11 Spooky Urban Legends Based On Terrifying True Stories & More Popular Stories From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [The True Stories Behind These Urban Legends Are More Horrifying Than The Tales Themselves]( [From the blood-sucking chupacabra to Slender Man, these creepy urban legends have backstories almost as creepy as the myths themselves.]( [Archaeologists Just Uncovered A Massive 2,000-Year-Old Cat Drawing Carved Into A Peruvian Hillside]( [Experts Uncover A 2,000-Year-Old Coin That Julius Caesar's Killers Minted To Celebrate His Death]( ["We've seen a lot of great Roman and Greek coins, but this is the highlight of all that we've graded. And the story behind it is remarkable."]( [12-Year-Old Finds 69-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil While Hiking With His Dad]( [Queen Nefertiti Was A Powerful Ruler In Ancient Egypt — Until She Mysteriously Disappeared]( [Nefertiti is depicted in more artwork than any other ancient Egyptian queen. She is often shown in a position of great power; commandeering a chariot or smiting an enemy, an image typically reserved only for the pharaoh.]( [This Child Killer Escaped Prison When Guards Let Him Go To The Mall In 1973 — And He Remains Uncaught]( [Historians Can't Agree On Whether Or Not This 'Deathbed Photo' Of Abraham Lincoln Is Real]( [In the photo, President Lincoln's right eye appears to be bulging which would be consistent with having just been shot in the head.]( [How The 1969 Chicago 7 Trial Helped Wake America Up About Vietnam And Civil Rights]( [How Jayne Mansfield's Gruesome Death Sparked Rumors About Decapitation And Satanic Curses]( [Actress Jayne Mansfield was driving with three of her children in New Orleans at 2 a.m. on June 29, 1967, when her car crashed into the back of a semi-truck trailer. The collision sliced off the top of the car and killed Mansfield instantly while leaving her three sleeping children, including actress Mariska Hargitay, alive and virtually unharmed in the backseat.]( [U.S. Child Labor Laws Exist Because Of Haunting Photographs Like These]( [How Susie King Taylor Went From Self-Educated Slave To The First Black Army Nurse In America]( [Taylor eventually opened up her own private school to educate freed Black children in the Reconstruction-era South.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [All That's Interesting On Twitter]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](