The Mysterious Life Of Abraham Lincoln's Last Known Descendant, 55 Photos That Reveal The Brutality Of WW1's Trenches, And More

Explore some of this week's most popular stories from History Uncovered. [History Uncovered]( [55 Photos That Show The Grim Reality Of Life Inside The Trenches Of WW1]( ["The trench was a horrible sight. The dead were stretched out on one side, one on top of each other six feet high. I thought at the time I should never get the peculiar disgusting smell of the vapour of warm human blood heated by the sun out of my nostrils. I would rather have smelt gas a hundred times."]( [The Mysterious Life Of Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, The Last Undisputed Descendant Of Abraham Lincoln]( [After he died in 1985, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was widely considered to be the last of Abraham Lincoln's descendants, though some believe the bloodline continued.]( [Len Bias Was Supposed To Be The Next Michael Jordan — Then He Tragically Died At Just 22]( [A rising superstar that one fellow player called "the best athlete I've ever seen, and that includes Michael Jordan," Len Bias was poised to take over the NBA in 1986 — then, he died tragically at the age of just 22, a mere two days after being drafted into the league.]( [Inside The Theories That The Muffin Man Was 'The Drury Lane Dicer,' A Serial Killer Who Preyed On Kids]( ["Muffin Man" was first written down in 1820, when Londoners often bought food from street sellers — and the alleged "true" story of the Muffin Man suggests that hundreds of years earlier, one of these vendors was a serial killer who killed a number of his rivals — and more than a dozen children — by luring them to their deaths with muffins.]( [40 Historic Photos From The Fall Of Saigon, When The Vietnam War Came To Its Dramatic End]( [Though 7,000 Americans and South Vietnamese people were safely evacuated from Saigon before the city was captured, many more were left behind. One CBS News correspondent on the scene reported, "We had to push and shove our way through a crowd of several hundred Vietnamese trying to scale the walls, only to be knocked back by U.S. Marines."]( [This Mythic Sword Of An 18th-Century Warrior Sultan Just Became The Most Valuable Blade In History]( ["The sword has an extraordinary history, an astonishing provenance and unrivalled craftsmanship."]( [The Bloody Final Moments Of John Dillinger, The Bank Robber Dubbed Public Enemy No. 1]( [Crowds thronged the scene of John Dillinger's death in Chicago, dipping their handkerchiefs into the blood-splattered sidewalk, and attended his funeral en masse despite attempts to keep its time and location a secret.]( [Archaeologists In Sweden Just Stumbled Upon Dozens Of 2,700-Year-Old Stone Carvings Hidden Under Moss]( [The area in which the petroglyphs were found, Bohuslän, is famous for its abundant rock art, drawing large numbers of tourists each year and designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.]( [They Thought He Was More Fit For Shining Shoes Than Combat. He Proved Them Wrong At Pearl Harbor]( [When the Japanese attacked, Miller sprang into action, manned a machine gun, and tended to the wounded.]( ['Oh Lord, My God!': Inside The Violent Death Of LDS Church Founder Joseph Smith]( [On June 27, 1844, Joseph Smith died at the hands of an angry mob in Carthage, Illinois, after being imprisoned in the local jail.]( [Scientists Just Found The 'Atlantis Of The North Sea,' A Sunken Town Said To Have Been Lost Since 1362]( [Local legend has it that on a calm night, the town's bell tower can be heard ringing from deep within the North Sea.]( ['Oh, The Humanity!': 39 Haunting Photos That Capture The Tragedy Of The Hindenburg Disaster]( [As the Hindenburg met its fiery end, a radio reporter named Herbert Morrison narrated the horrific disaster from the scene, famously crying out, "Oh, the humanity!"]( [What Happened On This Day Throughout History]( [From the suicide of Emperor Nero to the mysterious disappearance of Maureen Kelly, see what happened on this day in history.]( [Become An All That's Interesting Member]( [For just $4.99 a month, you'll enjoy All That's Interesting without ads, receive a quarterly letter from the editor, and get exclusive access to premium podcast episodes.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](