On July 23, 1924, the editor of Scientific American, O.D. Munn, and six members of a scientific investigative committee ...

The resulting optical illusion wasn’t a supernatural apparition: Instead, it was the product of a scientific phenomenon known ...

This trend was augmented by the Industrial Revolution and the growth of the middle class in the 19th century, which enabled young men to select a spouse and pay for a wedding, regardless of ...

Two centuries after his death, the descendants of the notorious Marquis de Sade have finally embraced their once-reviled relative. The French aristocrat scandalised his contemporaries with his ...

By the late 19th century, many new religious movements were gaining ground in our relatively new ... Schwartz: The Davenport ...

Spiritualism preached positivity and an accessible, benevolent higher power — just like modern New Age spirituality ...

The historic Rosson House Museum in downtown Phoenix is offering a spine-chilling ‘Seances and Spiritualists Tour’ this ...

October has long been associated with ghosts – from ancient Celtic festivals to ward off restless spirits after harvest time ...

Hidden in the teeth: DNA study finds these 19th century lions preyed on humans and giraffes by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The lions' teeth were damaged during their lifetimes.

A pair of male lions that roamed Kenya more than a century ago gained notoriety as the “man-eaters of Tsavo.” To be sure, the big cats hunted and ate people building a local railway.

Funded via a foundation established by nineteenth-century Big Pharma businessman Henry Wellcome, the Wellcome Collection’s ...

Spiritualism in America was birthed in Hydesville, N.Y.