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The largest single mass lynching in US history was celebrated in newspapers image

The largest single mass lynching in US history was celebrated in newspapers

11 Italian Americans in New Orleans were lynched after the murder of a police chief despite being acquitted.
For years, police in England believed a serial cat murderer killed more than 400 cats image

For years, police in England believed a serial cat murderer killed more than 400 cats

After spending more than £130,000 investigating, they concluded there was no such killer.
A meteorite landed in Peru and gave people nearby a mysterious illness image

A meteorite landed in Peru and gave people nearby a mysterious illness

The loud noise and explosive impact originally led Peruvians to think that Chile had launched an attack.
In 1958, a US Air Force plane accidentally dropped a nuclear weapon image

In 1958, a US Air Force plane accidentally dropped a nuclear weapon

The bomb landed onto a children's playhouse in Mars Bluff, South Carolina.
The Tool Box Killers image

The Tool Box Killers

Over five months in California in 1979, two men lured teenage girls into their van before torturing them with items from their "tool box".