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Hamilton Howard "Albert" Fish [ 1 ] (May 19, 1870 – January 16, 1936) was an American serial killer . He was also known as the Gray Man , the Werewolf of Wysteria , the Brooklyn Vampire , the Moon Maniac and The Boogey Man . [ 4 ] A child rapist and cannibal , he boasted that he "had children in every state," [ 4 ] and at one time stated the number was about 100. However, it is not known whether he was talking about rapes or cannibalization, less still whether he was telling the truth.
Albert Fish
Mary Toft (née Denyer ; c. 1701–1763), also spelled Tofts , was an English woman from Godalming , Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she tricked doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits. In 1726 Toft became pregnant, but following her reported fascination with the sighting of a rabbit, she miscarried.
Mary Toft
The Cure for Insomnia , directed by John Henry Timmis IV, was officially the world's longest movie , according to Guinness World Records , as of its release in 1987. Running 5,220 minutes (87 hours, or 3 days and 15 hours) in length, the movie has no plot, instead consisting of artist L.
The Cure for Insomnia
The Tarahumaras: An Endangered Species : Mexico Culture & Arts
Shep Lenchek Never conquered by the Aztecs and despite being defeated by Mexican armies, the Tarahumaras still consider themselves an independant nation. So strong is this conviction that in the Fifties they more than once took complaints directly to the United Nations. Perhaps the purest and most unmixed of any Indian tribe in Mexico, so little is known about them that their true name "Raramuri" was corrupted to "Tarahumara" by white men and never corrected. Most of the world knows them only as long distance runners. Living in high altitudes, they have developed tremendous lung capacity and in more primitive times hunted deer and mountain goats, running them down on foot.
Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays (Third revised edition, New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1917) Ever reviled, accursed, ne'er understood, Thou art the grisly terror of our age. "Wreck of all order," cry the multitude, "Art thou, and war and murder's endless rage."
Anarchism and Other Essays: Anarchism: What It Really Stands For
Sam Weinstein on Transplanting a Baby’s Heart - Best Doctors 2011
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New York-based photographer Martin Schoeller loves to make us laugh!
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In 1903, a prisoner named Will West arrived at Leavenworth.
Mistaken Identity
Infographic of the Day: How Segregated is Your City?
Recently, cartographer Bill Rankin produced an astounding map of Chicago , which managed to show the city's areas of racial integration.Is going to college really worth it?
Infographic of the Day: Is College Really Worth It?
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