Jerome London

Here’s the story of the only collision between two ocean liners in world history.

She was a headstrong, impetuous, rule-breaking woman in an era when women were expected to look pretty and keep their mouths shut. And she was acting this way over 100 years ago, making her one of the first modern American feminist heroes.

For three sweltering days in July 1863, Pennsylvania’s Gettysburg battlefield hosted the bloodiest military conflict in American history. After the smoke had cleared, over 7,000 men were dead and 50,000 were injured. According to multiple accounts, the ghosts of the dead have never left.

Pittock Mansion is unique among haunted houses. Although there have been numerous reports of paranormal activity there, no one has ever reported that the ghosts are malicious, hell-bent on revenge, or even scary—instead, they seem quite happy to be occupying such a gorgeous building.

Founded during the Civil War, this massive stone building tortured psychiatric patients with ice-water baths, electroshock therapy, seclusion cells, and icepick lobotomies. Is it any wonder there are endless reports of paranormal activity here?

Is this old Southern plantation haunted by the ghost of a slave girl who murdered three members of a white family whose patriarch cut off her ear for misbehaving?

This humble little stone house on the banks of the Missouri River in Kansas is allegedly haunted by a girl named Sallie who died from a botched appendectomy in the house around 1905. According to multiple reports, she never forgave the doctor—nor any male who dared to enter the house since.

In 1975, a year after a family of six was murdered while sleeping at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, NY, another family moved in and then moved out after claiming the house was haunted. Here are the facts about that notoriously haunted house.

Jennifer Kesse was last seen in January 2006. Her body has never been found and her case has never been solved. Was she killed by a coworker who was driven insane by jealousy over the fact that she had a boyfriend?

They are basically rain gutters with ugly faces.

Cicada 3001 has been called “the most elaborate and mysterious puzzle of the internet age.” The Washington Post ranked it as one of the “top 5 eeriest, unsolved mysteries of the internet.” Six years after the elaborate cryptographic puzzle contest first launched, it still seems that no one except the person(s) who started it know(s)…

What killed a team of nine accomplished mountain hikers? An avalanche? A UFO? Bigfoot? Military tests?

Phantom Time Hypothesis claims that the years 614-911 never happened and that we're actually living in the 1700s right now.

Built in 1829 and closed in 1971, Eastern State Penitentiary is considered one of the most haunted places in the world.