Coffin Birth
In short What it is: the expulsion of a dead fetus from the decomposing body of a pregnant woman. Scientific
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In short What it is: the expulsion of a dead fetus from the decomposing body of a pregnant woman. Scientific
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In short The ship: the Mignonette, a 16-metre yacht built in 1867 and suited only to coastal sailing. The crew:
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La Pascualita is the name given to a bridal mannequin in the city of Chihuahua, Mexico. According to the legend,
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In short Who: Leonarda Cianciulli (Montella, 18 April 1894 – Pozzuoli, 15 October 1970). Nickname: “the Soap-Maker of Correggio”. Victims:
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The story of the little Marquis Francesco Longhi takes place in the castle of Fumone, in Lazio, already the scene
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Aokigahara is the name of a Japanese forest at the foot of Mount Fuji. In Japan it is also known
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In short Who: Patrick Hardison, a volunteer firefighter from Mississippi. The accident: in 2001 the roof of a burning house
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In short Who: Doris Bither, single mother of four, who died in 1999. Where and when: Culver City, California, in
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In short Where: Hinterkaifeck, an isolated farmstead in Bavaria, about 70 km north of Munich. When: the evening of 31
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In short Who: Opeyemi Enoch, mathematics lecturer at the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. What he claimed: to have proved
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In short Who: Linda Laura Hazzard, née Burfield (Carver, Minnesota, 18 December 1867 – Olalla, 24 June 1938). Nickname: “the
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In short Who: Rosalia Lombardo (Palermo, 13 December 1918 – 6 December 1920). Where she lies: in the chapel of
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