The first survey of Denmark's Kalvestene Viking ship burial site in nearly 100 years used a 17th-century illustration to reveal the presence of two additional ships, bringing the total number to 12. Flinders UniversityThe Viking-age ship burial mounds of Kalvestene, on the Danish island of Hjarnø. In 1650, University of Copenhagen antiquarian Ole Worm made drawings of a Viking ship burial site on the small Danish island of Hjarnø. His depictions showed more than 20 ship burial mounds.

Robert Plympton's DNA was matched to samples found at the scene of Barbara Mae Tucker's murder more than four decades ago. Multnomah County Sheriff’s OfficeRobert Arthur Plympton, the man found guilty of murdering Barbara Mae Tucker in 1980. An Oregon man has been found guilty in the 1980 cold case murder of a 19-year-old college student — all thanks to a piece of chewing gum. Four decades ago, a medical examiner determined that Barbara Mae Tucker had been sexually assaulted and beaten to death.

Victorian adventurer Richard Francis Burton was a poet, soldier, spy, and explorer — but that's not even the half of it.Ernest Edwards/Getty ImagesSir Richard Francis Burton. Circa 1870s. Sir Richard Francis Burton’s obituary described him as “one of the most remarkable men of his time” and he certainly lived up to that distinction. A linguist, soldier, explorer, spy, and author (among many other things), Burton lived a life of almost unparalleled adventure that spanned nearly five continents and seven decades.

Aubrey Trail claimed Sydney Loofe's death was an accident and the result of a sex game gone wrong. He said he only dismembered her and removed her organs because he panicked.Eric Gregory/Lincoln Journal Star via AP FileAubrey Trail, shortly before slashing his own throat open with a pen or a small blade. Wilbur, Nebraska. June 24, 2019 A Nebraska man suspected of killing and dismembering 24-year-old Sydney Loofe in late 2017 shocked a courtroom on Monday when he slashed his own throat during his murder trial.

In 1921, 11 sailors boarded the Carroll A. Deering in Barbados to head back to the United States. But weeks later, the ship was found wrecked — with no crew in sight.National Park ServiceThough the crew of the Carroll A. Deering was nowhere to be found, a six-toed cat was discovered aboard. After sailing through the Bermuda Triangle in 1921, the Carroll A. Deering crashed just off the coast of North Carolina.