Pregnancy can be pretty terrifying for expectant mothers. Even a normal, healthy pregnancy is accompanied by intense bodily changes and hormone shifts that can be extremely difficult to cope with. Yet none of that can come close to the horrors of what happens when women perish while pregnant. As it […]
When a person realizes they are about to pass, they often have regrets or even guilt, which may result in some truly shocking deathbed confessions. Most people don’t want to carry their burdens into the afterlife and will take the opportunity to share their most intimate (and sometimes disturbing) stories […]
With the tumultuous year that was 2001 now in the rearview, we now delve into the year 2002. What happened in the world that year? Wha was playing on the radio? How about the music on the radio? Come with us as we recount the news, views, pop culture, and […]
Nowadays, plastic surgery is seen as a pretty basic, relatively safe procedure – but that hasn’t always been the case. The first plastic modern advanced surgery on record was performed during World War I, and at the time, it was very risky and nearly killed the man who went under […]
In February 1994, Gloria Ramirez was admitted to a hospital in Riverside, California, with late stage cervical cancer. Little did her attending doctors and nurses know she was a human toxicity bomb. After some basic treatment and blood work, a strange odor emerged from where the syringe had pricked her […]
Because a positive societal image is so hard to earn, it seems evident that people and companies with an upstanding influence would do everything they could to uphold their social standing. Still, everyone makes mistakes. While a little “oops” here and there is acceptable – and even expected – this […]
Mary Kay Letourneau was a schoolteacher in Burien, WA, when 12-year-old Vili Fualaau entered her Shorewood Elementary sixth-grade class in 1996. What followed was one of the most bizarre and upsetting scandals of the 1990s. To read more about this insane case, go here: https://www.ranker.com/list/mary-kay-letourneau-scandal/jodi-smith Be sure to subscribe to […]
The ancient Greeks played an integral role in forming modern society. We have a lot to thank the Greeks for, from systems of government to aspects of the justice system and even plumbing. Not all practices stood the test of time, though, as intimacy in ancient Greece was a far […]
