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Historical vampires  – The Background When did vampires begin? As with many legends, the exact date of origin is unknown; but evidence of the vampire tale can be found with the ancient Chaldeans in Mesopotamia, near the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, and with Assyrian writings on clay or stone...

Saint Germain, the Immortal Count Is it possible for a person to live forever? That is what some people are claiming about a historical figure known as Count de Saint-Germain. His origins are still unclear. Some records date his birth to the late 1600s, although some believe that his longevity...

On February 19, 1979, five men from the Hawaiian island of Maui – Benjamin Kalama, Ralph Malaiakini, Scott Moorman, Patrick Woesner, and Peter Hanchett—went on a fishing trip on a vessel called the “Sarah Joe”. The boat and its crew all vanished after a terrible storm hit the area....

In Kansas City, Missouri, on the afternoon of January 2, 1935, a man walked into the Hotel President and asked for a room several floors up. He carried no luggage. He signed the register as “Roland T. Owen,” of Los Angeles, and paid for one day’s stay. He was...

The story: In 1950, a man with mutton chop sideburns and Victorian-era duds popped up in Times Square. Witnesses said he looked startled, and then a minute later, he was hit by a car and killed. The officials at the morgue searched his body and found the following items in his...

It’s July 1954; a hot day. A man arrives at Tokyo airport in Japan. He’s of Caucasian appearance and conventional-looking. But the officials are suspicious. On checking his passport, they see that he hails from a country called Taured. The passport looked genuine, except for the fact that there is...

Serial Killer The Monster of Florence ( Mostro di Firenze ) was the name given to the serial killer who murdered 16 people, including seven young couples in the Florentine countryside between 1968 and 1985. His method of killing was to sneak up on people making out in parked cars and...

Located in Mali West Africa, the Dogon have a rich culture dating back to around 3200 BC and are believed to have descended from ancient Egyptians. Deeply rooted traditions of the Dogon people speak of the Nommos who visited from a companion star to Sirius. The Nommos are known...

Ancient Sumerian texts define the Anunnaki as “those who from heaven to Earth came” described as those who descended from the heavens, and in certain context, the fallen angels. By comparative religions, its believed the book of Genesis (600BC) was extracted from the Sumerian Epic of Creation (~6000-8500BC). Records...

The Piri Reis map remains one of the strangest ancient discoveries of modern times. Its age has been confirmed The map shows antarctica at a time it had not been discovered   Many ancient artifacts were found during the topkat palace, Turkey, reorganization among them was the Piri Reis. The map...