The skeletons had been bent and folded up in piles — and scientists believe that's what kept them from being eroded by the archipelago's acidic soil.INRAPBurial No. 67, whose subject was buried in a semi-seated position like dozens of others.
In preparation for a future housing project, officials in Gran-Terre, Guadeloupe, asked government researchers to comb the site for anything historically significant that could be erased. Although finding salvageable remains in the acidic soil of the volcanic region was unlikely, the National Institute for Preventative Archaeology Research (INRAP) found 113 pre-Columbian graves. Read More...
Many Americans know the Hatfields and McCoys infamously didn't like each other, but just how bad was the animosity between these two families on the West Virginia-Kentucky border?In December 1864, Asa Harmon McCoy left the Union Army and returned to his home in Kentucky. Just 13 days later, he was dead, murdered by a group of pro-Confederate guerrillas led by a man named Jim Vance. Vance was the cousin of “Devil” Anse Hatfield, head of the prominent Hatfield family from neighboring West Virginia, and the murder he committed would turn out to be the start of one of the most famous blood feuds in history between the Hatfields and McCoys. Read More...
These myths and horror movies based on true stories feature paranormal spirits, demons, and tales of brutal murders, and while every single one is undoubtedly terrifying, they're also all very real.Getty ImagesEdward Theodore Gein, the inspiration for Leatherface, Buffalo Bill, and more.
They say the truth is stranger than fiction and nothing illustrates that better than these 13 terrifying myths and horror movies based on true stories.
Horror movies are all inherently scary, but the ones that feature the cryptic “based on a true story” tagline seem to incite a deeper kind of fear in people. Read More...
