While studying nursing at UMass Amherst in February 2004, Maura Murray crashed her car in rural New Hampshire — then inexplicably disappeared forever.Maura Murray MissingThe disappearance of Maura Murray has remained a mystery since she went missing in 2004.
At 7:27 p.m. on February 9, 2004, a woman named Faith Westman called the police in Haverhill, New Hampshire to report a car accident on Route 112. A black Saturn appeared to be stuck in a ditch near her home. Read More...
Unearthed in the ruins of the Ospedale dei Fornari hospital, flasks like these were used by European doctors for centuries in order to diagnose diseases like jaundice and diabetes.Sovrintendenza Capitolina/The Caesar’s Forum ProjectRemnants of the urine flasks excavated from a trash dump at Caesar’s Forum in Rome.
Archaeologists in Rome have unearthed a trove of artifacts from the site of a Renaissance-era hospital built atop the ancient Caesar’s Forum. Among these discoveries, most remarkable are 500-year-old urine flasks used for diagnosing ailments in what was one of history’s most bizarre medical practices. Read More...
The well-off meat magnate was luxuriating in his outdoor sauna hut with his girlfriend when the two masked intruders showed up. YouTubeVladimir Marugov was owner of Russia’s Ozyorsky Sausages and Meat Empire sausage factories.
It’s not every day that you hear of a Russian oligarch dubbed the “Sausage King” getting murdered with a crossbow — but that’s exactly what transpired on Monday morning. Living high off the hog as the owner of two prosperous sausage factories, Vladimir Marugov died in his own home sauna. Read More...
