He served the longest sentence of any minor convicted in Michigan history. His story continues to mesmerize people today, so much so that a movie was made about his past, with Matthew McConaughey starring in it. In 1984, at just 14 years old, Rick Wershe Jr. was assisting the FBI as a drug informant. He […]
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There are many infamous serial killers, each known for their sick and twisted crimes. David Parker Ray’s modus operandi was to assault, torture, and then drug women. Although he was never caught, he was believed to have murdered dozens of women. He was known as the “Toy Box Killer” for the location of his sadistic
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It’s hard to imagine someone risking their lives at age 15 for their country. At 15, most are just freshmen or sophomores in high school, preparing to get their driver’s license, and just starting to consider what they might want to go to college for. For Lepa Radić, things were different. Lepa Radić was born
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Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a jack of all trades. He was an accomplished swordsman, a military colonel, and a musical virtuoso, conductor, and composer. He was often referred to as the Black Mozart, which should tell you why his name is not as renowned as other musical geniuses. Being Black or mulatto hindered Chevalier de
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He goes by many names–Bigfoot, Yeti, Sasquatch. But in Australia, the huge, ape-like cryptid is known as the Yowie. Apeman legends can be found all across the planet, and Australia is no exception. Considering the size of the continent, and all of its unsettled land, the idea of something like a Yowie existing isn’t all
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How much money is a human life worth? For Maria Moore, the answer is $800,000. In 2018, Moore betrayed someone she cared about in order to cash in on his life insurance policy and make herself wealthy. It is a tragedy that Dominic Sarkar died for such a selfish reason. However, Moore and her partner-for-hire
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At the age of 59, Nancy Hayes-Green made her debut as “Aunt Jemima” at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois. She became the first Black corporate model in American history hired to promote a nationally distributed product. In character, “Aunt Jemima” stood beside what was touted as the “world’s largest flour barrel”
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When Margaux Hemingway was born, she was born into greatness. It all had to do with her famous last name. A darling daughter to the Hemingway name, Margaux was always destined to live her life somewhat in the spotlight. Before her tragic end, she carved out a place for herself in the world totally different
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Some might call ley lines pseudoscience, but the idea of these ancient pathways has persisted. Connecting ancient sites, monuments, and structures, ley lines might be invisible to the naked eye. But they connect some of the most important places like vessels across the body of the world. Investigated by scholars and esoteric groups alike, the
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Do you know what version of the Bible you have at home? Because there are loads of them! The Bible is the best-selling book of all time, with at least five billion copies sold since 1500. Even the Guinness Book of World Records cannot ascertain how many Bibles have been sold since it was standardized
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