Obituaries have fascinated me since I was old enough to read a newspaper. I love reading the tales of lives lived – everyone from ordinary neighbors to the famous. Everyone has a life and everyone has a story to be told, when that life ends. The only thing we want to get right, other than… Continue reading Top 10 Bizarre Premature Obituaries
10 More Recent Cases of Strange Behavior
Strange and bizarre news stories are fun to read. Every year hundreds of reports are made that document unusual experiments, inventions, criminal investigations, historical events and medical discoveries. Dozens of popular Internet websites are dedicated to publishing strange and bizarre news stories. This list will examine ten more recent cases of unusual behavior. It is… Continue reading 10 More Recent Cases of Strange Behavior
Top 10 Unusual Ancient Weapons
Mankind always has, and always will, fight wars. And in order to fight said wars, man needed weapons. Using whatever skills and resources they had, man built tools that would slash, smash, pierce and tear their enemies. Every nation had weapons that made their armies unique. Today when we talk about ancient weapons we immediately… Continue reading Top 10 Unusual Ancient Weapons
Top 10 Bizarre Wars
War is fought over many things. It can be about honor, glory, liberating a land that you believe is rightfully yours – the list goes on, but alongside those there have been a number of decidedly unusual wars, fought for trivial, or even contemptible, reasons. So, without further delay, I bring to you history’s top… Continue reading Top 10 Bizarre Wars
10 Real Life Werewolves
There are many stories about werewolves or lycanthropy. Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf that could mysteriously talk. An American Werewolf in London. Being Human. All STORIES of talking, walking, hungry wolf-men. But has any one really thought if this is actually a real case? I am here to tell you about 10 interesting… Continue reading 10 Real Life Werewolves
Top 10 Strange and Unique Forests
Forests cover approximately 9.4% of the Earth’s surface. However, they once covered over 50%. Most people identify forests with trees, but the concept of the forest ecosystem reaches much further and includes many species, such as smaller plants, fungi, bacteria, insects, animals, as well as energy flow and nutrient cycling. Luckily, a large percentage of… Continue reading Top 10 Strange and Unique Forests
10 Tips for Meeting Aliens
Not a single story of alien contact has ever been verified, however, each year thousands of people claim to have been contacted or abducted by aliens. The reasons explaining the likelihood of such an event are interesting in themselves; however, it is marginally possible that you might one day find yourself ‘beamed up’ to communicate… Continue reading 10 Tips for Meeting Aliens
10 More Lesser-Known Friday the 13th Events
Happy Friday the 13th for tomorrow, the second one of 2012. The year 2012 is one of the rare years in which there are three Friday the 13ths – January, April, and July. That combination of a year where Friday the 13th happens three times in January, April, and July only happens on leap years.… Continue reading 10 More Lesser-Known Friday the 13th Events
Top 10 Famously Bizarre Robberies
Robbery is a crime which has been perpetuated throughout history in an array of high-profile instances. Some examples include the famous Brinks Mat Robbery of 1983, or the Lufthansa Heist which took place in 1978. Many of such memorable incidents have been romanticized in Hollywood movies and TV documentaries. The thefts which are most remembered… Continue reading Top 10 Famously Bizarre Robberies
10 Great British Eccentrics
As John Stuart Mill, a man not exactly lacking in eccentricity, said “Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.” Every nation has its share of colorful… Continue reading 10 Great British Eccentrics