Who Is Santa Muerte, The Mexican-Catholic Folklore Goddess Of Death?
So we're all familiar with that spooky, skeletal Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) face makeup, right? White foundation, black lines across the lips, flower patterns around the eyes, and so forth? Throw some scarves in there, veils, bouquets, etc., and you've got a legit costume not just for Mexico's Día de los Muertos, but Halloween or any other happy-go-lucky, jolly event. But do take care the next time you're thinking of buying a DIY stencil kit to beautify your face with skeletal imagery. That portrait — the skeletal, feminine face of death — belongs to a rapidly growing Mexican faith that's ballooned far beyond it's original, folklore-ish origins into a full-blown, Catholic-adjacent, indigenous belief-fueled religion with its...
What was the strangest execution in history?
This is Tyburn Tree, London’s largest site for public hangings from at least 1177 until 1798, when Newgate Prison became the new home for this macabre form of entertainment.
What ancient event has been recorded in history that alerts the world to human wickedness?
The Waco Horror | Texas, May 1916.
Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! - Europe's Death Knell
The purpose of Islamic migration, known as hijrah, is the expansion of Islam through emigration; they are just following the example of Muhammad (their religious, political, and military leader) and his followers from Mecca to Medina Hijra remains the model to this day for jihadists who seek to populate and dominate new lands.
11 Everyday Objects Used by Gilded Age Elites
During the Gilded Age era of opulence in America, certain objects signaled social status.
Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved?
Pick any one of the more than 50 ships or 20 planes that have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in the last century. Each one has a story without an ending, leading to a litany of conspiracy theories about the disappearances in the area, marked roughly by Florida, Bermuda, and the Greater Antilles.