Though John Adams was old and ill when he died, the curious timing of his demise sparked countless unusual theories.

As East Germany begins to construct the Berlin Wall, guards are sent to watch over the temporary line of barbed wire separating the east and the west. One East German guard, Konrad Schumann, takes ...

Join us for the History Uncovered podcast, where we explore the uncharted corners of the natural world and the world past. Each Wednesday, we take a deep dive into a topic we haven’t been able to stop ...

Other interesting people who were also inventors include Jack Parsons, the occultist who invented rocket fuel; Martin Couney, the sideshow performer whose exhibit saved hundreds of premature babies; ...

Sometime before his death in 19 B.C.E, Latin poet Albius Tibullus described Rome as the “Eternal City” in an elegy. And for hundreds of years, that phrase — Roma urbs aeternus est — rang especially ...

Discover the most enthralling mythical creatures from folklore and fairy tales — and learn about the legends that inspired them. Fantastical creatures have captured the human imagination since the ...

On August 8, 1969, members of the Manson Family broke into the home of actress Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of film director Roman Polanski, at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles. They then stabbed ...

America's presidents are often remembered for their stories of inspiring heroism or for their tragic failings — the great highs and great lows. But as these facts about U.S. presidents show, there are ...

Though the Kraken has long been a fixture in Scandinavian lore, one of the first descriptions of the beast in writing came from Francesco Negri. An Italian priest and travel writer, Negri described ...

Most historians agree that Plato used the story of the lost city of Atlantis as a cautionary tale, an entirely fabricated allegory illustrating how easily a utopian society could fall from grace.

As for the rest of America, it got its first real taste of the Navajo legend in 1996. A newspaper story chronicled a Utah family’s traumatizing experience with the supposed creature that included ...

One of history's most famous — and bloodthirsty — legendary creatures, vampires have terrified human beings for centuries. In 1892, a group of frightened villagers in Exeter, Rhode Island gathered at ...