Let’s be honest; most of us dream of striking it rich so we’ll never have to work for some jerk CEO ever again. No historical...
Northeastern Ohio teenagers have been creeped out for generations by the story of Gore Orphanage. A ruined stone foundation in Lorain County bears the marks...
If you ever find yourself in Aberdeen, Washington, craving a bite to eat, you can find some great pub grub at Billy’s on the corner...
In the remote hills of New York State, there may have been an unreported Close Encounter of the Third Kind (CEIII).* This may seem unremarkable...
The Cold War saw great competitions arise between the Soviet Union and the United States. If the USSR did it, the US wanted to equal...
In the 19th Century, railroad travel could be a traumatic experience. Traveling on combustible wooden coaches heated by stoves and lit by oil lamps at...
It’s true that sticks and stone might break your bones, but once in a while, the real question to be asking is who is throwing...
There’s a resurgence of interest in Noah’s ark in the wake of Aronofsky’s epic, evinced by the tidal wave of stories about seeking the old...
A long time ago, investigations into alien abductions and missing time were serious business, eschewing modern snark and cynicism. One of the leading lights in...
Have you ever encountered a large owl? No, I’m not talking about the kind that Walt Disney beat to death with a stick.* I’m...
One of the most perplexing events of the 20th Century did not involve flying saucers, conspiracy theories, a criminal act, or even strange creature sightings....
On March 10, 1970, the impossible happened. Tucked away in a lab in Leningrad, a frog’s heart floated in a solution beating quite normally. The...
It seems as if werewolves were an epidemic in Europe during the Middle Ages. So may horrible murders were committed by people accused of shapeshifting...
There’s a theme building here at Who Forted?, but it’s not intentional, I’m just riding the wave of weird courtesy of the internet. Meet the...
What’s not to like about the Chinese? The food is good, their civilization is more than 4,000 years old, and they recorded everything. Take this...
If you’re a fan of The X Files, you’ve seen Grouse Mountain–possibly without knowing it. In ‘Ascension’ (Season 2 Episode 6), Dana Scully is kidnapped...
Being openly gay in certain parts of the United States has always been dangerous. And for two men living in rural Georgia, this was proven...
Overshadowed and forgotten by the more disastrous Johnstown Flood of 1889, the Austin Dam Flood—dubbed the “Austin Horror” in newspapers—was a great tragedy which cost...
Whether you’re a passionate admirer of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or a fan of BBC’s hit series Sherlock, it’s difficult not to let your mind...
In 1883, future president Theodore Roosevelt went on a buffalo hunting expedition to the Badlands of Montana. After his wife Alice passed away, he returned...
Petroleum-based stigmata, slack-jawed yokels, snazzy facial hair, and the prediction of Wal-Mart corporate and the evil chain of events it set in motion.
Back in 1877, a publication known as the Religio-Philosophical Journal kept an eye on all things Spiritualism. With around 10,000 subscribers, the weekly periodical was...