Oct 5, 2024 · Christopher Reeve’s accident at an equestrian competition on May 27, 1995, made headlines around the world. The actor had risen to fame in the 1970s in the Superman film series as the Man of Steel himself. He was a beloved Hollywood heartthrob, so fans were devastated when they learned what happened to Christopher Reeve.

Nov 30, 2022 · But Tyler is also considered one of America's worst presidents for his actions related to the Civil War. Though he initially attempted to slow the country's march toward violence following the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln, Tyler eventually threw his support behind the Confederacy and voted for his home state of Virginia to secede.When he died in 1862, his …

Oct 7, 2024 · Jackalopes are mythological creatures from North American folklore, but two teens in Douglas, Wyoming convinced many that jackalopes were real in the 1930s.

Mar 16, 2024 · Inside The Tragedy Of Kurt Cobain's Suicide. Kurt Cobain had only spent a couple of days in a California rehab center due to his heroin addiction in early 1994 before he scaled the facility's six-foot brick wall and made his way home to Seattle.

Dec 24, 2024 · Until the end of her life, Florence Stoker had a mission: to destroy any copies of the 1922 German silent film Nosferatu.The film was a clear rip-off of her husband Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula, and she was determined to wipe it from the face of the Earth.But Nosferatu endured. And its vampire villain, Count Orlok, became something of a cinematic icon.

May 18, 2024 · As early as 1816, Niépce had mused on the potentials of the camera obscura, writing to his brother that it could be used as “a kind of artificial eye, simply a little box, each side six inches square; which will be fitted with a tube that can be lengthened and carrying a …

Aug 27, 2023 · In the early morning hours of November 13, 1974, one Amityville house in Long Island, New York became more than a mere suburban home. Instead, it became a ghastly crime scene, as Ronald DeFeo Jr. skulked the halls with a rifle and killed his parents and four of his siblings in their sleep.. He later claimed that there were voices in his head urging him to kill, …

Mar 28, 2022 · If you're a fan of extreme weather, the icy Siberian city of Yakutsk, Russia, is probably right up your alley. Not only is it the coldest city in the world, with a record winter low of negative 84 degrees Fahrenheit, but its summers are …

Nov 17, 2023 · As is the case with what Jesus looked like or even how tall he was, many of the basic facts about the historical Jesus, the flesh-and-blood man himself, have remained murky and little-known over the centuries. This is certainly true of Jesus’ real name in its original form. For starters, Jesus and his followers were all Jewish and so they had Hebrew names — although …

Sep 16, 2023 · From the true story behind The Conjuring to the murders that inspired The Amityville Horror, these real ghost stories might make even the skeptics believe in the paranormal.. Not everybody believes that there are real ghost stories buried in the annals of history. Skeptics are confident that there’s an absolute separation between the realms of the …