MYSTERY

Some scholars believe Vermeer’s enigmatic subject was abstract, but a new investigation suggests she might’ve been a real model.

The way the human nervous system works, people should not be able to choose when they get goosebumps. But people with Voluntary Generated Piloerection can.

As long as it's closed during the coronavirus outbreak, the Winchester Mystery House will be offering free virtual tours online.

Mary Mallon’s asymptomatic spreading of typhoid fever is a cautionary tale about the importance of washing your hands.

From swords and skeletons to chairs and coins, here’s a roundup of the most unusual items thieves have stolen from libraries.

A pair of epaulets, a pencil case, and a glass decanter were found at the Arctic shipwreck, which continues to reveal clues to the fate of the doomed 19th century expedition.

Since the 1970s, paper hearts have mysteriously appeared in Portland, Maine, on Valentine's Day—and the Valentine Phantom behind them refuses to make their identity known.

Strange powder at the crime scene, rumors about Harvard’s drug crowd, and other red herrings created an investigation rife with dead ends.

Joseph Henry Loveless was last seen escaping from jail in 1916. More than a century later, DNA analysis has linked the missing murderer to a dismembered torso discovered in an Idaho cave in 1979.

There's ancient evidence for the custom of shaking hands, but did it mean the same thing then as it does today?

Ufologist Chris Rutkowski has donated his collection of 30,000 documents related to UFO sightings to the University of Manitoba in Canada.

In 1965, Houston was confronted with the savage murder and dismemberment of an elderly couple. They were found in their own refrigerator. The trail only got colder from there.