The Yuba County Five

What caused five young men to abandon their car and flee into deep snow in the middle of the night?

British Monarchs that Met Untimely Deaths

While the UK marks the Platinum Jubilee of the current monarch, we look at eight others whose reign came to an untimely end

Noted gorilla researcher Dian Fossey was murdered in her remote cabin in 1985

In 1672, the Dutch Grand Pensionary was lynched and partially eaten by an angry mob

Responsible for at least two deaths, and arguably up to six, this plutonium bomb core has been nicknamed the ‘demon core’

Walking off alone into the Canadian wilderness, did a Japanese tourist intend to take her own life?

The 1959 deaths of nine Russian skiers in strange circumstances has resulted in an enduring and widely debated mystery

The final hours of 13-year-old Omayra Sanchez were captured in this haunting photograph, which was named the World Press Photo of the Year in 1986

In June 2013, dry lightning ignited a wildfire on land near the town of Yarnell, Arizona. Following a long period … More

While the first fatal attack was recorded in 2003, leopard seals have shown to be willing to actively hunt humans for over a century