Mysteries

A lot of people are familiar with Grigori Rasputin, a mystic from Russia who became friends with Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 1905. He was known as a strange and mysterious man with a bad reputation, who discredited the Russian royal family. Some believed Rasputin was a prophet, while others thought he was merely a drunk swindler. Rasputin's influence on the imperial family started to grow,

Everyone knows vampires, werewolves, and zombies. Those are so ingrained in popular culture at this point that they just aren’t particularly scary any more, for a variety of reasons. After all, it’s hard to be afraid of a monster that sparkles. But there are still a bunch of creatures out there you’ve probably never even heard of that you will be glad to realize don’t exist. That is, unless you li

The great Christopher Columbus once claimed that a person who owned something made of gold actually possessed a substance which could help take souls to paradise. Since ancient times, gold was frequently given as a reward for great achievements and was known as a symbol of the divine, and a symbol of wealth and power. Various gold artifacts from the past are still a mystery to many researchers and

No one is completely sure when mankind started believing in the existence of ghosts. It appears that many of concepts like the burials and funerals were early

Do you remember all those scary ghost stories from childhood? You're probably familiar with the most common urban legends, like Bloody Mary or the Slender Man. However, there are many legends and tales people around the world believe in that are not so well known. Still, in various places all around the planet, there are some pretty scary urban legends. Check out 7 of the creepiest and freakiest u

Traditional Japanese beliefs state that every human being has a soul called reikon. After death, the reikon exits the body and enters a state of purgatory,

The sixties will always be remembered for being among the most important periods of the previous century. The decade expanded people's minds and broadened their horizons about what was possible and marked a true revolution. The emergence of the counterculture and rise of different forms of rock music directly tackled some of the biggest social issues. However, a lot of rock stars had some bizarre,

UFO sightings and extraterrestrial encounters are a modern phenomenon that became popular around the world in the 1950s, and while they seem to occur daily these days, some strange events were witnessed throughout history, thousands of years before our time. Some extremely mysterious and eerie events were recorded and witnessed by many people in ancient times, and from today's point of view, these

There are thousands of UFO, Big Foot or other cryptozoological sightings recorded around the world every year, and most of them can easily be proven as fakes or

Billy Bob Thornton the actor from such films as Sling Blade and Monster’s Ball might seem a little rough around the edges or perhaps even a bit quirky at