The first English settler to successfully cultivate tobacco in Virginia, John Rolfe famously married Powhatan "princess" Pocahontas in 1614.Virginia Historical SocietyA 19th-century depiction of John Rolfe and Pocahontas by James William Glass Jr.
Some years after his arrival in Jamestown, English settler John Rolfe began to struggle with a question of the heart. He’d fallen in love with a “heathen” named Pocahontas, who was held captive by his fellow colonists. In the end, Rolfe decided to marry Pocahontas — the daughter of Chief Powhatan — thus forever cementing their relationship into history. Read More...
According to centuries-old folklore, La Lechuza has the face of an old woman atop the body of an owl and she preys on drunk men and children in the dead of night.Getty ImagesSome stories claim that La Lechuza is a witch, while others say it is an owl sworn to do a witch’s bidding.
Along the border of Northern Mexico and Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, there are whispers of a creature known as La Lechuza, a seven-foot owl with a woman’s face whose cries can be heard at night, enticing victims to wander into her clutches. Read More...
For nearly a decade in the mid-Victorian era, Mary Ann Cotton poisoned a string of her husbands for their insurance money as well as anyone else who got in her way — including 11 of her own children.In 1872, the widow Mary Ann Cotton wanted to marry for the fifth time. Her previous husbands had almost all died under mysterious circumstances and she was forced to watch over her seven-year-old stepson, Charles Edward Cotton, whose care now prevented her from remarrying. Read More...
