The Real Power-Hungry Renaissance Noble Who Inspired Machiavelli's 'The Prince,' The Haunted Raggedy Ann Doll Behind 'Annabelle,' And More

Explore this week's most popular stories on History Uncovered. [History Uncovered]( [Cesare Borgia, The Renaissance Conqueror Who Rose Ruthlessly To Power — Then Died A Brutal Death]( [The famous Renaissance philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli greatly admired Cesare Borgia for his ruthlessness, aggressiveness, and opportunism — and even used him as inspiration while writing "The Prince."]( [The Haunting Story Of The SS Dumaru, The Doomed Ship Whose Maiden Voyage Ended In Cannibalism]( [When the SS Dumaru sank near Guam in 1918, its crew was left adrift in a lifeboat for three weeks — and when food ran out, they turned to cannibalism.]( [This Perfectly Preserved 'Tomb Of Cerberus' Was Just Discovered On A Farm Outside Of Naples]( [How 19th-Century Frontiersman Hugh Glass Was Mauled By A Grizzly Bear — And Lived To Tell The Tale]( [After frontiersman Hugh Glass was mauled by a grizzly bear in 1823, he was abandoned by his fellow fur trappers, who took his weapons and left him to die. Miraculously, Glass managed to survive — and set out on an epic quest to seek revenge on the men who had deserted him.]( [The Twisted Story Of Angelo Buono, The Los Angeles Serial Killer Who Called Himself The 'Italian Stallion']( [The Incredible History Of Mexico's Cholula Pyramid, The Largest Pyramid In The World By Volume]( [The Cholula Pyramid is only 66 meters tall but covers an enormous amount of ground, spreading across 300 by 315 meters with a total volume of 4.45 million cubic meters — making it almost twice the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza.]( [Ford's Theatre Tickets From The Night Of Lincoln's Assassination Just Sold For $262,500]( [The ticket holders would have had a front-row seat to history on April 14, 1865 when, at around 10:15 that evening, John Wilkes Booth shot president Abraham Lincoln.]( [Family In Norway Finds Viking Age Artifacts While Searching Their Garden For A Lost Earring]( [The Aasvik family was looking for a lost earring on Norway's Jomfruland island when they discovered two Viking brooches that are more than 1,000 years old.]( [Inside The Stories Of Hauntings And Murders Surrounding The Real-Life Annabelle Doll]( [Paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren claimed that once they took possession of the doll, it levitated, teleported, and tried to instigate a car accident.]( [Archaeologists In Bulgaria Just Found A 2,500-Year-Old Scythian Warlord's Scepter That Was Carved Out Of Bone]( [With only four or five graves ever found in the region, Scythian burials are extremely rare — and a scepter like this one has never been unearthed before.]( [11 Real-Life Stories That Are Way More Terrifying Than Anything Hollywood Could Dream Up]( [What Happened On This Day In History]( [On October 13th, construction begins on the White House in 1792, 33 Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days underground in 2010, and more.]( [Listen To The Latest History Uncovered Podcast]( [This week, we’re presenting Southern Gothic’s episode on the Baynard Mausoleum of Hilton Head Island. The Baynard Mausoleum is the oldest surviving structure on Hilton Head, located just off the coast of South Carolina. The mysterious circumstances surrounding the Baynard Mausoleum – and the years of vandalism and thievery that have plagued it – have prompted deep local interest in this allegedly haunted mausoleum and the lore that surrounds it.]( [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](