Jonestown, the site in Guyana where more than 900 followers of cult leader Jim Jones died in a mass murder-suicide in 1978, ...

More than 300 years ago, a Portuguese ship carrying treasure, important religious figures, and hundreds of enslaved Africans ...

In the 1960s, a winged creature known as the Mothman stalked the Point Pleasant area of West Virginia and allegedly foretold of the Silver Bridge collapse that killed 46 people.

The CIA allegedly implemented Operation Mockingbird during the Cold War to infiltrate the American media, spread propaganda, and manipulate public opinion.

In an incident known as the Phoenix Lights, hundreds in Arizona and Nevada witnessed a fireball go across the sky followed by the appearance of a V-shaped craft. The sun had just set on March 13, 1997 ...

Ever since it was gifted to Robert Eugene Otto in 1904, Robert the Doll has haunted Key West, Florida with its paranormal powers.

If local legends are to be believed, this Deep South plantation was the site of great suffering that inspired several restless spirits that haunt the living to this very day.

Throughout history, criminals have been subjected to punishments that now seem needlessly grisly and barbaric. And notable among these was the gibbet. Popular in 18th-century England, gibbeting ...

The rule of omertà is brutally simple: never talk to the authorities about criminal activities of any kind or committed by anyone — even mortal enemies.

What are Skinwalkers, the shapeshifting witches of Navajo lore, and are they actually real? Inside the mystery of these mythical beasts. The legend of the shapeshifting entity known as the Skinwalker ...

Is the legend of the Moon-Eyed people proof that Welsh explorers landed in America more than 300 years before Columbus? Cherokee legend is full of incredible tales. But one of the most fantastic — and ...

Jeanne Calment lived to be the oldest woman in the world at a reported age of 122 years and 164 days, though some have claimed her age was a hoax.