Nicosia International, Cyprus Wikimedia CommonsTaken over by political insurgents in the 1970s, this abandoned airport now sits in decay.
Built in the 1930s, Nicosia was intended to be a military airfield, but its use was gradually expanded. Now, it’s primarily known as being the focal point of a military coup by Greek Nationalists in 1974.
When Turkish forces invaded Cyprus with the intent of uniting the country with Greece and declaring the Hellenic Republic, Nicosia airport fell into the second sector of the demilitarized zone, commercial travel halted in 1977, and it became one of the world’s bleakest abandoned airports. Read More...
After Noela Rukundo's husband hired hitmen to kill her, they not only refused to do so — but they also gave her evidence of her husband's attempted murder.In January 2015, Noela Rukundo of Melbourne, Australia, flew to the African country of Burundi for her stepmother’s funeral. Little did she know that when she returned home a month later, she’d be attending her own funeral. What happened in between is a nightmare that still haunts her. Read More...
His family was killed, he was taken as a slave, and he lived in the Bronx Zoo's monkey house as a human exhibit. This is the story of Ota Benga.Ota Benga on display at the Bronx Zoo in 1906. Image Source: Wikimedia Commons
On March 20, 1916, a 32-year-old African man named Ota Benga shot himself in the heart while being held against his will in the United States. Benga’s short, sad life was shaped by colonial avarice justified by the quack science of eugenics. Read More...
