Pandemics are just one of many disasters preppers have readied themselves for.

A firm spent five years making a pair of handcuffs to hold Houdini, but he escaped in minutes.

We promise it’s not in our sprawling warehouse!

Test subjects suffered constant food and oxygen shortages…

Take a covert look inside an old secret society for magicians.

After the end of World War II, allied nations fought for the favor of former nazi scientists.

After nearly a year of planning, scientists finally decided to try hitting it with a shovel…

Papyrus scrolls were used to record everything from religious texts like the “Book of the Dead” to receipts for grain and livestock.

Besides pets and zoos, there haven’t ever been snakes in Ireland to begin with.

For centuries, Buddhist mystics have told legends of the Tulpa, or entities that can be “thought” into existence. This week, we talk to one.