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The wendigo of North America's Great Lakes region is a symbol of both the desperate season of winter and boundless human greed.
vampires

The Wendigo and 6 Other Ancient Monsters From Indigenous Folklore

These ancient terrors, from Australia’s bunyip to Brazil’s capelobo, still haunt—and hunt—us.
Gemma Tarlach October 4, 2024
A female small-winged stick mantis (<em>Brunneria subaptera</em>).
science

The Mystery of Uruguay's Ferocious, All-Female Cannibal Insects

The small-winged stick mantis is found throughout South America's grasslands. But in Uruguay, the population is entirely female.
James Hall April 26, 2024
There’s a gruesome twist to these St. Nicholas Day celebrations.
cannibals

Beware the Christmas Cannibal of France

How a whip-wielding butcher became St. Nick's sidekick.
Anna Richards December 6, 2023
The 17th-century blood jam recipe recommended using fluid drained from “persons of warm, moist temperament.”
vampires

The Strange Endurance of Consuming Human Blood for Our Health

From draining slain gladiators to modern-day "sangs," people have long looked to blood as a panacea.
Mark Hay October 31, 2022
"Mamu (Spooky Spirits)," a 2006 painting by Nura Rupert.
mythology

Mapping the Many Monsters of Aboriginal Australian Lore

A "terrifying pantheon" of ogres, sorcerers, and malevolent mermaids reflects a diversity in geography and environment.
Christine Judith Nicholls October 10, 2022
Permanently Closed
Lake City, Colorado

Alferd Packer Massacre Site

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.
Rapa Nui, Chile

Ana Kai Tangata (Cannibal Cave)

The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.
Deep in a forest in western Poland, is an abandoned Soviet bunker with an unusual ant situation.
bunkers

The Saga of the Cannibal Ants in a Soviet Nuclear Bunker

And how scientists tried to free this formic Donner Party.
Sabrina Imbler November 20, 2019
Williamsburg, Virginia

The Archaearium

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
Neanderthal hands, jawbones, and bones.
Oviedo, Spain

El Sidrón Neanderthal Bones

It's believed these prehistoric individuals were the victims of cannibalism.
Gastro Obscura

Soylent

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
Truckee, California

Donner Pass Summit Tunnels

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Washington, D.C.

Alferd Packer Cannibal Plaque

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.
The forearm, found in Somerset, England.
ancient cults

Why Some Ancient Cannibalism May Have Been Ritualistic Rather Than Culinary

A mystery to sink your teeth into.
Natasha Frost August 10, 2017
A drawing of a heart from the 16th century.
mythology

Medieval Europe Couldn't Quit This Story About a Woman Eating Her Lover's Heart

Her husband tricks her into eating it.
Sarah Laskow February 14, 2017
Rolling hills of Jarbidge Wilderness
Jarbidge, Nevada

Jarbidge Wilderness

One of the most remote spots in America and the first protected wilderness area in Nevada, named after an old legend.
Littleton, Colorado

Alfred Packer's Grave

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.
cannibals

Evidence of Neanderthal Cannibalism Puzzles Researchers

The largest discovery of cannibalized Neanderthal remains provides a few answers and a lot of questions.
Jessie Guy-Ryan July 10, 2016