Jerome London

There is something that chills us to the marrow to learn that some children turn into killers before they even get their first kiss. One was only six years old when he shot a friend to death; another may be the only eight-year-old serial killer in history.

This fascinating ancient temple to a Sumerian moon god has survived four millennia, the elements, and military attacks, but it still stands strong and proud.

Here are seven cases of girls who gave birth between ages five and eight.

It reads like a movie script but was more like reality TV—a young man avoided murder charges because his lawyer spotted him in the crowd during an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm that was filmed at Dodger Stadium at the time of the slaying.

Most cultures around the world—with the interesting exception of Asian countries such as Korea, China, and Japan—usually have some sort of response when someone sneezes, and it’s almost always some variation of “Bless you!” or “To your health!” But in the Philippines they say, “Who didn’t take a bath?” and in Vietnam they say, “Rice with salt.”

The epitaph on his tombstone reads, “Here lies Kaspar Hauser, riddle of his time. His birth was unknown, his death mysterious.” Was he one of history’s greatest pranksters, or was he the victim of a tragic royal scandal?

“Cake and Cunnilingus Day” comes exactly one month after “Steak and BJ Day,” which comes exactly a month after Valentine’s Day. But are they really as much fun as No Pants Day and Dance Like a Chicken Day?

Despite the fact that she appeared perfectly healthy, Mary Mallon would spread the bacterium that causes typhoid fever to dozens and possibly thousands of people, killing at least three and possibly more than fifty. The nickname the press gave her—”Typhoid Mary”—would become a metaphor for anyone who knowingly spreads disease or suffering.

Did the ancient Vikings actually practice this insanely barbaric torture method that involves ripping someone’s ribs and lungs out through their back while they were still alive?

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.

His brutally cruel experiments are without parallel in human history. He placed victims in pressure chambers, injected them with drugs and lethal bacteria, castrated them, froze them to death, performed surgery on them without anesthesia, gave them sex changes, and amputated their limbs. And the majority of his victims were children.

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.

Probably the most successful series of children’s horror books in history, the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark trilogy was published from 1981-1991 and has sold over seven million copies.

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.

Originally called “Armistice Day” and designed only to honor veterans of World War I, in 1954 it was expanded into a national holiday called “Veterans Day” that honors all US soldiers living and dead.

“I have this weird, incurable disease that seems like it’s from outer space. Fibers in a variety of colors protrude out of my skin like mushrooms after a rainstorm.”

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?