When the Auschwitz guards condemned a man to die, Maximilian Kolbe took the man's place and sacrificed his own life.Wikimedia CommonsMaximilian Kolbe
In 1906, a 12-year-old Polish boy named Rajmund Kolbe claimed to receive a strange and life-changing vision.
In the vision, he said the Virgin Mary presented him with two crowns, one white and one red, and asked him if he was willing to accept either of them. He later said that if he accepted the white crown, it would mean that he would “persevere in purity,” while his acceptance of the red crown would mean that he would become a martyr. Read More...
Steven Spielberg may have given us a glimpse into the astounding world of dinosaurs, but there are quite a few more weird dinosaurs you need to see.The Weirdest Dinosaurs: Pliosaurs The pliosaur was a marine reptile that haunted the oceans throughout the late Jurassic period. The bizarre beast had a short neck, huge jaw and a massive skeleton – 8 feet of which accounted for just its head – and is considered one of the most powerful killing machines of its age. Read More...
Jeffrey Dahmer's mother struggled with mental illness while raising her son and never recovered from the guilt once his crimes came to light.Joyce FlintJeffrey Dahmer’s mother Joyce Dahmer along with Jeffrey (left) and her other son, David.
When society tried to comprehend the case of Jeffrey Dahmer, the cannibalistic serial killer convicted of murdering 17 boys and men from 1978 to 1991, criminologists turned to his mother, Joyce Dahmer, for insight. Read More...
