The Stories Behind 11 Of History's Most Loyal Dogs, The Scottish Man Who Fasted For 382 Days Straight, And More From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [28 Stunning Photos Of Bannerman Castle, New York's Abandoned 20th-Century Scottish Fortress]( [In the early 1900s, an eccentric arms dealer named Francis Bannerman purchased New York's Pollepel Island and built an elaborate arsenal and summer home in the style of a Scottish castle, decking it out with turrets, gardens, a dock, a moat, and a two-person outhouse.]( [A 1,400-Year-Old Structure Was Just Uncovered In England — And It May Have Been A Pagan Temple]( ["The possible temple, or cult house, provides rare and remarkable evidence for the practice at a royal site of the pre-Christian beliefs that underpinned early English society."]( [Christine Chubbuck, The Florida News Reporter Who Shot Herself Dead — During A Live Broadcast]( [On July 15, 1974, 29-year-old news reporter Christine Chubbuck shot herself in the head during a live broadcast for WXLT in Sarasota, Florida.]( [11 Famous Dogs And Their Stories of Loyalty, Courage, And Heroism]( [When a diphtheria epidemic tore through Nome, Alaska, in the winter of 1925, a husky named Balto led the final team of sled dogs carrying doses of life-saving serum into the town — and became a national hero.]( [An Italian Diver Just Found Two 2,500-Year-Old Anchors From Ancient Greece Off The Coast Of Sicily]( [The anchors date to the Greek Archaic Period between 800 and 480 B.C.E., when the Sicilian city of Syracuse was the most important in the Greek-speaking coastal areas of southern Italy then known as Magna Graecia.]( [The Shocking Story Of Angus Barbieri, The Man Who Fasted For 382 Days]( [By the end of his fast, Angus Barbieri had lost 276 pounds.]( [The 'Woman With The Flower Tattoo' Who Was Murdered In Belgium In 1992 Has Finally Been Identified]( [Thirty-one years after her body was discovered in Antwerp, Belgium, the "woman with the flower tattoo" has been identified as Rita Roberts.]( [A Man Just Found A Massive 10,000-Year-Old Mammoth Jaw While Diving In A Florida River]( [Excavations At A Victorian Workhouse Reveal Conditions May Not Have Been As Bleak As Charles Dickens Wrote]( [Archaeologists uncovered painted walls and a fireplace at London's St. Pancras Workhouse.]( [77 Historical Photos That Reveal Humanity's Past In Ways You Never Learned About In School]( [Widely called the greatest athlete of all time, Native American Olympian Jim Thorpe was so unbeatable that, at the 1912 games, he set the record for most points in a decathlon — even though he was forced to wear two different shoes after someone had stolen his that morning.]( [Doreen Lioy Was A Successful Editor — But She Gave It All Up To Marry A Serial Killer]( ["He's kind, he's funny, he's charming," Doreen Lioy said of Richard Ramirez, who killed at least 14 people in the 1980s. "I think he's really a great person. He's my best friend. He's my buddy."]( [Listen To The Latest History Uncovered Podcast]( [Today, we'll be talking about the curious discovery of a 1,000-year-old woman's skeleton missing its facial bones, why archaeologists believe that a Nordic Bronze Age Meeting Age Hall may have links to the legendary King Hinz, the sale of a first-class dinner menu from the RMS Titanic, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and much more.]( [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](