The Gruesome Story of Carl Tanzler and His Corpse Bride
Carl Tanzler or sometimes Count Carl von Cosel was a German-born radiologist at the United States Marine Hospital in Key…
Monster Fish Have a Taste For Human Flesh
Long before the dawn of man, before dinosaurs roamed the earth, some 400 million years ago, sharks cruised our oceans.…
Enriqueta Marti: Child Killer Known As The Vampire of Barcelona
Little is known of Enriqueta Martí i Ripollés life before she arrived in Barcelona in the early part of the…
Sawney Bean: A Cannibal Who Lived In a Cave And Killed People
From time to time in the course of human history natural depravity plumbs new depths—and not only during wars. The…
5 Creepy Yet True Urban Legends
The best creepy campfire stories are always the ones that end with the words, “…And it’s all true, because I…
Nightmare Clown: The True Story of Serial Killer John Gacy
John Wayne Gacy was a pillar of society. Behind his public persona and the alter ego Pogo the Clown he…
Boy in the Box: Mystery Of America’s Unknown Child
He has no name and no identity. When his tiny body was discovered inside a cardboard box he was known…
Not Only In Salem… Forgotten Witch Trials In Ohio
March 1st marks the 326th anniversary of the Salem Witch Trials, where two precocious little girls by the names of…
Eastern State Penitentiary Was a Scene of Horror: Ghosts Linger
The prison was an experiment to reform criminals. Inmates were held in solitary confinement, sometimes leading to insanity. Phantom sounds…
The Bloody Benders: America’s First Serial Killer Family
The township of Osage, Labette County, in Kansas was in the early 1870s the scene of at least a dozen…