The spontaneous teleportation of Gil Perez
If this story were true, Gil Pérez would be one of the first people ever to travel by teleportation, albeit
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Category: mysterious people
The mysterious man from Taured
The man from Taured is a mysterious figure who supposedly turned up at a Japanese airport. He said he came
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Silent twins: the controversial case of June and Jennifer Gibbons
Monozygotic and heterozygotic twins. That’s how biology classifies human individuals born during the same delivery. A natural phenomenon as rare
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The green children of Woolpit
I decided to start this blog with one of the stories that fascinated me so much as a child: the
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Gloria Ramirez, the toxic woman
In short On 19 February 1994 Gloria Ramirez, 31, who had cervical cancer, died in the emergency room in Riverside,
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Lidia Naccarato and the Rosary Prayer Group: “Acidism” in the name of God
The world of sects, in the collective imagination, fascinates and frightens at the same time. A vast, multifaceted, complex, difficult
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Helen Duncan, the war “witch”: the case of HMS Barham
When we talk about “witch-hunting”, the memory and the collective imagination run to an ancient past made of tortures, burning
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Oxana Malaya, the wolf girl
In short Who: Oksana Oleksandrivna Malaya, born 4 November 1983 in Nova Blahovishchenka, Kherson region, Ukraine. When she was found:
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Charles Manson, from guru to killer
In short Charles Manson (1934-2017) was the leader of the cult known as the Manson Family. In August 1969 his
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The mystery of Rasputin (and of his penis)
In short Who: Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (Pokrovskoye, 21 January 1869 – Saint Petersburg, 30 December 1916). Why he is famous:
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The mystery of Kaspar Hauser
On Pentecost Monday in 1828, the citizens of Nuremberg witnessed a disoriented teenage boy struggling to walk. His name was
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