We have seen some truly bizarre and horrendous outfits in our time following sport, but it's the ones that are entirely unsuitable or faulty that cause the biggest problems. Often athletes spend their dream occasions on [...]
Kate Upton Amazing Defy Gravity Video In a Bikini
on Feb 20, 2014
Kate Upton defied gravity for the 50th Anniversary of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.
The 21-year-old got into her itty bitty bikini and hopped on a zero gravity plane off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida [...]
Sergei Tretyakov, Russian Double Agent
on Feb 17, 2014
Sergei Tretyakov was a Russian spy who defected to the United States in October 2000. During his time in Russia, Tretyakov was a colonel in the Russian intelligence service (S.V.R.) and oversaw covert operations in New [...]
Sidney Gottlieb, CIA "Black Sorcerer"
on Feb 16, 2014
In 1918, Sidney Gottlieb was born in New York under the name of Joseph Scheider. He received a PhD in chemistry from Caltech and became an expert on lethal poisons.
In 1951, Gottlieb joined the CIA and was given a [...]
Alexander Solonik, Infamous Russian Assassins In History
on Feb 15, 2014
In 1960, Alexander Solonik was born in Kurgan, Russia. In the late 1980s, he was arrested for rape and sent to prison.
In jail, he became targeted for death due to his association with the police. However, Solonik [...]
Arnold Paole, Famous Examples of Vampires
on Feb 14, 2014
In the early 18th century, people in southeastern Europe started to believe in the existence of vampires. They were seen as a major problem to society, especially in Transylvania.
People took to digging up graves and [...]
Lawrence E. King Jr., The Child Sex Ring Allegations Scandal
on Feb 13, 2014
Lawrence E. King Jr. is the man who was at the center of the child sex ring allegations involving the Omaha, Nebraska, branch of the Franklin Community Federal Credit Union (FCFCU) that emerged in the late 1980s.
Despite [...]
Karl Koecher, CIA Double Agent
on Feb 12, 2014
In 1934, Karl Koecher was born in Czechoslovakia. When he was 28, Koecher joined the Czech intelligence agency.
In the mid-1960s, he moved to the United States and received a doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University. [...]
"Lee Harvey Oswald", A Series of Conspiracy Theories
on Feb 11, 2014
On May 5, 1979, a man named Raymond Lee Harvey was arrested by the Secret Service for concealing a loaded starter gun only 10 minutes before President Jimmy Carter was set to give a speech in Los Angeles.
Harvey was [...]
Who's Wolf Messing, Teacher For The KGB!
on Feb 10, 2014
In 1899, Wolf Messing was born in the town of Góra Kalwaria, which is located 25 kilometers (15 mi) southeast of Warsaw, Poland.
As a teenager, Messing claimed to be a psychic. He could alter people’s perceptions and [...]
The Pimlico Poisoning Mystery
on Feb 9, 2014
On the January 1, 1886, Thomas Edwin Bartlett was found dead at his home in Pimlico in the center of London.
He had been ill for some time, but when doctors performed a post-mortem, they discovered a large quantity [...]
The Origin Of The London Stone Mystery
on Feb 8, 2014
The London Stone, also known as the Stone of Brutus, is an unassuming piece of history. It’s located at 111 Cannon Street in London, behind a grate in the wall of a disused office building.
You can see its resting [...]
The Natural History Museum Mystery Bug
on Feb 7, 2014
London’s Natural History Museum has 28 million bugs on record, so when museum entomologist Max Barclay found one hanging around in the building’s grounds, he decided to check what it was.
It turned out to be a mystery—there [...]
Mystery, Who Owns Witanhurst Mansion?
on Feb 6, 2014
The most modern mystery on this list involves Witanhurst Mansion, which is the second largest home in London after Buckingham Palace.
While we know who owns the Queen’s residence (it’s our shape-shifting lizard overlords), [...]
The St. Pancras Walrus 44,000 Bodies Buried Mystery
on Feb 5, 2014
“Who is the walrus?” is no longer just a question of interest to Beatles fans.
Archaeologists in London were excavating the graveyard of St. Pancras Old Church this past July, in preparation for the construction of [...]
The Mystery of Edmund Godfrey Death
on Feb 4, 2014
Edmund Berry Godfrey, an English magistrate, was found dead in 1678. Though three men were convicted of his murder and hanged, many historians believe they may have been entirely innocent.
The late 17th century was [...]
