The US army is always looking to develop new weapons and methods of attack – but not all weird military projects end in success – in fact, some of the things they have tried are just really dumb. Weird Military Projects Acoustic Kitty At one point they even tried training cats to spy on the […]

One of the most profitable film genres is horror – why? Because people are cowards. People have always been easy to scare. Even in the late 19th century, a time associated with science and reason, was incredibly superstitious. All it took was a dark rumor and angry mobs would appear out of nowhere. In 1892 […]

Death, there’s no coming back from it… or is there? Turns out a lot of people have faked their own deaths. For some it was a means of avoiding prosecution for a crime, or even real life death. But some people faked their own deaths it was just a bit of fun. For example, there […]

Sometimes people just disappear – like your dad when he went to the store and never came back. He was a deadbeat, and so are you. But some disappearances are more mysterious. In fact, many historical figures have disappeared under mysterious circumstances, never to be seen again. Even royals have vanished – like Zannanza, prince […]

Most languages are dumb. French is dumb, Korean is dumb. German sucks. I hate Vietnamese. I hate Swahili, I like Spanish, but I hate Swedish. All different languages with their own unique histories. But some are more unique than others. For example, did you know there was once a secret language spoken only by criminals? […]

One of the great fears people have is being buried alive – and it seems like we’ve always had it. In the 1800s, a lot of wealthy figures had special coffins built in case they woke up underground. Typically they employed a bell that the not dead dead person could trigger from inside their coffin. […]

What if the mayor of a major city turned out to be a crazy, crack smoking alcoholic – Well not too long ago that very thing happened, and it’s an amazing story – a story of drunken rants, high profile police investigations, and an entire city becoming a laughing stock. That city was Toronto, and […]

Abandoned places – they’re just like you and I. Some are creepy. Some are beautiful… Some are Chinese. They have always fascinated me. In fact, some of my earliest videos were about abandoned places – and today we return to that world, as we take a look at some of the most weird abandoned places […]

There are many great unsolved mysteries – the identity of Jack the Ripper – the location of Cleopatra’s tomb – or why Yak milk isn’t more popular. None of these can be explained… not yet, at least. And that’s not all. Look at history and we see a handful of people whose lives seem to […]

In the Victorian era, things were often deceptively civilized. This, for example, would seem to be a perfectly innocent family photo. But if you look closely, the parents are noticeably more blurry than their daughter, who remains in focus. That’s because they were moving. Death photos were a popular trend at the time. Like the […]