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This Michigan Woman Tried To Hire A Hitman To Kill Her Ex-Husband Through A Satiric Website — And Got Arrested Instead

Wendy Lynn Wein submitted a service request on the fake murder-for-hire website Rent-A-Hitman without realizing the site was a parody.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 16, 2021

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This Michigan Woman Tried To Hire A Hitman To Kill Her Ex-Husband Through A Satiric Website — And Got Arrested Instead

Wendy Lynn Wein submitted a service request on the fake murder-for-hire website Rent-A-Hitman without realizing the site was a parody.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 16, 2021

Inside The Mysterious Canneto Di Caronia Fires That Villagers Blamed On The Devil

Starting in 2004, the residents of Canneto Di Caronia, Sicily began seeing everyday objects burst into flames — and everyone from arson investigators to exorcists were baffled.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • Nov 16, 2021

Inside The Mysterious Canneto Di Caronia Fires That Villagers Blamed On The Devil

Starting in 2004, the residents of Canneto Di Caronia, Sicily began seeing everyday objects burst into flames — and everyone from arson investigators to exorcists were baffled.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • November 16, 2021

After 52 Years, Investigators Just Tracked Down The Bank Teller Behind One Of Ohio’s Most Infamous Bank Robberies

Theodore John Conrad ended his shift at Society National Bank on July 11, 1969, by taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from the vault and then disappearing from town.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 15, 2021

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After 52 Years, Investigators Just Tracked Down The Bank Teller Behind One Of Ohio’s Most Infamous Bank Robberies

Theodore John Conrad ended his shift at Society National Bank on July 11, 1969, by taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from the vault and then disappearing from town.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 15, 2021

Storms In Egypt Unleash Massive Swarm Of Scorpions Killing Three People And Injuring 450

Citizens of Aswan suffered power outages, flooding, and severe hail — only for a deadly swarm of scorpions seeking shelter to invade.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 15, 2021

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Storms In Egypt Unleash Massive Swarm Of Scorpions Killing Three People And Injuring 450

Citizens of Aswan suffered power outages, flooding, and severe hail — only for a deadly swarm of scorpions seeking shelter to invade.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 15, 2021

This Week In History News, Nov. 7 – 13

Tudor paintings found behind English estate's walls, ancient "slave room" uncovered at Pompeii, meat-eating habits of giant prehistoric sloths uncovered.

By All That's Interesting • Nov 12, 2021

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This Week In History News, Nov. 7 – 13

Tudor paintings found behind English estate's walls, ancient "slave room" uncovered at Pompeii, meat-eating habits of giant prehistoric sloths uncovered.

By All That's Interesting • November 12, 2021

A Deaf Black Man Was Murdered By A White Supremacist Mob In 1898 — He Just Received A Proper Funeral

Joshua Halsey was murdered during the Wilmington Massacre that saw a racist mob of 2,000 white men overthrew the city's democratically-elected government and kill up to 300 people.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 12, 2021

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A Deaf Black Man Was Murdered By A White Supremacist Mob In 1898 — He Just Received A Proper Funeral

Joshua Halsey was murdered during the Wilmington Massacre that saw a racist mob of 2,000 white men overthrew the city's democratically-elected government and kill up to 300 people.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 12, 2021

A German Father And Daughter Were Just Murdered In Paraguay Over A Set Of Million-Dollar Violins

Police believe that 62-year-old Bernard Raymond von Bredow and his 14-year-old daughter were tortured and killed for their four rare Stradivarius violins.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 12, 2021

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A German Father And Daughter Were Just Murdered In Paraguay Over A Set Of Million-Dollar Violins

Police believe that 62-year-old Bernard Raymond von Bredow and his 14-year-old daughter were tortured and killed for their four rare Stradivarius violins.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 12, 2021

An 83-Year-Old Former Eye Doctor Just Became The Oldest Person To Hike The Appalachian Trail

M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart is no stranger to hiking long distances, having walked between California and Chicago as well as the Florida Keys and northern Quebec.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 12, 2021

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An 83-Year-Old Former Eye Doctor Just Became The Oldest Person To Hike The Appalachian Trail

M.J. “Sunny” Eberhart is no stranger to hiking long distances, having walked between California and Chicago as well as the Florida Keys and northern Quebec.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 12, 2021

Meet The Joro Spider — The Giant Asian Arachnid That’s Started To Invade The United States

The Joro spider is native to East Asia but started appearing in Georgia in 2014 after it likely got trapped on a shipping container.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 10, 2021

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Meet The Joro Spider — The Giant Asian Arachnid That’s Started To Invade The United States

The Joro spider is native to East Asia but started appearing in Georgia in 2014 after it likely got trapped on a shipping container.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 10, 2021

Maine Lobsterman Catches Rare ‘Cotton Candy’ Lobster, Defying 1-In-100 Million Odds

Bill Coppersmith named the rare crustacean after his granddaughter and it's now up for adoption.

By Marco Margaritoff • Nov 10, 2021

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Maine Lobsterman Catches Rare ‘Cotton Candy’ Lobster, Defying 1-In-100 Million Odds

Bill Coppersmith named the rare crustacean after his granddaughter and it's now up for adoption.

By Marco Margaritoff • November 10, 2021

Scientists Just Discovered The First Direct Evidence Of Any Ancient Giant Sloth Species Eating Meat

By studying the amount of nitrogen isotopes in giant sloths' fur, scientists determined that these fearsome beasts were omnivores and likely scavenged South America for meat.

By Kaleena Fraga • Nov 9, 2021

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Scientists Just Discovered The First Direct Evidence Of Any Ancient Giant Sloth Species Eating Meat

By studying the amount of nitrogen isotopes in giant sloths' fur, scientists determined that these fearsome beasts were omnivores and likely scavenged South America for meat.

By Kaleena Fraga • November 9, 2021