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SEE ALSO: Top 10 Brutal Unsolved Halloween Murders 10 The Murders Of Ronald Sisman And Elizabeth Platzman Sometime during the early morning Halloween hours of 1981, a Manhattan couple named Ronald Sisman and Elizabeth Platzman were murdered in their apartment, which was located near Greenwich Village. The couple was severely beaten before being shot in the head, execution-style, and the apartment was completely ransacked. Sisman was rumored to be involved in drugs, so authorities initially believed that to be the motive for the killings....

10The Deaths of Iqbal Al-Hilli and Her Secret Ex-Husband On September 5, 2012, a shocking mass murder took place near Chevaline, France. A British tourist named Saad al-Hilli traveled on a mountainside road with his wife, Iqbal; their two young daughters, Zainab and Zeena; and Iqbal’s elderly mother, Suhalia al-Allaf. Sometime that afternoon, their vehicle was ambushed near Lake Annency and riddled with bullets. Saad, Iqbal, and Suhalia were all shot to death....

10 Christmas And Werewolves According to the traditions of Central and Southern Europe, children born on Christmas Day are likely to become werewolves. Why? Because being born on the same day as Jesus Christ is seen as a blasphemous affront. In the 20th century, The Werewolf of Paris author Guy Endore revitalized this tradition by having his werewolf, Bertrand Caillet, be born on Christmas Day following the rape of his mother....

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 were one of the most videotaped events in history. The majority of the footage comes from lower Manhattan in New York City. There was so much video captured that the Internet Archive has enough coverage to virtually replay the day. The material is extremely graphic, violent, and heart-wrenching. It shows the pain experienced in New York and the complete destruction of three high-rise structures. For those of you who were not old enough to understand 9/11 in 2001, you can now get a sense of the day by examining the footage....

Throughout history, though, cannibalism wasn’t just a thing from the cinema. It was something that happened in many different ways. One scenario comes straight from the minds of the greatest horror fanatics: The legend of Sawney Bean is one of Scotland’s most disturbing tales and has stood the test of time, having made its mark in history. Some claim that the story of Sawney Bean is hearsay and myth, while others say that it’s a tale of true horror....

When we think of an executioner, that’s what we picture—a brute in a mask. The image is so iconic that it continues to show up in pop culture long after we stopped beheading the condemned. How many of us have seen a movie or played a video game where a masked executioner lumbers after our hero? Contrary to popular belief, the hood was far from common. But we can’t blame those who chose to wear it, as executioners often found themselves shunned by society....

There is currently a debate going on among many in the United States, with movements to make the drug legal for sale, transport, and, of course, consumption, with Colorado, California, and Oregon currently leading the way. In all actuality, when it comes to drug legalization, psilocybin may very well be the next marijuana, and understandably so. With their reported medicinal qualities, magic mushrooms are a popular recreational activity for some but a deeply spiritual experience for others....

There are, however, a number of sports that were once hugely popular but which have since faded in prominence. Most of these games posed serious danger to the participants, spectators, and sometimes the animals involved. You’ve probably heard of a number of these sports, but you certainly don’t see them being played to the same extent as football or basketball these days. 10 Chariot Racing The sport of chariot racing was so popular in ancient Greece and Rome that the streets would be deserted when a race was on....

Linda and Terry Jamison are twins from the United States who claim to have predicted the September 11th attacks two years ahead of time. On November 2, 1999, they claimed that through an automatic writing process there would be a terrorist attack on the federal government and the World Trade Center in 2001. The actual quote is, “we are seeing various terrorist attacks on federal government and also the New York Trade Center, the World Trade Center”....

One of those differences was their gods. The Egyptian gods had the heads of animals. That might seem like a tiny detail, but it changed the way the lived in more ways than you might imagine. In homage to their gods, the Egyptians treated animals with a reverence that we don’t share—and that led to some truly bizarre moments that history usually leaves out. 10They Gave A Bull A Harem Throughout most of Egyptian history, there was always one lucky bull who got treated like a god....

Often, it was society that would make up parents’ minds for them, as beliefs on how best to feed babies changed many times over thousands of years. Advertising was a major factor, and the safety of a given food choice was paramount. Here is an overview of what people decided to feed their children over the last several thousand years. 10 Wet Nursing The use of a wet nurse was common before feeding with formula or bottles was introduced....

10Cheetahs Chirp Like Birds The cheetah is the world’s fastest land animal. Once widely spread across Africa and Asia, interaction with humans has reduced Asian numbers to a few dozen. The largest concentrations are now found in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Tanzania. Unlike the other big cats (which technically belong to the genus Panthera ), cheetahs and cougars can’t roar, as they lack the necessary two-piece thyroid bone. Instead, cheetahs chirp like birds—which is, perhaps, appropriate, given their falcon-like speed....

10 The Grimaldi Curse This is one curse that every unhappy spouse can relate to. The sad string of “unhappily-ever-afters” for the current members of Monaco’s ruling family can be attributed to two of their ancestors being total creeps. The first—Francesco Grimaldi—was said to begin the family’s eventual domination of the tiny city-state after he and his forces captured the fortress from rival claimants. He dressed himself up as a monk and successfully tricked the guards into opening the gates of the fortress....

10 M&M’S Exist Due To Two Different Wars Forrest Mars Sr. had a fight with his dad, so he decided to go move to Europe. Unfortunately, he picked Europe in the early 1930s. While stopping in Spain, he ran into soldiers during their civil war. Now the Spanish Civil War is mostly considered a prequel to the far more disastrous World War II, but it still left half a million people dead and ushered in decades of Fascist rule....

SEE ALSO: 10 Frozen Timepieces That Marked Death And Disaster These following disasters have left furious ticket holders demanding their money back and event organizers red-faced. What was supposed to be the time of their lives became a weekend of hell. 10 Fyre Festival2017 Anyone who has had access to the Internet in the past couple of years would have heard about the disaster that was Fyre Festival. Located in the Bahamas, it was billed as the most luxurious festival in the world and promoted by the most elite models around the globe....

10 The First Special Effect Before CGI became the first choice for special effects in movies, the earliest filmmakers had to do all their special effects manually. The first special effect was created by Thomas Edison, who patented the “Kinetograph,” a motion picture camera. Most of Edison’s films were lost because he melted them down to recycle their silver content. As shown in the video above, one that remains is The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots....

10Chimpanzees Start Fashion Trends We humans often admire individuality. Paradoxically, we also make fun of people who don’t follow the latest fashion trends in our society. Maybe we share our copycat tendencies with chimpanzees. According to a study published in Animal Cognition, the copycat behavior of chimps leads to new traditions that are often specific to only one group of the animals. It’s similar to a new fashion trend emerging in their society....

10Rock Art And Hieroglyphs Many scholars have argued that hieroglyphs they are linked to pictures found in the Western Desert produced by early hunter-gatherer and cattle herder communities around 5000 BC. For these communities, the ability to remember information about their land—such as the location of water holes, grazing areas and routes across the dry land—was key for their subsistence. We know that the function of rock art in general is complex and diverse, and this rock art in particular is not all about passing information....

10 Seasonality And War During the Romans’ early history, the logistical challenges of conducting a war meant that the Romans only fought between sowing and harvest (during the summer). Rome was an agriculture-based economy, and the movement of troops during winter was highly demanding. According to Livy (History of Rome, 5.6), if a war was not over by the end of summer, “our soldiers must wait through the winter.” He also mentioned a curious way that many soldiers chose to spend the time during the long waiting: “The pleasure of hunting carries men off through snow and frost to the mountains and the woods....

Monuments can be troublesome, too. They divide communities and take their fair share of bullets. Famous sites are also battling a mysterious slime that nobody can stop. 10 Pedals Once in a while, social media falls in love with a wild animal. In recent years, people adored a black bear from New Jersey. He was nicknamed “Pedals” because he walked on his back legs like a human. The bear’s front paws were badly damaged, prompting the unusual and endearing manner of movement....