Cracked Archive - History
The Richard Speck Murders: The Most Horrifying Mass Killing You’ve Never Heard Of
The murder of eight student nurses by Richard Speck on July 14, 1966 is uniquely chilling because it seems to have been a completely random atrocity.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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20 The First Alien Adventure Story Is 2,000 Years Old
The sequel will come out any day now.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Moors Murders: The Swinging Sixties' Most Horrifying Event
After Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were sentenced to life in prison, the story only got weirder.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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From Totem Poles to Wine Empire: The Complete History of 7-Eleven
Convenience stores weren’t a thing before 7-Eleven, but thanks to their decades of innovation, we can be as lazy as we wanna be.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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6 True Stories About Vlad The Impaler (History's Creepiest D-Bag)
Vlad the Impaler went a little overboard on the whole being a really creepy dude schtick he really loved to lean into.
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- By Mac Faber
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In The 1970s, A Bestseller Claimed The Planets Would Align And Destroy Everything
We aren't sure how exactly planetary alignment would cause earthquakes, which is fair, since it doesn't.
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- By Mark Hill
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21 Facts About America The Weird
For amber waves of cray-cray.
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- By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
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In The '60s, The Truly Devoted Believed Aliens Would Save Us From Nukes
Like any good cave-dwelling hermit, George Van Tassel had a lot to say about space aliens.
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- By Mark Hill
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A Civil War Cannonball Killed A Guy (In 2008)
Afterward, the whole neighborhood fled.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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In 1910, Americans Thought Halley's Comet Was A Doomsday Event
Halley's Comet has everything you'd want in a harbinger of the apocalypse...except the apocalypse part.
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- By Mark Hill
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The First Native The Pilgrims Met Asked 'Where's The Beer?'
Then he just hung around. Awkward.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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In 1844, Americans Sold All Of Their Stuff Because Jesus Was Coming Back
If there's one thing the apocalypse isn't, it's punctual.
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- By Mark Hill
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More Revolutionary War People Died On NY Prison Ships Than In Battle
And you thought Royal Caribbean ships were unsanitary.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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From Depression to Fine Dining: The History of Spam
“Spam is underrated” is a ridiculous-sounding sentence, but it’s also true.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Cracked's Oofageddon! - The Woman Who Was Pregnant With The Messiah (At 64)
For years, Britain had its own end-times-mystery-box, thanks to Joanna Southcott.
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- By Mark Hill
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