True crime can be a tricky genre, full of rubbernecking over human tragedy. However, HBO’s new documentary series, Last Call: When A Serial…
For the dozen years between 1974 and 1986, he rained down terror across the state of California. He went by many names: the…
Mired in myth and misconception, the killer’s life has evolved into “a new American tall tale,” argues tour guide and author Adam Selzer.…
Children in Staten Island grew up hearing spooky stories about a child-snatching boogeyman named "Cropsey" — and when Andre Rand started kidnapping and…
Drawn together by shared childhood trauma, Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole became lovers — then serial killers who terrorized America in the…
Updated 10 March, 2018 - 22:10 ashley cowie A clawed, flightless bird that went extinct in New Zealand in the late 13th century…
Updated 29 July, 2015 - 15:05 Alicia McDermott A giant and well-rounded discovery has been unearthed in Cosma, Peru. They look like the…
Updated 23 May, 2023 - 22:56 Cecilia Bogaard Coprolite, also known as prehistoric poo, has been highly prized since its discovery in the…
Updated 28 June, 2016 - 02:54 ancient-origins Found 30 metres underground at a coal mine, they are dubbed Jurassic pearls or the marbles…
As the most ferocious dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex once prowled the lands that now comprise North America with impunity. And if the conclusions of…
MICHEL Fourniret and Monique Olivier were a sadistic French couple who preyed on young women. Not just any young women. To satisfy Fourniret’s…