Explore the stories behind the scariest hauntings, historical mysteries, and amazing science
https://www.youtube.com/embed/UvDh4XK-0FE How shall I endeavor to relate the unearthly horror which has befallen this cursed ship? I am the only soul who remains of the crew of the Mary Celeste. I say soul in a quite literal sense, as the others, whatever they have become, still walk, still hunt after me, just outside this barred [...]
https://youtu.be/WMJppFk4qFM Alaska is one of my favorite places. The terrain is beautiful and almost otherworldly. It’s an easy thing to get lost in, metaphorically. It is, unfortunately, also easy to get lost, literally. There is a large expanse of land, much of it rugged and desolate, where thousands of people have gone missing, simply disappeared [...]
https://youtu.be/bUo8YZQCFj8 Head to nearly any spot in the world and chances are you’ll find a legend about nearby buried treasure. Let’s head to the state of Virginia, Fairfax County to be exact, to explore the history behind Mosby’s lost treasure. The year is 1863 and the American Civil War is well underway. Colonel John Mosby, [...]
https://youtu.be/3Vbsn5XI_d0 Even today, with all the science and technology at our fingertips, there are still mysteries that remain unsolved, and treasures that remain lost, around our world. Today let’s shine a little light on the lost treasure of La Noche Triste, the Night of Sorrows. The early 1500s was a tense time in Mexico. The [...]
https://youtu.be/8IaC-lv-sZ4 There are few places in the world more mysterious and fascinating than the Bermuda Triangle. An expanse of ocean between Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Florida, the Bermuda Triangle has been the sight of a great many disappearances over the years. From mighty warships to aircraft, vehicles, and the people they carry, vanish without a [...]
https://youtu.be/-YFyFrwrlww How about a ghost story from way back in the day? The great writer Plutarch relates a story of murder and revenge from ancient Greece. In the city of Chaeronea, there lived a young man named Damon. A Roman military commander apparently fancied him and, shall we say, made unwanted advances. With his affections [...]
https://youtu.be/nWxVG2-RMvU In 1959, nine Russian hikers set off into the wilderness of Russia’s Ural Mountains. None would survive. Their remains, when discovered, should have provided answers, but instead only deepened the mystery of Dyatlov Pass. The group of nine who would lose their lives in the cold and dark of the Ural Mountains were all [...]
https://youtu.be/yaEfr5lsR5s It’s frightening to think that a person could just disappear, vanish without a trace. Yet history is littered with tales of people who were there one moment, and gone the next. These are five of the most mysterious disappearances from history (100 BC - 1611 AD). Spartacus Most people have heard of the famous [...]
https://youtu.be/tnHaMPw9Ybo In the mid-1900s, the Ourang Medan was sailing somewhere around the Marshall Islands. The fate of the ship and its crew would set off one of the most bizarre and frightening maritime mysteries ever recorded. It has endured to this day, with video game developer Supermassive Games set to release the Man of Medan [...]