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500 Years Before Columbus, Viking Explorer Leif Erikson Was Likely The First European To Set Foot In The Americas

500 Years Before Columbus, Viking Explorer Leif Erikson Was Likely The First European To Set Foot In The Americas

A Norse explorer from Iceland, Leif Erikson is believed to be the first European to reach North America around 1000 A.D. This is his story.
How Did Al Capone Die? Inside The Legendary Chicago Mobster’s Last Years

How Did Al Capone Die? Inside The Legendary Chicago Mobster’s Last Years

By the time of Al Capone's death, the 48-year-old had deteriorated so severely from the advanced syphilis ravaging his brain that he had the mental capacity of a 12-year-old.
Meet Louis Zamperini, The Legendary Olympian Who Became A World War II Hero

Meet Louis Zamperini, The Legendary Olympian Who Became A World War II Hero

Although Louis Zamperini was brutally tortured inside four Japanese POW camps during World War 2, he not only survived, he later forgave his captors.
Meet The Navajo Skinwalker, The Demonic Shapeshifter That Native Americans Won’t Even Mention By Name

Meet The Navajo Skinwalker, The Demonic Shapeshifter That Native Americans Won’t Even Mention By Name

What are Skinwalkers, the shapeshifting witches of Navajo lore, and are they actually real? Inside the mystery of these mythical beasts.
Earliest Evidence Of Ayahuasca Use Discovered In Ancient Shamanic Pouch In Bolivia

Earliest Evidence Of Ayahuasca Use Discovered In Ancient Shamanic Pouch In Bolivia

The indigenous people of South America engage in ayahuasca rituals to this day. This discovery is proof of just how far back its use really goes.
Colleen Ritzer, The Math Teacher Who Was Killed After School By Her Ninth-Grade Student

Colleen Ritzer, The Math Teacher Who Was Killed After School By Her Ninth-Grade Student

Colleen Ritzer was a beloved teacher at Danvers High School in Massachusetts — then 14-year-old Philip Chism raped her and slit her throat with a boxcutter in a bathroom after class on October 22, 2013.
The Story Of Sharon Huddle, The Lawyer Who Was Married To The Golden State Killer

The Story Of Sharon Huddle, The Lawyer Who Was Married To The Golden State Killer

Sharon Marie Huddle was married to Joseph James DeAngelo for more than 40 years. But did she know he was the Golden State Killer?
What Was The Trench Coat Mafia? Inside This Infamous Columbine Myth

What Was The Trench Coat Mafia? Inside This Infamous Columbine Myth

Columbine shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were supposedly victimized outcasts who belonged to a "Trench Coat Mafia" bent on revenge — but none of it was true.
The Truth About Al Capone’s Net Worth And How He Lost Millions

The Truth About Al Capone’s Net Worth And How He Lost Millions

With a vast criminal empire he built in 1920s Chicago, Al Capone's net worth reached the modern equivalent of $1.5 billion.
The Story Of Mae Capone, Who Stood By Al Capone As Syphilis Destroyed His Brain

The Story Of Mae Capone, Who Stood By Al Capone As Syphilis Destroyed His Brain

Born to Irish-American parents in Brooklyn in 1897, Mae Coughlin's life changed forever when she became the wife of infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone.
How Did Avicii Die? Inside His Tragic Suicide

How Did Avicii Die? Inside His Tragic Suicide

Better known by his stage name Avicii, Tim Bergling rose to international fame as an EDM DJ before dying by suicide in 2018.