. In fact, some of the biggest disasters in history have stemmed directly from sleep deprivation....
Real life in Rome, though, was quite a bit less glamorous. In a time before modern sanitation and medicine, getting through an average day was a difficult task—and far more disgusting than you could ever imagine. 10 People Washed Their Mouths Out With Urine In ancient Rome, pee was such big business that the government had special taxes in place just for urine sales. There were people who made their living just from collecting urine....
10 HMAS Hobart Although the North Vietnamese had helicopters early in the war, they rarely used helicopters by the middle of the war. Thus, a lot of the UFO sightings from the war revolve around bright floating objects because crews knew that they couldn’t be North Vietnamese helicopters. In June 1968, Australian spotters saw 30 floating lights near the DMZ. Fearing another Tet Offensive–style attack, NATO forces promptly scrambled F-4 fighters and patrol boats to intercept....
10Matt Rayner In the UK, officer Matt Rayner (not his real name) was part of a controversial Metro undercover unit that had been involved with infiltrating dozens of political groups over several decades. Rayner’s assignment, which he carried out for five years between 1991 and 1996, was to pose as an animal rights activist to investigate the activities of a radical group; when one of its members, Geoff Shephard, was released from prison, Rayner struck up a friendship....
