What is a hellhound? The many faces of the devil dog
A hellhound is a supernatural dog. One thinks of mangled black fur, hot breath steaming forth on cold moonlit nights, glowing red eyes, superhuman strength, ...
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Lesley Gore, “It’s My Party” singer, dies at 68.
Lesley Gore, the singer whose pop hits became anthems for a generation of teen girls, passed away at NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, NYC on ...
The Story of Anna Bagenholm, the Coldest Woman on Earth
The coldest woman on earth just might be Anna Bagenholm, a Swedish radiologist. On May 20, 1999 she officially set the record of lowest human body ...
Commemorating the historic Winston Churchill funeral.
Saturday, January 24, 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill. He was laid to rest on January 30th, 1965. Until the funeral ...
Blizzard Deaths, Now and Then
A blizzard is bearing down on New York City, so it’s a good time to talk about blizzard deaths. Usually, this means freezing to death, ...
Was a voodoo-practicing former slave the second oldest woman ever to live on earth?
The evidence is a collection of photographs from the Cammie G. Henry Research Center, at Northwestern State University, in Natchitoches, Louisiana. These images date back ...
So long Will Gardner and other 2014 TV character deaths.
2014 saw many fan favorites bite the dust. Some of these TV character deaths were not surprising since series such as "Boardwalk Empire", "True Blood", and "Sons of Anarchy", famous ...
A Bizarre Spate of Christmas Shopping Deaths, from Xuzhou to London to Omaha
Christmas shopping deaths seem to fall into two categories: Those people so enthusiastic about Christmas shopping that they cause the death of themselves or others ...
Saying goodbye to those we lost: 2014 celebrity deaths.
During 2014 we said goodbye to many celebrities and artists who made us laugh, cry, and think differently about our lives. We also saw the ...
Strange Deaths 2014: The Year of Death by Selfie
>>Strange Deaths 2015: Another big year for selfie deaths. This year’s edition of strange deaths reveals a disturbing trend—death by selfie. We found 10 confirmed instances ...
Scientists on Longevity Gene: Is DNA of World’s Oldest Humans the Secret to Very, Very Long Lives?
On Sunday morning, November 9th, Dr. Stephen Coles intended to face a ballroom full of doctors at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, attendees of ...
Dylan Thomas and That Good Night
Had Dylan Thomas lived he would have turned 100 on October 27th, 2014. He died on November 9, 1953 in New York. Thomas was known not ...
The Man Who Saves Graves – How John Fogerty, Bonnie Raitt and a former vintage guitar dealer named Skip Henderson helped preserve Mississippi’s Blues
Mississippi is red dirt, green fields, crumbling small towns and looping muddy rivers overhung by thick forest, like mini Amazons, but if you take a ...
National Museum of Funeral History Breathes Life into Death
It may sound a bit odd to hear the word vibrant used to describe a museum dedicated to the display of funeral artifacts. However, once ...
Ebola Burial Teams Continue to Labor Under Extreme Conditions.
It has been two months since we first published an article on this blog about the brave people who are charged with burying those who ...
