History mysteries

1. About 13 paintings were stolen from an art museum in Boston in 1990 by two thieves dressed in police uniforms, who tricked museum security into letting them access the gallery. Value of the paintings lost was over $500 million, making it the largest private property heist in history. The case still remains unsolved.

This is the most famous unsolved case in history and remains open till day. Over time there have been a number of people who came forward to take the credits of her murder but no one was proved guilty. #mystery #unsolved #mysterious #dahlia #crime #truecrime

The twins began to speak only to each other and their younger sister. Therapy didn’t work, and sending them to boarding school caused them to go completely catatonic when separated.

Your history textbook is full of drama, political intrigue, even romance -- but there's one genre they seem to go out of their way to leave out: terrifying, underwear-ruining horror. And trust us, there's easily an underwear-load of it. If it's true that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it, then for the love of God, please pay very close attention to the following ... #history #wtf #weird #creepy

Who doesn't love solving mysteries? We are looking at 10 of the most famous mysteries in the history of humankind. Join us and try to solve them.

Robert Stack has heard it all. When he called a Mystery “unbelievable and compelling,” you better listen up.

I love to teach homeschool history and geography. That last part of the sentence particularly surprises me because I hated geography in school. However, as I’ve grown up and learned more about the topic I discovered I hated HOW geography is taught, rather than the topic. Because I love homeschool history and homeschool geography so […]

The Illustrated Police News "Hunt for the Houndsditch assassins"

Jack the Ripper was just one of a string of phantom murderers whose unsolved slayings outraged late Victorian London.

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This 2-part 'docu-drama' employs state-of-the-art CGI and actor recreations to take the viewer into the "slum landscape" of the Victorian East End of London, a virtual Ripper tour "shrouded in myth". The "most famous, most iconic serial killer in history" is investigated here by utilising the contemporary police reports, witness statements, maps, and photographs, to reconstruct Whitechapel itself, and is promoted as the "definitive story" of Jack the Ripper. As with previous Ripper…

01. In 2000, Pope John Paul II himself had to carry out an impromptu exorcism on a teen girl after she began “screaming insults in a cavernous voice” during an audience with Pope in the Vatican City. Pope and Father Gabriele Amorth sat with the girl and despite their best efforts, she remained possessed. She muttered “not even the head of the church can send me away” as the Pope walked off, defeated. #unsolved #mysteries #shocking #wtf #didyouknow #baffle

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The gruesome deaths of Borden's parents became a national obsession in the 1890s. Despite the jury’s verdict, the accused's guilt remains a mystery.

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Throughout history, there have been numerous instances of mysterious books that have baffled scholars and researchers. These books, often referred to as

There's no shortage of great history options for homeschooling families, but The Mystery of History is the only one of those options with a permanent place in our homeschool. Today I want to share an overview of our favorite homeschool history curriculum, but also why we choose it year after year.

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues the story of the mysterious death of Lydia Hopkins, heir to railroad magnate Mark Hopkins’ fortune.