Mystery

How Did 1200-Year-Old Peruvian Skulls End Up In Florida Backyard?

Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Video, Peruvian Skulls, Murder Mystery, Weird Science, Mystery, Anatomical Wonders, Skulls, Weird Florida, Mystery Skulls, Weird News News

When a plumber discovered two skulls buried in the ground of a Florida backyard last January, police thought they had a murder mystery to solve. Turns...

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Crew Members of the USS Monitor: Solving the Mystery of the Skeletons in the Turret 150 Years Later

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Ironclad, Dna, History, Military, Bones, Civil War, Memorial Day, Sailors, Mystery, Forensics, Genealogy, Genetics, Maritime, Navy, USS Monitor, Shipwreck, Culture News
Megan Smolenyak

Who doesn't love a good history mystery? You don't have to be a Civil War buff to be fascinated with the attempt to identify the two skeletons found in the turret of the USS Monitor when it was raised from the ocean floor a decade ago.

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Is Your Psycho Killer Just...Psycho?

Dennis Palumbo | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Mystery, Ray Bradbury, Fever Dream, Mirror Image, Writing Tips, Crime Novels, Mystery Novels, Thriller Novels, Writing a Novel, Books News
Dennis Palumbo

The next time you begin conceptualizing your crime story's villain, don't be afraid to mine your own feelings. Down deep, below the surface. It's where the motherlode of characterization, and all the narrative gold that results, lies hidden.

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David Lohr

Former Congressional Intern Mysteriously Found Dead In California River

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Video, California, Crime, Crime News, Mystery, California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, Karen Bass, Elgin Stafford, Missing Persons, Slidepollajax, Carson, Crime News

Authorities in California have positively identified the body found floating in a river channel last week as Elgin Stafford, a former intern of Los An...

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German Town Captivated By Its Very Own Robin Hood

Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Braunschweig Robin Hood, Video, Mystery Donor, German Robin Hood, German Mystery Donor, Braunschweig Germany, Robin Hood, Brauunschwieg, Mystery, Braunschweig, Good News News

There is an unsolved mystery in Braunschweig, Germany that gets more puzzling by the day; unmarked packages with tons of cash are being left at variou...

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A Habit Forming Mystery Series

Kim Michele Richardson | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Nun Mystery, Publishing, Mystery, Book News, Alice Loweecey, Church, Midnight Ink Books, Back in the Habit, Books News
Kim Michele Richardson

It's been over a year since we first met, Giulia Falcone, the innocent and charming nun who jumped the convent walls. She is author, Alice Loweecey's,...

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'Pretty Little Liars' Recap: Emily Gets A Happily Ever After?

Jaimie Etkin | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Mystery, Murder, Pretty Little Lairs, TV Recaps, Reality-Free, ABC Family, Lgbtq Youth, Lesbian Teens, Pretty Little Lairs ABC Family, TV News
Jaimie Etkin

Spencer, Emily and Aria sit around an outdoor cafeteria table and wonder why Ali needed the alter ego ID. Was it so she could date Ian? Or was it to create a different identity that would allow her to get closer to or even expose A?

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Exploring 2012 And Questioning Prophesy

Lorie Karnath | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Prophesy, Science, Exploration, Mystery, Explorers, Maya, 2012, Travel News
Lorie Karnath

Exploration requires the willingness to venture not only beyond recognized boundaries, but beyond pre-conceived notions or established convention.

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It Ain't Over Till It's Over: Chapter Two

Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Mystery, Women, Military, Fiction Writing, It-Aint-Over, Fiction, Fifty News

One of the reasons I started my website, Marlothomas.com, is that I wanted a place for women (including me!) to come together and dream. Women should ...

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Mystery Writer, Sara Paretsky

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Breakdown, Author, Crime, Chicago, Mystery, Mystery Writer, V I Warshawski, Book, Feminism, Sara Paretsky, Novel, Video, Books News
Elysabeth Alfano

Sara Paretsky is a game-changer. In 1982, Sara came out with her first V. I. Warshawski novel, Indemnity Only, now celebrating its 30th year in print...

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The Different Roles Of Science And Faith

Victor Udoewa | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Anthropology, Mystery, Science, Evolution, Belief, Faith, Adam and Eve, Faith and Science, Doubt and Science, Religion and Science, Doubt and Faith, Historical Adam and Eve, Religious Scientists, Biblical Literalism, Scientific Inquiry, Religion News
Victor Udoewa

Doubt has many roles. We sometimes forget that God is mystery and a life of faith is one that is lived in the tension of never fully knowing.

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40 Years Later, Skyjacker's Identity Remains A Mystery

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Mystery, d.b. Cooper News, Video, D.B. Cooper Hijacking, D.B. Cooper Story, D.B. Cooper, Crime News

SEATTLE — It's been a rich year for students of D.B. Cooper, the mysterious skyjacker who vanished out the back of a Boeing 727 wearing a busine...

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Man Stuns Court, Says He Dumped Wife's Body

AP | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Murder, Woody, Lori Blaylock, Cindy Wright, Missing, Judge Michael Adler, Crime, Mystery, Steven Blaylock, Bend, Oregon, Home News

BEND, Ore. -- The judge called it bizarre, and the victim's sister fled the courtroom in disgust. The prosecutor said they were the words of a sociopa...

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Embracing Mystery

May Benatar, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Mystery, Psychotherapy, Trauma, Spirituality, DC News
May Benatar, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.

Probably almost all of my readers can think of some example of "mystery" in their lives. If you can't perhaps its because you have too rapidly dismissed a phenomena that you could not explain.

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Revisiting the Rules

Bianca James | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Mystery, Pickup Artists, The Rules of the Game, The Rules, Relationships, Heteronormativity, Dating, Love and Sex, Chicago News
Bianca James

If The Rules built a better husband-catching mousetrap, then The Rules of the Game built a smarter, sleazier mouse. The end result is a lot of creepy, desperate people obsessing about playing mind games.

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Watch: Thailand Tourist Death Mystery Solved?

Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Thailand Travel, Pesticides, Video, Mystery, Global Pulse, Asia Travel, Backpacking Asia, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Death, Travel News

An inquiry into the mysterious deaths of four foreign tourists and a tour guide in the resort city of Chiang Mai, Thailand has concluded that they wer...

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What Is The Greatest Mystery?

Rabbi David Wolpe | Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Mystery, Science, Bible, God, Human Nature, Mysticism, Jewish Spirituality, Spiritual Journey, Rabbi Hayyim Halberstam, Jewish Cosmology, Spiritual Awe, Zohar Chadash, Judaism, Religion News
Rabbi David Wolpe

As the poet Novalis wrote: "Inward goes the way full of mystery." The more we explore ourselves and our souls, the more complicated, multilayered, profound and baffling we become.

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A Mysterious Throb Deep In Your Bed

Mark Morford | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Mystery, Conspiracy Theories, Science, Unexplained Phenomena, Weird News News
Mark Morford

In tiny English village called Woodland, many of the 300 residents are reporting the same issue -- the same confounding woe -- which is driving them a bit insane.

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Accomplice: New York Is a Game You Won't Want to End

Danny Groner | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Improv, Accomplice: New York, Play, New York Tourism, Accomplice: New York Guides, New York Tours, New York Tour Guides, Mystery, Scavenger Hunt, New York News
Danny Groner

It's hard to describe the experience of this walking tour/scavenger hunt without giving away vital information that could spoil the adventure for the next person. But this three-hour tour is worth the leap of faith.

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The Mystery Behind Gaddafi's Birth: Some Say He's Jewish

aolnews.com | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Mystery, Birth, Muamar Gaddafi, Libya, Judaism, Jewish, Religion, Libya Rebels, Libya Fighting, Rumors, World News

What if the biggest mystery surrounding Col. Moammar Gaddafi had nothing to do with his long, brutal reign as the world's most eccentric and violent l...

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An Unsolved Mystery Inspires The Reservoir

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mystery, Fiction, John Milliken Thompson, Murder, Civil War, The Reservoir, Books News
Carol Hoenig

Whenever I had to put John Milliken Thompson's novel down due to eyes that simply could no longer remain open, I looked forward to the moment that I could get back to this intriguing tale.

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Hello, Spring

Jessica Keener | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mystery, Garden, Flowers, Signs, Spring, Father, Healthy Living News
Jessica Keener

Since my father's passing in December 2010, and his wintry memorial in January in Boston, I've been waiting for spring's warmth and release. It came i...

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The Faithful Shopper: Buy Books in New York

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prince Street, Literature, Housing Works, Mystery, The Mysterious Bookshop, Rockefeller Plaza, Partners & Crime Mystery Booksellers, Marc Jacobs, 10th Avenue, Barnes and Noble, Housing Works Bookstore Café, Broadway, Forbidden Planet, Third Avenue, Biography Bookshop, Bleecker Street, Wooster Street, Phaidon, Shakespeare & Company, Ereaders, Detective, Mcnally Jackson Books, Book Marc, Kinokuniya Bookstore, Books, Rockefeller Center, Sherlock Holmes, Crime, St. Mark's Bookshop, Three Lives & Company, Warren Street, Crosby Street, Comic Books, Lower East Side, Borders, Reading, 192 Books, New York News
Faith Hope Consolo

A number of notable independent bookshops in New York are bucking the trend, providing a place to browse and find the unexpected tome or meet an author.

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Well Over $1 Million in Buried Treasure: Find it!

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuggets, Mesa Verde, Adventure, Collected Works, The Thrill of the Chase, Forrest Fenn, Gold Coins, Mystery, Jackie Kennedy, Pre-Columbian Gold Animal Figures, Lost Treasure, One Million Dollars, Rockefellers., Memoir, Lost Treasure? Books, Cancer, Intrigue, Robert Redford, Santa Fe, Travel News
Margie Goldsmith

Forrest Fenn, a legendary 80-year-old Santa Fe art dealer, has written a memoir in which he gives clues to finding a real treasure chest that Fenn has hidden in the mountains north of Santa Fe.

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Egypt a Mystery for Travelers, Even Before Its Unrest

Peter Mandel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mystery, Egypt, Foreign-Culture-Untold-Stories, Egypt Revolution, Tourists, Travel News
Peter Mandel

Egypt is ubiquitous these days. Cairo pops up right away if you go to a news site or snap on a car radio or TV. The surging crowds, the talking head...

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