Graysmith was working at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969 when the Zodiac Killer sent an encoded letter to the newspaper.

On April 11, 1986, the FBI tracked two serial bank robbers down to a Miami side street. But when they tried to apprehend the ...

Archaeologists working in Vergina, Greece have uncovered new artifacts inside Royal Tomb II, long linked to the family of Alexander the Great. The tomb was initially thought to belong to Philip II, ...

Samhain, a word meaning “Summer’s End,” is a Celtic holiday marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the Celtic New Year on November 1. Originally celebrated among ancient Celts in ...

While investigating a Stone Age settlement just outside of Varberg, Sweden, archaeologists serendipitously discovered a massive Viking-Age burial ground rife with artifacts. So far, just six percent ...

While the Sahara Desert is one of the driest places on Earth, it does receive rare heavy rainfall every few decades. In September, parts of the region saw nearly eight inches of rain, which is more ...

Archaeologists in Chifeng, China, have excavated an ancient tomb belonging to the Neolithic Hongshan culture that dates back 5,000 years. The Hongshan people, known for their impressive jade and clay ...

Anyone who has seen a happy cat has seen it knead: stretch out, purr, and gently massage the closest object (or person) with its paws. Now, archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered the earliest ...

On the snowy peaks of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth, the dark object in the snow stood out. It was not trash, a piece of equipment, or a protruding stone. It was a boot with a sock ...

Throughout the late-1980s, police were baffled by four brutal murders that had taken place in Florida and Texas between 1986 and 1987. Then, in 1990, the husband of Oscar Ray Bolin’s ex-wife called in ...

Beneath a mysterious, hand-carved structure built into the desert canyon walls in Petra, Jordan, archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old tomb containing 12 skeletons. The structure, known as ...