The Nome Serum Run

Also known as the Great Race of Mercy, the Nome serum run was a dog sled relay over nearly 700 … More

The Kandahar Giant

An account supposedly from a US Special Forces soldier claims that his patrol encountered a giant in Afghanistan in 2002

The Southport and St Anne’s Lifeboat Disaster

The worst disaster in the history of the RNLI, 27 lifeboatmen were lost attempting to save the crew of a foundering ship

The Disappearance of Rudolf Diesel

When the German inventor of a revolutionary combustion engine went missing, many believed he had been murdered to prevent his invention falling into British hands

The 2002 Moscow Theatre Crisis

After Chechen separatists took the audience and cast of a Moscow theatre production hostage, Russian authorities used a tranquilizer gas to retake the theatre, with disastrous consequences

The Kappa

Strange, aquatic yokai of Japanese folklore, kappa have long been blamed for the drowning of people and horses

The Belay

How one climber saved the lives of the entire 1953 US Karakoram Expedition on K2

2011 Svalbard Polar Bear Attack

Home to over 3,000 polar bears, the remote island of Svalbard was the scene of a fatal attack on British student in 2011

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

After a ship on a secret mission was sank, leaving 900 men in the water, they were attacked for almost four days by sharks

Gremlins – A Modern Take on the Fey Trickster

While similar to other folklore creatures such as goblins and boggarts, gremlins are a much younger creation, originating in the early 20th Century