Inside The World's Creepiest Catacombs, Researchers Find The World's Oldest Map Of The Stars, And More From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [37 Chilling Photos Captured Inside The Depths Of The World's Creepiest Catacombs]( [From the Catacombs of Paris to the Monastery of San Francisco in Peru, go inside some of the creepiest crypts on Earth.]( [Explore Bran Castle, The 14th-Century Transylvanian Palace Known As 'Dracula's Castle']( ["The castle itself needs no introduction. The stuff of countless horror films and novels."]( [Rare Thor’s Hammer Amulet From The Viking Age Unearthed In Sweden]( [In Norse mythology, Thor used his hammer to prevent the giants from destroying Asgard, the home of the gods. Archaeologists believe the hammer amulet was worn around the neck as a symbol of protection.]( [9 Real-Life Instances Of Demonic Possession That Are More Horrifying Than 'The Exorcist']( [In November 1565, a young woman came forward claiming to be possessed by the demon in charge of the Huguenots, lit a communion wafer on fire, and convulsed with such force that 12 to 15 men had to hold her down. Her exorcism, which came to be known as the Miracle of Laon, was a major public spectacle.]( [Inside The Ludlow Massacre, One Of The Most Violent Anti-Striker Attacks In American History]( [On April 20, 1914, the National Guard opened fire on striking coal miners and their families in Ludlow, Colorado, killing dozens of people. The youngest victim was just three months old.]( [Researchers Find The World's Oldest Map Of The Stars Hidden Within A Medieval Manuscript From Egypt]( [Before this map of the night sky was discovered, the oldest known star chart belonged to Ptolemy — and scientists say Hipparchus' is even more accurate, even though it was created nearly 300 years earlier.]( [Inside The Torture Chambers And Murder Dungeons Used By 11 Of History's Most Horrific Serial Killers]( [In addition to their dozen other victims, serial killer couple Fred and Rosemary West used their basement dungeon to repeatedly sexually assault their own daughter Heather starting when she was just eight years old. When they eventually murdered her eight years later, the Wests had her own brother dig her grave, telling him it was for a fish pond they were adding in the backyard.]( [1,600-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Depicting The Trojan War Unearthed In Western Syria]( ["What is in front of us is a discovery that is rare on a global scale."]( [The Story Of Mary Surratt, The Lincoln Assassination Conspirator Who Became The First Woman Ever Hanged By The U.S. Government]( [Mary Surratt ran a boarding house in Washington, D.C. that was right next to both Ford's Theatre and the White House and which catered to Confederate sympathizers, including John Wilkes Booth. In early 1865, the plot to kill Abraham Lincoln was hatched right there under her roof, eventually making her the first woman to ever be executed by the U.S. government.]( [33 Photos Of The Stanley Hotel, The Colorado Resort That Inspired 'The Shining']( [When Jim Carrey checked into the infamously evil Room 217, he only lasted three hours before checking out.]( [His Little Brother Was Kidnapped As A Child — Then He Went On To Kidnap And Murder Four People Himself]( [In 1972, Cary Stayner's younger brother Steven was kidnapped in their hometown of Merced, California and held captive by Kenneth Parnell for seven years before he managed to escape. But despite his brother's horrific trauma, Cary later kidnapped and murdered four people himself in 1999.]( [The Little-Known Story Of Linda Emery, The Woman Who Married Bruce Lee]( ["[Bruce Lee] was not a different person offscreen than he was onscreen, he was vibrant and full of life— he was the real thing."]( [33 Photos That Show Why The Stanley Hotel Is One Of The Creepiest Places On Earth]( [When Jim Carrey checked into the infamously evil Room 217, he only lasted three hours before checking out.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](