Experience the terror of the Mermaid Inn, the Hotel Cecil, and more of the world's most haunted hotels — and learn their stories of murder, mayhem, and mystery.To this day, scores of hotels around the world purport to be haunted. Some claim that malevolent spirits stalk their grounds. Others claim that the grisly crimes that unfolded in their halls in decades past left an evil energy behind. And some claim to house guests who checked in decades or even centuries ago — and never checked out. Read More...
From Marcellus Gilmore Edson's game-changing peanut paste to John Harvey Kellogg's famous patent, meet the men credited with inventing peanut butter.Many Americans believe that George Washington Carver invented peanut butter. But while the pioneering agricultural scientist did create hundreds of new ways to use peanuts, peanut butter was actually not one of them. So who invented peanut butter? When was it first created? And how did it become one of the most iconic foods in the United States? Read More...
During the Red Summer of 1919, white mobs — fueled by racial animosity, Communist paranoia, and yellow journalism — attacked Black communities across the United States with impunity.Getty ImagesChildren cheer outside an African-American residence that they set on fire during the Red Summer of 1919.
Not long after World War I, a series of race riots instigated by white mobs erupted in some 25 cities in the U.S. Hundreds were killed and countless more were injured. Read More...
