Interesting History

Fascinating lesser-known stories from world history

The Philadelphia Experiment: Did the Navy Make a Ship Invisible?

The Philadelphia Experiment: Did the Navy Make a Ship Invisible?

In 1943, the U.S. Navy allegedly made the USS Eldridge disappear using electromagnetic fields. Was it real?

The Ghost Army: How Fake Tanks and Sound Effects Helped Win WWII

The Ghost Army: How Fake Tanks and Sound Effects Helped Win WWII

A secret U.S. Army unit used inflatable tanks, recorded sounds, and phony radio messages to fool Nazi forces.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

The Lost Colony of Roanoke: America's Oldest Mystery

117 colonists vanished leaving only the word CROATOAN carved in a tree

The London Beer Flood of 1814

The London Beer Flood of 1814

300,000 gallons of beer flooded London streets in a deadly wave

Cadaver Synod

The Cadaver Synod

The medieval trial where a dead pope was dug up and put on trial

Great Molasses Flood

The Great Molasses Flood

A bizarre 1919 Boston disaster where 2.3 million gallons of molasses flooded the streets

Great Emu War

The Great Emu War

When Australia lost a war against 20,000 emus

Dancing Plague

The Dancing Plague of 1518

A mysterious epidemic where people danced uncontrollably for weeks

Lost Faberge Eggs

The Lost Faberge Eggs

Imperial Russian treasures that vanished during the revolution