History Uncovered

One summer evening in 1907, two men came together to discuss an idea that they hoped would change the world — or at least the world of maritime travel. Bruce Ismay, the managing director of the White Star Line, and Lord William Pirrie, chairman of the shipyard Harland and Wolff, hatched a plan to build several gargantuan ships unlike anything the world had ever seen before.

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Along the border of Northern Mexico and Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, there are whispers of a creature known as La Lechuza, a seven-foot owl with a woman’s face whose cries can be heard at night, enticing victims to wander into her clutches.

In some tellings, the Lechuza was once a human woman, but an act of cruelty committed against her or her child turned her into a vengeful monster. In others, the Lechuza is a witch’s familiar, serving her mistress’ will by abducting children, or perhaps she is a servant of Satan himself, one who feeds on the negative emotions of the humans who have the misfortune of encountering her.

In every version of the legend, though, one thing is certain — seeing a Lechuza is a bad omen, and not one to be taken lightly.

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It's the end of March 2023 and we've handpicked a few of our favorite history stories from this month. Today. We'll talk about

The death of the last member of the Nazi resistance group, White Rose

How a metal detectorist stumbled upon the oldest known mention of the god Odin.

The discovery of a Roman shrine high up in the Swiss Alps.

A new study about the genetic differences found in the dogs of Chernobyl.

The discovery of a new Malai statue on Easter Island.

As well as the number of historical anniversaries for March, including the first televised Academy Awards, the very mysterious death of Josef Stalin, and more.

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More than 50 years after the Isdal Woman's charred body was found in Norway’s “Ice Valley,” the authorities still don’t know who she was or how she died.

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Floyd Collins was an experienced cave explorer. A participant in what became known as Kentucky’s “Cave Wars,” Collins made several notable discoveries, including the Great Crystal Cave. But that’s not why the story of Floyd Collins — or Floyd Collins’ body — is remembered today.

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It’s the end of February 2023 and we’ve handpicked a few of our favorite history stories from this month. Today, we’ll be talking about:

The Death of Solomon Perel, who as a young Jewish boy during World War II joined the Hitler Youth to avoid being killed by the Nazis

The discovery of encrypted letters written by Mary Queen of Scots while she was in prison

A new study that examined Impressionist paintings and found they may have depicted air pollution

The discovery of a pendant belonging to the first wife of King Henry VIII

As well as a number of monumental historic anniversaries including the 110th birthday of Rosa Parks and the 100th anniversary of the opening of King Tut’s Tomb.

And we'll also discuss some incredible stories from Black history that we published in February, including Solomon Northrup and the 54th Massachusetts regiment

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Today, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are often seen to be as serious and solemn as their carved faces on Mount Rushmore suggest. But though both presidents presided over important eras in American history, each had another side that the history books often skip over.

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On December 7, 1941, Navy sailor Doris Miller was below deck on the USS West Virginia, sorting laundry, when he heard the ship's general alarm suddenly go off. Though Miller was a Black man, and thus relegated to being a mess attendant and cook, he leaped into action as Japanese planes roared above the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. That day, the ship's mess attendant would become one of its heroes.

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A young child goes missing, the whole country starts looking for him, and eventually, the family gets him back, only to realize that he wasn’t their kid after all. While it may sound like something out of The Twilight Zone, this was an actual mystery that unfolded in Louisiana starting in 1912: the eerie case of Bobby Dunbar.

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In the early 1960s, Michael Rockefeller vanished somewhere off the coast of Papua New Guinea.

His disappearance shocked the nation and prompted a manhunt of historic proportions. Years later, the true fate of the heir to the Standard Oil fortune has been uncovered — and it’s more disturbing than anyone at the time imagined.

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