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Continue reading →: The Bat-Winged Man of Coney Island: New York’s Forgotten Flying Mystery of 1880In 1880, newspapers reported a mysterious bat-winged man with frog-like legs flying over Coney Island toward New Jersey. Was it a bizarre creature, an experimental flying machine, or a nineteenth-century newspaper joke that took on a life of its own? Discover the forgotten history behind one of New York’s strangest…
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Continue reading →: October 27: Three Centuries, Three Places, One History of Religious PersecutionThree centuries. Three places. One date. On October 27, three separate events revealed the devastating consequences of religious persecution. From sixteenth-century Geneva to colonial Boston and nineteenth-century Missouri, discover the troubling history connecting these events and the enduring question of religious freedom.
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Continue reading →: The Last Child of Dode: The Girl Who Never LeftDeep in the countryside of Kent, England, a nearly nine-hundred-year-old church stands where a medieval village once existed. The Black Death may have claimed its inhabitants, but according to an eerie local legend, one little girl never truly left. Nearly seven centuries later, her story continues to haunt the silence…
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Continue reading →: Before Halloween Had a NameIs Halloween really the devil’s holiday? From ancient Celtic traditions to Christian holy days, the history of Halloween tells a very different story. Before judging those who celebrate, perhaps it’s time we learned where it all began.
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Continue reading →: What Was Flying Over Van Meter, Iowa, in 1903?In 1903, residents of Van Meter, Iowa, reported a mysterious winged creature with a glowing horn, a terrible odor, and an apparent immunity to bullets. Was it an elaborate hoax, a case of mistaken identity, or something truly unexplained? Let’s revisit one of Iowa’s strangest historical mysteries.
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Continue reading →: Where Did the Green Children of Woolpit Come From?Nearly 900 years ago, two children with green skin appeared in an English village, speaking an unfamiliar language and claiming to come from a land of perpetual twilight. Were they lost children, figures of folklore, or something else entirely? Discover the enduring mystery of the Green Children of Woolpit.
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Continue reading →: New York Has Another Lake MonsterApparently, New York has another lake monster, and this one has legal protection! From mysterious sightings to mistaken cows and decorated oil drums, Seneca Lake’s legendary creature has quite the history.
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Continue reading →: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835: When Newspapers Invented Life on the MoonIn 1835, a New York newspaper convinced readers that scientists had discovered forests, strange animals, and bat-winged people living on the Moon. But none of it was true. Discover the bizarre history of the Great Moon Hoax and how an elaborate fabrication became an international sensation.
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Continue reading →: The Dancing Plague of 1518: When a City Couldn’t Stop DancingIn the summer of 1518, residents of Strasbourg began dancing uncontrollably, leaving authorities scrambling for answers. Was it illness, mass hysteria, or something supernatural? More than 500 years later, the Dancing Plague remains one of history’s strangest unsolved mysteries.
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Continue reading →: Did Fairies Really Cry These Stones Into Existence?Deep in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, mysterious little stone crosses have inspired a legend of grieving fairies for generations. But what does geology reveal, and how far back can we actually trace this unusual Appalachian tale?
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