One of history's most famous — and bloodthirsty — legendary creatures, vampires have terrified human beings for centuries.In 1892, a group of frightened villagers in Exeter, Rhode Island gathered at the town’s graveyard with shovels and a grim task. Slowly but surely, they began to dig up the fresh soil that covered the grave of 19-year-old Mercy Brown. Brown had died about two months earlier, but there was something about her death that unsettled the townspeople. Read More...
Trapped in a loveless marriage and suffering from mental health problems and opium addiction, Empress Wanrong ultimately died alone at age 39 in a prison camp run by Chinese Communist guerillas.Wikimedia CommonsEmpress Wanrong died at 39.
The life and death of Empress Wanrong, who wed the last Emperor of China, is one of monumental distress. The Beijing native came of age after about two millennia of Imperial rule, only to join the royal family in its dying days. Read More...
Here's the unexpected tale of exactly how and why future U.S. president Teddy Roosevelt ended up riding that moose through a lake.Image Source: Imgur
Teddy Roosevelt is one of America’s most beloved presidents and outdoorsmen. He was America’s own invincible man, cheating death at every turn and amassing a list of accomplishments that includes becoming the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize, as well as being the youngest man to be elected president (at the time). Read More...
