Meaning to reduce by a tenth, decimation was a punishment where 10 men drew lots, with the loser beaten to death by the winners
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
2003 Fatal Leopard Seal Attack
While the first fatal attack was recorded in 2003, leopard seals have shown to be willing to actively hunt humans for over a century
The Iron Maiden
Supposedly a medieval torture device, the history of the notorious iron maiden is not what most think
The Bermuda Triangle
Do ships and aircraft disappear more frequently in the Bermuda Triangle than other regions of ocean?
The Exorcisms of Anneliese Michel
Convinced that a mentally ill young woman was possessed by demons, her family and a priest carried out a total of 67 exorcisms
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 World’s Most Dangerous Bird
Cassowarys are the only bird species with confirmed fatal attacks on humans
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
