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Podcast: The Scarpetta House

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 5, 2021
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Podcast: Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 4, 2021
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Podcast: The Curse of the Kreischer Mansion

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team September 28, 2021
Buckeye, Arizona

Hobo Joe

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.
Childers, Australia

Childers Backpacker Memorial

This former hostel is now an art gallery and a memorial for 15 backpackers who lost their lives to a tragic act of arson.
Guiding sign near entrance
Tucson, Arizona

John Dillinger Courtroom

A 1930’s courtroom where John Dillinger and his gang went before a judge.
Permanently Closed
Lake City, Colorado

Alferd Packer Massacre Site

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.
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taxidermy

Tattoos, Identity, and The Disturbing Fate of 'Monsieur Bonheur'

Clues to who the 19th century Frenchman was can be read on his unusually preserved remains.
Nathaniel Scharping June 3, 2021
The Comtesse de Monteil, born Amélie Condemine, in an undated photo published shortly after her arrest in 1908.
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How the 'Queen of Thieves' Conned French Riviera Wealthy

The cat burglar and fake countess swindled and stole her way through La Belle Époque.
Caroline Elenowitz-Hess May 4, 2021
Al Capone Cherry Tree and “Caponette.”
Baltimore, Maryland

Al Capone Cherry Tree

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."
A 17th-century Swiss etching of Emperor Tiberius on horseback, by Matthäus Merian the Elder.
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Tiberius, Imperial Detective

In ancient Rome, murder was a private business, unless the emperor took an interest in the case.
Emma Southon April 21, 2021
Memorial to Tamir Rice
Cleveland, Ohio

Memorial to Tamir Rice

This garden memorial marks the site where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police Department.
Former armed bandit Balwant Singh Tomar (nephew of the famed Paan Singh Tomar) now leads a quieter life.
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Inside the Deep Gun Culture of Gwalior, India

Relics of outlaws, markers of status, and enforcers of social hierarchy, firearms are woven into rural life.
Neha Mehrotra December 17, 2020
He was frustratingly skilled at slicing up maps.
libraries

How German Librarians Finally Caught an Elusive Book Thief

For decades, often using a fake identity, he stole antique maps worth thousands of dollars each.
Jeffrey Arlo Brown November 23, 2020
Giulio Iannarone, of the Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale, slides out one of the racks of valuable paintings in the vault.
secret

Inside Rome’s Secure Vault for Stolen Art

Some of the art is real, some fake, but it's all had a brush with the criminal underworld.
Alessio Perrone November 10, 2020
Pishtacos are said to harvest people's vitality through their fat.
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In the Andes, the Fear of Oppressors Manifests as the Gruesome Pishtaco

They seem to be a monster that made the leap from legend to the real world.
Athena Frost October 30, 2020
Don't take stuff from Pompeii, or anywhere else. But if you already have, kindly give it back.
collections

How to Give Stolen Artifacts Back to Historic Sites

Penitent pilferers can—and should—return their finds.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 22, 2020
The front of the boathouse today
Whitehead, Northern Ireland

Whitehead Boathouse

The base for the battle against the smugglers of Islandmagee.