Take Marcus Antonius Exochus, whose story is told on his tombstone. Though much of his life and death remains a mystery, it ...

At any given time, there are countless secret government operations underway in the United States. While this has always been ...

According to ABC News, archaeologists uncovered the remains at a human burial site located near the town of Solvesborg in ...

This is the story of Gianni Versace’s life, murder, and legacy. Born on Dec. 2, 1946, in Reggio Calabria, Italy, to a poor family, Gianni Versace was fascinated by fashion from a young age. He grew up ...

Despite what the gory illustrations may suggest, the act of drilling holes into a person’s head was not a medieval torture method. This act, called trepanation, is actually a millennia-old medical ...

Patricio Lujan was a young boy in New Mexico in the 1930s when a normal day with his family in Santa Fe was interrupted by the sight of a strange woman near their property. The family watched in ...

Andy Kaufman, who made 16 appearances on Saturday Night Live early in its run, died on May 16, 1984 at the age of 35. At least — that’s the official story. An offbeat comic and performance artist, ...

In 1988, two scuba divers off the coast of Bulala, Sicily discovered the wreck of an ancient Greek ship from the 5th century B.C.E., later named “Gela II.” The ship was initially explored in 1995, and ...

The next SNL member death story is one of the saddest and most mysterious. It concerns Charles Rocket, who died by suicide in 2005 at the age of 56. Born on Aug. 28, 1949, Rocket joined the SNL cast ...

When SNL premiered in 1975, one of its breakout stars was John Belushi. Not only did he delight TV audiences with madcap sketches like “Samurai Night Fever,” but Belushi was on his way to becoming a ...

Chris Farley idolized John Belushi. Both comics hailed from the Midwest, and both found their big break on Saturday Night Live. But sadly, Farley also met an eerily similar end to Belushi. In 1997, ...

Though he appeared in the very first SNL sketch teaching English to an immigrant, played by John Belushi, Michael O’Donoghue mostly operated behind the scenes. That said, O’Donoghue — who died in 1994 ...