To make it more frightening, H. R. Giger designed an Alien with no eyes
Worst Niagara Falls promotion ever: Sending helpless animals in cages over the waterfall in a “pirate” boat
The Sons of Lee Marvin: a “secret” society founded by directors, actors, and singers who are his proud look-alikes
When the Royal Household criticized her Indian servant Abdul Karim, an angry Queen Victoria called it “racial prejudice”
Trademark of a culture: The horse-drawn Vardo wagons used by the Romani people of Britain
Two people died in Hitler’s complex of tunnels on the island of Jersey after World War II ended
In the 1800s a psychiatrist made a series of photographic portraits of women suffering from mental disorders
Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Whitey Bulger, and other famous criminals who served time at Alcatraz
During the Cold War space race, the CIA once kidnapped a Soviet space probe, studied it for a night, and returned it without anyone realizing
Hawk’s Nest Tunnel of West Virginia: One of the worst industrial disasters in American history
