When Krakatoa Exploded in 1883, It Turned Skies Blood Red Around the World and Convinced New Yorkers Their City Was on Fire
On August 27th in 1883, the island of Krakatoa in Indonesia tore itself apart in one of the most violent volcanic eruptions ever recorded, and what followed was so strange that people around the world...
27 Aug 3min
Minnesota Deputy's 1979 UFO Encounter: Shattered Glass, Stopped Time, and a Mystery Still Unsolved
On the night of August 26th into the early morning hours of August 27th in 1979, one of the strangest and most well-documented UFO encounters in American law enforcement history unfolded in the quiet ...
26 Aug 4min
The Lubbock Lights of 1951: Texas's Unsolved UFO Mystery That Still Baffles Science Decades Later
On August 25th back in 1951, something rather extraordinary began unfolding over the town of Lubbock, Texas, an event that would come to be known as the Lubbock Lights, one of the most well documented...
25 Aug 4min
Pompeii's Eternal Scream: The Haunting That Never Ended Since 79 A.D.
On this very day, back in the year 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted with a fury that buried the Roman city of Pompeii under meters of ash, pumice, and superheated gas, freezing an entire civilization in a s...
24 Aug 4min
Marfa's Eternal Mystery: 140 Years of Dancing Desert Lights Still Defy Explanation
On this date in the folklore of the American Southwest, storytellers often point to a curious anniversary tied to the Marfa Lights of West Texas, one of the longest-running unexplained phenomena in th...
22 Aug 3min
The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter: The Night Silver Creatures Laid Siege to a Kentucky Farmhouse
On the night of August 21st in 1955, something happened on a small farm outside Kelly, Kentucky that would become one of the most talked about unexplained encounters in American history. The Sutton fa...
21 Aug 4min
The Bloop: How a 1997 Deep-Sea Sound Sparked Decades of Ocean Mystery
On August 19th, if you dip into the strange archives of the sea, one of the eeriest entries you'll find involves a sound. Not a sighting, not a shadow, not a blurry photograph, but a sound so massive ...
19 Aug 4min
The Great Meteor of 1783: Britain's Unsolved Night of Fire in the Sky
On the evening of August 18th, in the year 1783, something extraordinary tore across the night sky over Great Britain, and the mystery of exactly what it was has never been fully settled. Just before ...
18 Aug 4min
