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The 17th-century blood jam recipe recommended using fluid drained from “persons of warm, moist temperament.”
vampires

The Strange Endurance of Consuming Human Blood for Our Health

From draining slain gladiators to modern-day "sangs," people have long looked to blood as a panacea.
Mark Hay October 31, 2022
"Mamu (Spooky Spirits)," a 2006 painting by Nura Rupert.
mythology

Mapping the Many Monsters of Aboriginal Australian Lore

A "terrifying pantheon" of ogres, sorcerers, and malevolent mermaids reflects a diversity in geography and environment.
Christine Judith Nicholls October 10, 2022
Alferd Packer Massacre site
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.
Waves rolling into Cannibal Cave.
Easter Island, Chile

Ana Kai Tangata (Cannibal Cave)

The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.
Deep in a forest in western Poland, is an abandoned Soviet bunker with an unusual ant situation.
bunkers

The Saga of the Cannibal Ants in a Soviet Nuclear Bunker

And how scientists tried to free this formic Donner Party.
Sabrina Imbler November 20, 2019
Dig site at Jamestown.
Williamsburg, Virginia

The Archaearium

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
Neanderthal hands, jawbones, and bones.
Oviedo, Spain

El Sidrón Neanderthal Bones

It's believed these prehistoric individuals were the victims of cannibalism.
Gastro Obscura

Soylent

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
The snow sheds.
Truckee, California

Donner Pass Summit Tunnels

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Washington, D.C.

Alferd Packer Cannibal Plaque

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.
The forearm, found in Somerset, England.
ancient cults

Why Some Ancient Cannibalism May Have Been Ritualistic Rather Than Culinary

A mystery to sink your teeth into.
Natasha Frost August 10, 2017
A drawing of a heart from the 16th century.
mythology

Medieval Europe Couldn't Quit This Story About a Woman Eating Her Lover's Heart

Her husband tricks her into eating it.
Sarah Laskow February 14, 2017
Rolling hills of Jarbidge Wilderness
Jarbidge, Nevada

Jarbidge Wilderness

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.
Alfred Packer's Headstone
Littleton, Colorado

Alferd Packer's Grave

Final resting place of a 19th century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.
cannibals

Evidence of Neanderthal Cannibalism Puzzles Researchers

The largest discovery of cannibalized Neanderthal remains provides a few answers and a lot of questions.
Jessie Guy-Ryan July 10, 2016
Chiefs' Graves at Amelbati Cannibal Site
Walarano, Vanuatu

Amelbati Cannibal Site

Nestled in the jungles of Vanuatu are the remains of what was once a cannibal oven.
Boon Island Light
York, Maine

Boon Island Light

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.
Cannibal fork
morbid monday

Morbid Monday: Meat is Murder - The Fiji Cannibal Fork

Laetitia Barbier June 17, 2013