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Heinrich Himmler Thought Germans Were Descended From Nordic Gods – So He Tried To Prove It

April 5, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThose working for the Ahnenerbe project set out to prove that the Aryan race was descended from Nordic […]

Cotard Delusion — The Rare Disorder That Makes You Think You’re Dead

March 7, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteCotard delusion sounds like a silly disease, but feeling like you’re dead, and like your body isn’t your […]

Trepanation Was The Bizarre Cure-All That Exposed Your Brain

March 5, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteTrepanation, the practice of drilling a hole in your head to let your brain “breath”, was used to […]

Why The Mercy Brown Case Remains One Of History’s Craziest “Vampire” Incidents

March 4, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhen Mercy Brown’s family started dying off one by one, they blamed her — even though she’d been […]

Inside The Twisted Mind And Murders Of “Jolly” Jane Toppan

February 26, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteEven after she was sentenced to a mental hospital, Jane Toppan continued to feel her murderous tendencies, routinely […]

Lili Elbe’s Tragic Life As A Transgender Pioneer

February 16, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteLili Elbe was born Einar Wegener, and spent her entire life trying to choose between the man she […]

Meet The Candiru – The Penis Probing Fish Of Your Nightmares

February 15, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe candiru is a tiny, but fearsome, beast that lives in the rivers of the Amazon, and has […]

25 Dramatic Photos Of Combat Medics In Action Throughout History

February 14, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese powerful photos of combat medics from the Civil War to Vietnam show some of history’s greatest unsung […]

Black Death Symptoms: See If You Have The Bubonic Plague Right Now

February 14, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteAre you experiencing black death symptoms? The Bubonic Plague isn’t nearly as prevalent as it used to be, […]

The Horrifying History Of The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

February 2, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was supposed to be a place of peace and restoration, but it soon devolved […]

Vin Mariani — The Cocaine-Laced Wine Loved By Popes, Thomas Edison, And Ulysses S. Grant

January 31, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteVin Mariani was advertised to reduce your hunger, aid digestion, cure the flu, and best of all, fill […]

33 Absurd Phrenology Diagrams From A Century Ago

January 20, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThese vintage phrenology diagrams from 1902 claim to reveal which head shapes indicate which personality traits — and […]

Almost 500 Years Later, Scientists Confirm What Killed The Aztecs

January 16, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteAlmost 500 years after the society crumbled, researchers have finally discovered what killed 15 million people in just […]

How Vladimir Demikhov Actually Made A Two-Headed Dog

January 15, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThough it’s hard to believe that Soviet scientist Vladimir Demikhov actually made a two-headed dog, these surreal photos […]

4 Real Frankenstein Experiments And The Mad Scientists Behind Them

January 10, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteFor decades before and after Mary Shelly’s book, several prominent scientists were putting serious brainpower into real Frankenstein […]

The Gross History Of Bloodletting And Medicine By Leeches

January 9, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteBloodletting was used to draw “tainted” blood from a patient, in the hopes that the disease or infection […]

Lysol Was Once Used As Birth Control – And Poisoned A Lot Of Women

January 5, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteWith few options available to women, Lysol’s advertising as a feminine product made it one of the most […]

The History Of “Female Hysteria” And The Sex Toys Used To Treat It

December 21, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteBy the 1800s women were increasingly diagnosed with hysteria, the treatment for which was a hysterical paroxysm. Today, […]

He Used Black People As Guinea Pigs For Years – And The Government Paid For It

December 15, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis doctor’s experiments tortured poor cancer patients, and he got away with it. Wikimedia CommonsDr. Joseph Hamilton drinks […]

31 Creepy Pictures From The Early History Of Dentistry

December 14, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteFrom the bizarre to the creepy, the history of dentistry reveals some tools and procedures that will terrify […]

Inside Philadelphia’s Byberry Mental Hospital House Of Horrors

December 5, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteFor decades, Philadelphia’s Byberry mental hospital neglected and tortured its patients — and got away with it. Charles […]

21 Accidental Inventions That Changed Our World

December 4, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteForget genius. A happy combination of dumb luck and coincidence was all it took for these accidental inventions […]

The Unbelievable True Story of America’s Radium Girls

November 18, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhile the men wore lead aprons to protect themselves from the radiation, the women were given nothing. They […]

The Horrifying “Cures” Of Dr. Henry Cotton — America’s Biggest Quack

November 13, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring his 26-year reign at the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. Henry Cotton performed over 645 twisted operations in […]

The Unsolved Tylenol Murders — Why Pills Now Have Tamper-Resistant Packaging

November 8, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe murders convinced the government to make tampering with pill bottles illegal. Wikimedia Commons Tylenol in “caplet” form, […]

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