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Amazing 1977 Footage of Lynyrd Skynyrd Performing in Oakland Three Months Before Their Tragic Plane Crash
Over the July 4 weekend in 1977, the iconic southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd played to a sold-out crowd at the Oakland Coliseum in Northern California. By Lori Dorn.
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BlacKkKlansman Official Trailer
Spike Lee
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Old tradition: Stopping clocks after a loved one dies.
In Victorian times, when someone died in the house and there was a clock in the room, you had to stop the clock at the death hour or the family of the household would have bad luck. Its origin seems to emanate from Germany and Great Britain. They believed that when a person died time stood still for them and a new period of existence started without time. To permit time to continue was to invite the spirit of the deceased to remain and haunt unendingly. Stopping time was a way to allow the deceased to move on.”
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Hunting the Skinwalker
Skinwalker is the blanket explanation used by the Ute tribe of northeastern Utah to explain a myriad of frightening, seemingly paranormal events that have occurred in the Uintah Basin for hundreds, if not thousands of years. By Jeremy Corbell.
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Thirty of the World’s Most Valuable Treasures That Are Still Missing
Some of these treasures are now likely destroyed, including the Ark of the Covenant, but some may still exist and be recovered — such as the crown jewels of Ireland, a 333-carat pink diamond and mysterious treasure depicted in a Dead Sea Scroll. By Owen Jarus.
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Dame of Doom
The White Lady of the Hohenzollerns. By Aaron Dabbah.
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Cyclops and Dragon Tongues: How Real Fossils Inspired Giant Myths
From ancient Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages, people made sense of fossils using myth and legend. By Stephanie Pappas.
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When the Beast of Gévaudan Terrorized France
The tale of this monster grew in the telling, but the carnage still left nearly 100 dead
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Eleven People Who Turned Up Alive at Their Own Funeral
Sometimes, the most unexpected guest shows up. By Simon Brew.
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Meet Smelly Kelly, the Subway Sniffer of New York City
From gas leaks to eels, James “Smelly” Kelly changed the history of the city’s underground. By Eric Grundhauser.
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Miner’s Silver Ghost
Merle Haggard
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Why young men queue up to die in the French Foreign Legion
His cap is bleached as white as the bones of a Saharan camel. Is the romance of the French Foreign Legion a cult of death? By Robert Twigger.
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How to Appease Household Spirits Across the World
Quit playing games with my hearth. By Eric Grundhauser.
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St. James Infirmary Blues
Silk Road Ensemble and Rhiannon Giddens
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Barbaric Beauty
We might applaud the tall, blond and ruggedly handsome Vikings of pop culture as being historically accurate, but authentic engagement with the past requires more than just convincing hair and make-up, says Oren Falk.
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The Headless Hitchhiker of St. Leonard’s Forest
“We live in a cult of the upgrade right now. There’s always something around the corner that will make whatever you think is cool right now feel obsolete” – Colin Trevorrow
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Why monsters, demons and witches are on the ballot this year
Historians are vague about why in 1845 the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November was designated election day. The most specific guess is that in an agrarian society it couldn’t have been on Sunday Sabbath or Wednesday market day — which hardly resolves the question... By Leo Braudy.
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The Legend of What Actually Lived in the “No Man’s Land” Between World War I’s Trenches
Born of the horrors of trench warfare, a ghoulish tale of scavengers and scofflaws took hold 100 years ago. By James Deutsch. (Sept. 8, 2014)
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13 Musicians With Paranormal Experiences
From Alice Cooper and Adele to Kesha and Kendrick Lamar, some of our favorite musicians have had some spooky encounters
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The definitive guide to creepypasta—the Internet’s scariest urban legends
Halloween’s approaching, and what better time to dig out those classic spine-tingling urban legends to tell around the campfire? You know the ones—Smile.Dog, Slendy, the Black-Eyed Kids. Oh, you don't? By Aja Romano.
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