Created by monks in medieval Scotland, the exquisitely illustrated Book of Kells is widely regarded as the "chief treasure of the Western world." The long room in the Old Library of Trinity College, Dublin, where the Book of Kells is on display. Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons The Book of Kells on its display block. Ajay Suresh/Wikimedia Commons A facsimile of the Book of Kells at Trinity College, Dublin.

On June 4, 2008, Jodi Arias butchered her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander just after they had sex. His body was found days later with 27 stab wounds and a gunshot to the head.When Travis Alexander first met Jodi Arias, he thought he’d met the love of his life. Instead, he’d met his killer. Less than two years later, Arias stabbed him at least two dozen times in the shower and shot him in the head.

After Jeffrey Dahmer was convicted of murdering 17 people, Lionel Dahmer was plagued by guilt about where it all went wrong and how he may have helped set his son down a dark path.Ralf-Finn Hestoft/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty ImagesJeffrey Dahmer’s father Lionel Dahmer and his second wife, Shari, during Jeffrey Dahmer’s 1992 murder trial. Behind every serial killer, there’s the family that raised them. For Jeffrey Dahmer — who gruesomely killed 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991 — that family was his father, Lionel Dahmer, and his mother, Joyce.

The Mind-Boggling Tale Of Shanti Devi, The Indian Child Who Claimed She Lived Twice Marc Hartzman 3 years ago When she was just four years old, Shanti Devi began telling her parents eerily specific details about her old life in a town 75 miles from where she was born — and a place she'd never been to before. ncG1vNJzZmiZnKHBqa3TrKCnrJWnsrTAyKeeZ5ufonyiwdOhpqtnnZa%2FpHnHmqmtsp2Wuw%3D%3D

A burial mound possibly linked to King Hinz was discovered in 1899, but there is little historical record of his rule. Prignitz DistrictThe ancient hall was discovered during excavations of the area surrounding the “King’s Grave” in Seddin, northwest of Berlin. Archaeologists have unearthed a massive Bronze Age building believed to be the meeting hall of the legendary King Hinz, who was purportedly buried in a golden coffin. The discovery was made not far from a burial mound known as the “King’s Grave,” which some say is the place where King Hinz was buried.

In June 2013, 19-year-old Maureen Leianuhea "Anu" Kelly went missing while camping with friends in a remote part of the Pacific Northwest, wearing nothing but a fanny pack.Skamania County Sheriff’s DepartmentMaureen Kelly had been talking to her friends about taking a “spiritual quest” for months before she finally did it, and never returned. On June 9, 2013, 19-year-old Maureen Kelly went camping with her friends in southern Washington State. And that evening, a few hours before sunset, she told them she wanted to go on a “spiritual quest.

Elephant birds stood a towering 10 feet tall and weighed up to 1,700 pounds, but they were gentle giants who disappeared completely about 1,000 years ago.t the peak of its time, the elephant bird was certainly a sight to behold. Thriving on the African island of Madagascar, Aepyornis maximus is believed to be the heaviest bird to walk the planet. But for the longest time, many people doubted the very existence of the elephant bird, as they were often the subject of tales that seemed too fanciful to believe.

When Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, the devastating explosion killed 57 people, destroyed a forest the size of Chicago, and altered Washington's landscape forever.Left: U.S. Forest Service/Flickr Right: LilaMusso/Wikimedia CommonsMount St. Helens before and after its eruption on May 18, 1980. For 123 years, Mount St. Helens was quiet. Then, in March 1980, the volcano in Washington state began to rumble. It erupted on May 18, 1980, forever dividing the history of the region into two parts: Mount St.

From the blackout to the .44 caliber killer, these photos of New York City in the summer of 1977 reveal a city on the brink of collapse.On the evening of July 13, 1977, two lightning strikes just north of New York City led to a massive blackout that plunged the city into darkness. The lights went out, elevators stalled, and subways ground to a halt. Looting and arson broke out, over a thousand fires were reported, and more than 1,600 stores were damaged or ransacked.

Picher, Oklahoma Brandi Simons/Getty ImagesHouses damaged by a tornado are seen in front of lead contaminated chat piles in Picher, Oklahoma on May 14, 2008. Wired has described Picher, Oklahoma, as “America’s Mad Max Town” and Armageddon, USA. Home to toxic tours and part of the notorious Tar Creek stretch of America, the town was built on top of hollowed mine shafts and tunnels which contained hazardous chemicals. MRHSfan/FlickrPicher’s main drag in 2011.