She asks for a ride at night, sits in the back and vanishes before you arrive. The vanishing hitchhiker legend, from Sweden in 1602 to Resurrection Mary and the ghost blonde of Dino Buzzati.
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In short Friday: considered unlucky for centuries, perhaps because it is the day Jesus was crucified. 13: linked to the
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China is famous for its tortures. The lingchi isn’t one of the most famous methods of execution, but it surely
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In short Who: Carl Tanzler, or “Count Carl von Cosel” (Dresden, 1877 – Florida, 1952). Her: Elena “Helen” Milagro de
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In short Who: Gunnar Milton Hansen (Reykjavík, 4 March 1947 – Northeast Harbor, 7 November 2015). Why he is famous:
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In short Who: Junko Furuta, 17, a student from Misato, Saitama prefecture. When: abducted on 25 November 1988, died on
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In short Who: Raymond Martinez Fernandez (1914-1951) and Martha Jule Beck (1920-1951). Nickname: “the honeymoon killers” or “the lonely hearts
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In short Who: Enriqueta Martí i Ripoll (Sant Feliu de Llobregat, 2 February 1871 – Barcelona, 12 May 1913). Nickname:
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This experiment was conducted in the 20s by American psychologist John B. Watson and his collaborator Rosalie Rayner on a
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In short Who: Karen Greenlee, born in 1958, an apprentice embalmer from Sacramento, California. What: on 17 December 1979 she
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In short What it was: WT1190F, a small piece of space debris orbiting the Earth since at least 2009. When
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Hanged, drawn and quartered describes a method of execution in force from 1351 to 1870 in England as a punishment
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