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Secrets of the Lost Liners dives deep into the history of ocean liners, tracing their design, service, and – in these cases - demise. Beyond exploring the intricacies of liner design and complexity, ...

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The second series of Royal Autopsy sees anatomist and biological anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts rejoin Home Office Pathologist Dr Brett Lockyer to lead a unique investigation into the cause of ...

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As the old saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. What about skinning a human? It turns out that in the ancient world there were quite a few ways to execute condemned men and women ...

The Navajo legend of skinwalkers has received a lot of attention thanks to the growing notoriety of Skinwalker Ranch – a Utah hotspot of bizarre phenomena. The exact origins of the skinwalker mythos ...