Secrets of history 2024, October

One of the harshest inhabited places on Earth can be considered the North Atlantic, namely the Hebrides. The sun is here only 60 days a year, the rest of the time - rain, snow and fog

Disappearances are not uncommon. But there are cases when very famous personalities, whole groups or even all residents of a particular settlement disappeared without a trace. All these episodes received a great response and were thoroughly investigated, but to this day nothing is known about the missing

Until now, many people who took part in the hostilities are listed as missing. This will surprise no one. But the disappearance of two members of the airship's crew in 1942 in front of hundreds of eyewitnesses to this day has no explanation

In World War I, airships were widely used by the belligerents (mainly Germany) as heavy bombers and aerial reconnaissance aircraft

On the morning of December 1872, two officers came to the commandant of the port of Gibraltar - - David Morehouse, captain of the ship Dei Grazia, and his assistant Oliver Deveaux

Sea fortune provides each ship with three options for its fate: it can safely return to port, it can drown with or without a crew, it can go missing

I doubt the existence of a squad with plundered Nazi gold valuables. I also count all reports of the found Nazi gold train as a duck. Therefore, the gold of the Nazis cannot in any way replenish the reserves of the Central Bank, and no one here pays attention to this news

In July 1983, the dry cargo ship Milena left the Ceylon port of Colombo on a course to Bombay. The ship arrived at its destination only in October. The sailors traveled several hundred miles for 4 months

The ship registers of Lloyd's insurance company store the names of many thousands of ships, whose story begins with the words: “Built in such and such a year”, and ends: “Missing

Today we'll talk about the mysterious disappearances of historical figures that occurred before 1800. Many of them still remain unexplained. The stories behind these mysterious disappearances are very different, but they are all tragic and fascinating in their own way

For many years, one of the most pressing problems in Greenland was the lack of year-round communication with Denmark and the capital Copenhagen

There are secrets that are destined to remain unsolved for a long time. One of them is the fate of the disappeared English colony of Roanoke. It was founded in 1587 on the land of what is now North Carolina and numbered over a hundred men, women and children

The fate of the Yaroslavl merchant Nikita Ponizovkin, the richest industrialist, starch-treacle and chemical king of Russia, is dark and mysterious. Such fates often become the plot of a swirling detective novel

On August 12, 1915, during an attack on Turkish positions during the Dardanelles operation, one of the units of the Norfolk regiment of the British army disappeared without a trace

There were many rumors and legends about the mysterious disappearance of a detachment of the battalion one fraction of the five royal Norfolk regiment in the First World War

There are many cases of mysterious disappearances in history, but as numerous and strange as happened with the colony on Roanoke Island (The Roanoke Colony, also known as the "Lost Colony" or Lost Colony), no longer

The mysterious disappearance of the soldiers of the Norfolk regiment during the First World War turned into a real legend and was reflected in the mass culture of the last century

The mysterious disappearance of the soldiers of the Norfolk Regiment during the First World War became an "urban legend" and was reflected in the popular culture of the 20th century. It is noteworthy that even now the most incredible hypotheses are being considered

In the archives of mysterious disappearances, there are many cases when a similar thing happened in the forest with people who went there as families to pick berries.Moreover, a very large part of these cases are associated with the disappearance of small children

Lake Angikuni is located in Canada. Fishermen from all over the world come here: the lake is rich in pike, trout and grayling. But also lovers of mysticism come here, because it was near this lake that the population of an entire village disappeared in 1930

In our age of satellite imagery and airplanes, exploring new places is much easier than hundreds of years ago, when many expeditions went there, about which they had very vague ideas.With nothing at hand but supplies, a journal for notes and some primitive navigational instruments, these people spent many months or even years on expeditions

Ron Bradley won the cruise as a commendation from the company he worked for. And on March 21, 1998. with his wife Iva, daughter Amy and son Brad went on the liner on a week-long Caribbean cruise.They will remember this seemingly fabulous journey for a lifetime

Pope Alexander VI - the second pope of the Spanish Borgia family since August 11, 1492 - is often considered the most cruel and unprincipled person who ever occupied the papal throne

Nikolai Vtorov was the richest man in the Russian Empire. He was called "Russian Morgan" and "Siberian American". The annual profit of the Vtorov concern before the revolution reached $ 660 million in terms of the 2000 exchange rate

What do we know about werewolves? Their existence has not been scientifically proven, but throughout history many werewolves have been recognized. We will tell about the most famous

Anne-Marie Tussauds is called the woman who brought history to life. Her wax museum is known all over the world, in many cities there are branches of it

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient mass grave in Bolivia, the age of skeletons in which reaches 500 years. The remains of more than a hundred representatives of the indigenous peoples of South America were found 20 kilometers from La Paz (the capital of Bolivia), near the city of Viacha

"Hammer of witches" This monstrous composition for the glory of God sent thousands of innocent people to the stake. What is this book? Why has there been so much controversy around it for over 500 years? So, meet - handbook of inquisitors "Hammer of witches"

In 1946, archaeologists first discovered the legendary Qumran manuscripts in the caves of the Judean Desert and a fortress called Masada. These are ancient manuscripts, also known as the Dead Sea Scrolls

The fact that often politics and ideology actively interferes in scientific affairs, many know not by hearsay. Even during the years of Soviet power, those scientific discoveries that contradicted the teachings of Marxism-Leninism were either hushed up or declared charlatanism

Now more and more modern historians attribute almost mystical abilities to the Nazis. As if their research was ahead of their contemporaries by decades. Today we will talk about one of the most mysterious projects of Hitlerite Germany.In the early 1920s, an interesting Tibetan monk appeared in Berlin, who was called the man with green gloves

And you have blacks being lynched”is a catch phrase we use to denote the use of a rhetorical device known as tu quoque or ad hominem. In a literal sense, this phrase cites as an argument numerous cases of lynching of African Americans in the United States to prove that outbreaks of racism in the territory of a political enemy are worse than shortcomings imputed to the socialist system.M

The first war of the Russian Empire in the XX century was a campaign in China, when our troops took part in the first international operation against regular Chinese troops, the revolted Ichtuan and not subordinate to anyone formations on the territory of Manchuria

At first we worshiped them, and later we just respected them. The popularity of vampires can be explained simply: with their help it is convenient to scare people, and people want to be scared

Lost treasures have been stirring people's minds for centuries. Gold, priceless works of art, ancient artifacts - in search of lost treasures, it is possible that mythical, fortunes were thrown away

Mysterious tattoos scrawled on the bones of a young woman buried 4,500 years ago have puzzled scientists. Experts believe that the drawings that can be called tattoos were made after the decomposition of the body

An unexpected find was made by scientists: 32 skeletons of ancient civilizations Moche and Lambayeque, found on the coast of Peru in South America, lacked parts of the lower limbs

Few details of American history

The reprisals after death were usually awarded to people who were very powerful during their lifetime. So, Pope Stephen VI, who ascended the papal throne in 896, "distinguished himself" by organizing the trial of the previous pontiff Formosa

Someone knows about this, but someone does not even know what is actually located under the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris. Have a look at Hundreds of kilometers of galleries stretch under the pavements of Paris