In 1934, Albert Fish wrote a letter to Grace Budd’s mother and described how he'd murdered her before cutting her into pieces and eating her flesh.Bettmann/Getty ImagesDetails on the envelope of Albert Fish’s letter to the family of Grace Budd led directly to his arrest.
While plenty of Americans spent the Roaring Twenties at wild parties, Albert Fish developed a taste for human flesh. Known as the “Brooklyn Vampire,” he lured children into abandoned homes to kill them. Read More...
It was the size of a car and its teeth were the size of bananas.Mauricio Anton/National GeographicSimbakubwa kutokaafrika
New discoveries are sometimes simply a matter of fate. That’s what happened when paleontologist Matt Borths serendipitously came across the fossils of Africa’s largest carnivorous mammal, one that walked the Earth some 23 million years ago. According to National Geographic, Borths found the animal relics in the drawers of the fossil collection at the Nairobi National Museum in Kenya. Read More...
Witness the incredible five-foot-long 'stache that earned John Roy a decades-long reign as the longest mustache world record holder.John Roy getting his mustache measured in 1977 for Guinness World Records.
Everything old is new again: For proof, take a stroll through a Brooklyn street or peek into any major college campus and check out the abundance of facial hair. Yet no matter how hard people try to bring the mustache back, they will never meet the bar set by Scotsman John Roy, the former record-holder for the longest mustache of all time. Read More...
