On May 31, 1889, the Johnstown Flood killed more than 2,200 people in southwestern Pennsylvania when the long-neglected South Fork Dam suddenly gave way.Like many other towns in the Rust Belt, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a bustling community in the late 1800s and early 1900s when the steel industry was at its height. Tragically, the Johnstown Flood of 1889 wiped out nearly ten percent of the area’s booming population. Located 60 miles east of Pittsburgh, Johnstown was built on a plain between the Little Conemaugh and Stony Creek Rivers, which made the city prone to frequent flooding. Read More...
The trafficker was caught in Miami while trying to transport 29 amazon parrot eggs from Nicaragua to Taiwan.National Audubon SocietyDNA revealed that the eggs were from the yellow-naped amazon and the red-lored amazon, pictured here.
While examining passengers’ bags at Miami International Airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers suddenly heard a strange sound: chirping. The officers looked closer and discovered a man was smuggling parrot eggs. The eggs, they found, were starting to hatch. Read More...
Marc Dutroux, who held six girls prisoner in his basement dungeon between 1995 and 1996, was only arrested after multiple tips and even a visit from the police, where they ignored the cries of his victims below.Wikimedia CommonsA pencil sketch of Marc Dutroux, a Belgian serial killer and child molester.
When young girls started disappearing throughout Belgium in the 1990s, police had every reason to suspect Marc Dutroux.
Not only had his own mother reported to the police that he was keeping girls prisoner in one of his several Belgium homes, but he had already been convicted of kidnapping and raping multiple young women and girls in the 1980s before he was let out on parole in 1992. Read More...
