Christopher Columbus went the entire 1492 voyage without realizing he was in the midst of lands unknown to Europe. When he returned home, he wrote his royal patrons and described all the wonders he had found "in the Indian Ocean." 

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Friedrich Jürgenson recorded birdsong from his garden one day and discovered within that tape a voice that did not belong there. He spent the rest of his life collecting evidence of voices beyond this realm, and in so doing was the founder of EVP research.

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The famous historian who captured the last moments of Pompeii also had a bit of an obsession with ghosts, it turns out! 

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A favourite of gothic enthusiasts young and old, historical and modern, poet and writer Edgar Allen Poe suffered a strange death and even stranger funerary rites.

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In 1860, murderer Patrick Maude was hung in Newark jail--but before meeting his demise, Maude gave a lengthy and wildly entertaining speech about "Papish churches," witchcraft and slave's rights. These are some of the best final words of all time!

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At the turn of the century, John Schmidt came to the United States with a flood of a million other immigrants. During his time there, he would wed and murder an alleged 50 women, using arsenic poison to do away with his wives in order to collect their life insurance and belongings. 

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Medieval Europeans had some highly questionable taste, and there's no better place to find evidence of that than in their fossilized "leavings." ;)

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In 16th-century Italy, being astoundingly intelligent could really take you places--like a hot bonfire, with you as the entertainment. Giordano Bruno is a man we should all know!

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Today I'd like to share the story of Robert Fortune, a 19th-century Scottish botanist who has almost certainly affected your life. That is, unless you prefer coffee ;)

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It's a monster that at first glance looks like a tall, distinguished Victorian gentleman...but Spring-heel'd Jack is anything but!

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