Misc

Over the last several weeks, the story that has dominated headlines has been the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which departed from Kuala Lumpur and began making its way to Beijing, only to drop completely off the radar and vanish 40 minutes into the flight. Naturally, conspiracy theories and tales of potential hijackings gone awry have sprung up all around the internet. Some of th

Everyone loves a haunted house. But even creepier than a normal, boring haunted house is an historic building that can range from a hotel, to a hospital, to even a lonely stretch of road that supposedly takes lives with reckless abandon due to the overwhelming amount of supernatural activity. If you happen to be taking a trip around the world and love the idea of encountering a potentially evil sp

These days it seems like everyone is not only anticipating, but actually looking forward to a zombie apocalypse. Zombies have never been more popular in pop culture, with the success of shows like The Walking Dead and books like the Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. So it only makes sense that you might want to start planning out where to shack up when the end of the world comes, and you’re l

It’s one of the better documented parts of European history, yet much of what we know about the Middle Ages isn’t true at all.

According to some, the 1990’s were to be the end of all things. And while depressing grunge bands and Monica Lewinsky jokes may have seemed like the end of the world, these doomsayers were very serious about their predictions…

Before Harry Potter puzzled its younger fanbase with complicated explanations of split souls and objects of power, the same concept had been floating around in movies and literature for some time. Here are four examples.

Spooks. Phantoms. Ghosts. Spirits. Why there are dozens of names for unearthly apparitions that have evidently been seen for thousands of years without a shred of hard evidence. And when it comes to ghost sightings, America (much like in warfare and obesity statistics) is leading the way.

Explosions are attention grabbers, as the Hollywood crowd can easily attest. But what about mysterious explosions? Screenwriters are no doubt scrambling to harness the power of this combination.

Famous quotations have the delightful tendency to attach themselves to famous people, whether there is any genuine connection between them or not…

Most people lose things from time to time. Your keys, the TV remote… maybe even your wallet if you’re unlucky. While you might feel foolish for these tiny snafus, take comfort that your slipup pales in comparison to these losses…