George Mallory's Final Letters Before Perishing On Everest Are Published, 44 Pictures That Capture The Turbulent Fall And Rebirth Of Pittsburgh, And More

[History Uncovered]( ['A Bad Time Altogether': George Mallory's Final Letters Before Dying On Mount Everest Have Just Been Published]( [George Mallory was last seen on June 8, 1924 as he attempted to summit Mount Everest with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine.]( [Amy Fisher, The 'Long Island Lolita' Who Shot Her Lover's Wife In The Head In 1992]( [Just before pleading guilty to shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco in 1992, Amy Fisher was unknowingly caught on tape saying: "I want my name in the press. Why? Because I can make a lot of money. I figure if I'm going through all this pain and suffering, I'm getting a Ferrari."]( ['Great Enigma': 12-Sided Roman Artifact Unearthed In England Baffles Experts]( [Over 100 rare Roman dodecahedrons have been found in Europe — 33 in England — but no one is sure what these strange objects were used for.]( ['Hell With The Lid Taken Off': 44 Photos That Reveal What Pittsburgh Looked Like Years Ago]( [Once known as the "City of Smoke," Pittsburgh used to produce over half of America's steel. Though the steel industry largely crumbled by the 1980s, the city made an impressive comeback by reinventing itself.]( [Skeletons With Missing Hands And Feet Discovered Underneath The Home Of Nazi Leader Hermann Göring In Poland]( [Gold Pocket Watch That Belonged To The Titanic's Richest Passenger Sells For $1.46 Million]( [The watch belonged to John Jacob Astor IV, the richest man aboard the RMS Titanic, who died when the ship sank into the North Atlantic during the early morning hours of April 15, 1912.]( [Two Intact Glass Bottles Of 250-Year-Old Cherries Were Just Discovered In George Washington's Cellar]( [The green bottles contained a liquid researchers believe may be groundwater, as well as whole cherries complete with their stems and pits.]( [The Story Of Anne Frank's Tragic Death And Her Torturous Final Months In Nazi Captivity]( [She was just 15 years old when she died inside the Nazis' Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.]( [How WWII Britain's 'Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare' Used Exploding Rats And Itching Powder To Terrorize The Nazis]( [During World War II, secret agents from Britain's Special Operations Executive parachuted into German-occupied Europe to gather intelligence and lead sabotage operations against Nazi forces after Winston Churchill ordered them to "set Europe ablaze."]( [Lucky Luciano: The Real-Life Godfather Who Invented The Mafia As We Know It]( [Called "the father of modern organized crime," Lucky Luciano was an ambitious New York gangster who established The Commission and organized the mob's Five Families.]( [Researchers Exploring A 15th-Century Shipwreck In Sweden Just Identified A Weapon Chest Used To Make Ammunition]( [The Mobster Behind Joe Pesci's 'Casino' Character Was Way More Brutal Than The Movie Let On]( [Known to his associates in the Chicago Outfit as "Tony the Ant," mobster Anthony Spilotro ran amok in 1970s Las Vegas — then suffered a brutal death.]( [The Story Behind The First Photograph Ever Taken And How It Changed History Forever]( [Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first photo ever, "View from the Window at Le Gras," from his estate in France in 1826 or 1827 using a technique he'd invented called heliography and a camera obscura.]( [Archaeologists Just Uncovered The Mysteries Behind The Real-Life 'Excalibur' Found Standing Straight Up In The Ground]( [In 1994, archaeologists excavating a home in Valencia, Spain found a centuries-old gravesite with a mysterious sword sticking straight up out of the ground — just like the mythic Excalibur of Arthurian legend. Now, researchers have finally uncovered the origins of this mysterious blade.]( [Listen To The History Uncovered Podcast]( [Last seen with Joran van der Sloot, Natalee Holloway vanished in Aruba during a trip with her Alabama high school class in May 2005.]( [Become An All That's Interesting Member]( [For just $4.99 a month, you'll enjoy all our content without ads, receive a quarterly letter from the editor, and get exclusive access to premium podcast episodes.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Web Version]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](