Richard Speck Netflix/YouTubeLeft: Jack Erdie as Richard Speck. Right: Richard Speck.
When Corazon Amurao answered a knock on the door of the townhouse she shared with several other nursing student on Chicago’s South Side on July 13, 1966, she opened to find Richard Speck pointing a gun at her. What happened next over the next several hours would become one of the most notorious mass murders in American history. The complete unbridled rage that Richard Speck unleased on his victims, which left eight of them dead, has been an openly debated topic in criminological and psychological circles. Read More...
The busted-up busts were of "minor figures" but were nailed to their displays inside the Galleria Chiaramonte of the Museo Chariamonti, part of the Vatican Museums. Lothar M. Peter/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesThe Chiaramonti Museum at the Vatican in Rome.
On Oct. 5, 2022, an American tourist visiting the Vatican was apparently so enraged that he wasn’t allowed to see the Pope, he threw a tantrum and destroyed two 2,000-year-old Roman sculptures on his way out. Read More...
From bizarre gravity to the devastation of World War II, here are the possible explanations behind the Crooked Forest of Krzywy Las.Just outside the town of Gryfino in western Poland sits a forest that looks like it came straight out of a fairytale. The Crooked Forest Flickr
In the Crooked Forest (known locally as Krzywy Las), about 400 pine trees do indeed grow crookedly with full 90-degree curves at their bases that bend towards the north. Read More...
