When Rudolph Valentino died in 1926, over 100,000 people swarmed the streets of New York City in riots during the funeral and several women committed suicide News Glamour
In 1980, chemist Glenn Seaborg solved a centuries-old problem in alchemy and turned a non-precious metal into gold News
That time when the US Delta Force blasted Van Halen, The Clash, and AC/DC’s music for three days to force Manuel Noriega out of the Vatican Embassy News Strangeness
The best way to get rich during the California Gold Rush was by selling mining pans for nearly $250 in today’s dollars and eggs for $92 each Lifestyle
“America’s Best Girl” stole the nation’s heart by swimming the English Channel in 1926, and later dedicated herself to the deaf children she taught to swim Lifestyle
A disturbed doctor fell in love with his dying patient and lived with her corpse for seven years Strangeness
Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the story of her life in “Little House on the Prairie” with the help of a professional journalist who knew how to heighten drama—her daughter Lifestyle
When a Hollywood producer died shortly after a wild party on William Randolph Hearst’s yacht, there were whispers Charlie Chaplin was involved Glamour Strangeness
Chilling photos document the contents of abandoned suitcases left behind by patients of the Willard Asylum News Strangeness