Timeless Tales

On October 21, 1995, Blind Melon's sound engineer went to wake up the band's lead singer, Shannon Hoon, for a sound check prior to a concert in New Orleans that evening. When he entered the bunk room of the tour bus, however, he found Hoon dead in bed. The night before, Hoon had gone on a drug binge following a performance in Houston, and when the bus arrived in New Orleans, he'd hit the streets to find more stimulants. He'd then returned in the early hours of the morning before dying from a cocaine overdose at just 28 years old. Inside The Life And Death Of Shannon Hoon, The Troubled Lead Singer Of Blind Melon Shannon Hoon was just 28 when he overdosed on cocaine in his band's tour bus after a years-long struggle with addiction. Blind Melon was supposed to play a show in New Orleans on October 21, 1995. Their tour bus was parked on St. Charles Avenue, and the band’s energetic frontman, Shannon Hoon, was lying inside. But he wasn’t resting between performan...

This photo shows 39-year-old Robert Overacker riding a jet ski straight toward the edge of Horseshoe Falls on October 1, 1995. Behind him is nothing but rushing water and a 167 foot drop. Overacker had spent months planning a daring stunt. His idea was simple. Ride a jet ski to the brink of the Falls, fire a rocket-powered parachute, float safely into the river below, and get rescued. It had never been done before. He launched himself into the Niagara River upstream and headed directly for the edge. As he reached the brink, he triggered the rocket. The parachute shot out exactly as designed, but something went terribly wrong. The chute drifted away from him and fell to the water below. Only then did he realize the fatal mistake. The parachute was never attached to his body. His stepbrother and friend watched from the shore as Overacker plunged over Horseshoe Falls and disappeared into the mist. He did not survive. The photo captures the exact moment he comm...

Teen who pushed friend off bridge causes fresh outrage The teenager who pushed her friend from an 18-metre bridge and left her with serious injuries has reportedly been pictured days after the incident enjoying herself at a local fair. The family of Jordan Holgerson have said Taylor Smith isn’t sorry for her actions after shoving her 16-year-old friend from Moulton Falls bridge in Yacolt, Washington. Ms Holgerson had hesitated when approaching the bridge to take the leap. Ms Smith was pictured with a friend at the Clark County Fair in a post on Instagram on Saturday, The Sun reported. VIDEO HERE Taylor Smith is the teen responsible for pushing Jordan Holgerson from the bridge in Washington. “Taylor has been going out as if nothing happened,” a family member of Ms Holgerson told the publication. “She’s been at a pool party and there were pictures of her at the county fair with a friend on Instagram. “She clearly doesn’t care”. While Ms Smith messaged Ms H...

 For more than five decades, 71-year-old Charles Tombe has lived alone on a remote patch of land in Rwanda, terrified of women after a traumatic encounter in his teens.  He built a 16-foot fence around his home, using it as both a barrier and a warning — a way to make sure no woman could accidentally come near him and trigger the panic he’s carried since adolescence. Villagers say he keeps to himself, growing crops and tending to animals, speaking to others only from a distance. He has no family, no visitors, and no plans to ever leave the enclosure he created. After 55 years in isolation, his fear has become his entire world, and the fence stands as a physical reminder of a life shaped entirely by avoidance rather than connection.

Brigitte Macron became France’s First Lady in 2017, but her story drew global attention long before that.  She first met Emmanuel Macron when he was a teenager and she was his drama teacher — a detail that sparked years of fascination, controversy, and endless media scrutiny. Their relationship remained intact despite a 24-year age gap, public judgment, and pressure from both families. Macron has always credited her as the most influential person in his life, calling her his anchor, strategist, and closest adviser throughout his rise from banker to president. As First Lady, she has focused on education, disability rights, and combating online bullying, maintaining a deliberately low political profile while still shaping key social initiatives behind the scenes.  Despite constant rumors and conspiracy theories, Brigitte Macron remains one of the most recognizable and fiercely discussed figures in European public life.

The story behind Misty Loman's viral mugshots, beyond stereotypes. In 2019, his arrest photos exploded online after a Wisconsin sheriff's post used as a meth warning. But his story is more complex: Loman recounted battling sclerodermia, lupus and bone cancer, and losing three children; illnesses and grief have affected his appearance along with addiction. In those months she was also arrested in Kentucky for public drunkenness: that's the context from which those mugshots went "viral" were born. In 2020, she said she had been sober for 14 months and experienced recovery with the Sisters in Sobriety group, leaving a simple message: “Prayer works, I am proof.”

Animal rights advocates are urging witnesses in Sadanga, Mountain Province to step forward on the recent death of Axle, an American Bully whose brutal beating early this week was caught on video and went viral online. In a statement on Wednesday, the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) publicly condemned the killing and demanded justice for the pet dog. However, they noted that there were no witnesses stepping up to help testify for Axle’s case. 'DOGS NOT MERE PROPERTY' Animal groups urge witnesses to come forward for dog killed in viral video Animal rights advocates are urging witnesses in Sadanga, Mountain Province to step forward on the recent death of Axle, an American Bully whose brutal beating early this week was caught on video and went viral online. In a statement on Wednesday, the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) publicly condemned the killing and demanded justice for the pet dog. However, they noted that there were no witnesses stepping up t...

 The killer who made a request for his own autopsy Charles Whitman was a smart kid who grew up in a troubled home. His father was a firearm enthusiast who kept several guns and taught his kids how to use gun. Things going south when he started experiencing uncontrollable surges of rage, for this he visited several doctors; some even prescribed valium for him though his symptoms remained. Feats of uncontrollable anger and incessant headaches lead him to do the unspeakable. In the early morning of Monday, August 1, 1966. Whitman stabbed his mother, Margaret in the chest and also shot her in the head. He then went to his wife who was asleep, and stabbed her three times. Image: Margaret Whitman, as found by police Image above: Kathleen Whitman as found by the police Whitman proceeded to the Main building of the University of Texas at Austin, disguising as a research assistant he carried several firearms to the observation deck of the university and fired upon people at the ground level...

A SERIAL KILLER OF A SPECIAL KIND Pedro Rodrigues Filho, known as Pedrinho Matador (Pedrino the Assassin), was a special serial killer. Despite being sentenced to 400 years in prison for killing 71 people, even though he was credited with over 100 murders, he was very popular with the people. As Brazilian writer and criminologist Ilana Casoy stated: “Pedrinho is not a vigilante, but an avenger, and that ends up fascinating people. But this is a distorted vision. The problem is that Pedrinho’s victims, just like him, could not afford a lawyer.” But could we really call him an avenger? No. And the answer was in one of his many tattoos, specifically in a phrase on his left arm: “I kill for pleasure.” In fact, although his victims were, for the most part, drug dealers, rapists and pedophiles, or at least alleged ones, he did not always follow this rule. In some cases, for example, he killed an inmate because "he did not think like him" or a cellmate because "he sn...

This is the last known photo of Kris Kremers, a Dutch student who disappeared along with her friend Lisanne Froon in 2014 while hiking through the jungle in Panama. When the daily text messages the girls usually sent home suddenly stopped, their families panicked. The parents flew to Panama on April 6 and, together with police and search dogs, looked through the thick forest for ten straight days. They found nothing. Ten weeks later, a local woman handed in a blue backpack she had found by a river. Inside were the girls’ phones, a camera, sunglasses, and some cash. The phones showed that just a few hours after they started their hike on April 1, they had already tried to call emergency numbers over and over. Because of bad signal in the mountains, none of the calls went through. Lisanne’s phone died on April 4. Kris kept turning her phone on and off between April 5 and April 11, but each time someone entered the wrong PIN or no PIN at all. On the camera there were ninety f...

A TWO YEAR OLD!!! This is horrible!!!  SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — A Shelbyville man is facing serious felony charges after allegedly r*ping a 2-year-old girl that resulted with her needing to be hospitalized with severe injuries that required surgery. Johnny Knuckles, 27, was arrested last week on two counts of child molesting, both Level 1 felonies. If convicted on both counts, he could face up to 100 years in prison. Police were called to MHP Hospital on Nov. 24 after receiving a report of child sexual abuse. When officers arrived, they found the toddler suffering from bleeding, bruising, and lacerations to her genital area. Medical staff later determined she needed surgery. According to investigators, family members identified Knuckles as the suspect. Witnesses reported seeing him naked in the child’s room, standing near the changing table just minutes before the injuries were discovered. Once the bleeding was noticed, court documents say Knuckles attempted to cover up the in...

 Father Was Killed George Floyd Style on a Ship and Stored in a Fridge For Days!!  Royal Caribbean is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after a passenger allegedly died following a marathon drinking session — and was then placed in a refrigerator while the ship continued its voyage, according to the family’s attorney. Michael Virgil, 35, boarded the Navigator of the Seas with his fiancée, Connie Aguilar, and their 7-year-old autistic son on Dec. 13, 2024, for what was meant to be a four-day getaway from Los Angeles to Ensenada, Mexico. But what began as a routine family vacation ended in tragedy. According to the lawsuit filed by Aguilar, Virgil was served 33 top-shelf drinks at one of the ship’s bars on the day he died. It’s unclear how many he drank, but his blood alcohol level was recorded between 0.182 and 0.186 percent — more than twice the legal driving limit — according to an autopsy report obtained by the Daily Mail. Aguilar claims Virgil became extremely intoxica...

Frank Sinatra Jr photographed after being released by his kidnappers on December the 11th 1963. The three kidnappers had originally planned to abduct Bob Hope's son, but they decided that was "too un American"... The kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr became one of the most widely followed American crime stories of the early nineteen sixties. He was nineteen years old and performing at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe when three young men entered his dressing room and abducted him at gunpoint. Their motivation was ransom rather than politics or ideology. They believed that targeting the son of Frank Sinatra would guarantee national attention and a large payout. In the planning stages they even considered kidnapping the son of Bob Hope, but dismissed the idea because Hope was viewed as too patriotic of a figure. Sinatra Jr was held for several days in Los Angeles while the kidnappers contacted his father and demanded two hundred and forty thousand dollars in ransom. Frank Sinatra Sr paid i...

Ray and Faye Copeland remain the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in American history. Ray Copeland, who was born in Oklahoma, started his crime by forging checks to buy livestock, which he quickly sold off before the seller detected the fraud. His scheme was quickly busted, landing him in jail. After serving his jail term, he came up with the idea of hiring homeless people, who used his fake checks to buy livestock for him. Not long after, the crimes were traced back to him as the homeless men identified him when they were caught He then came up with the plan of leaving no trace that could link him to the crimes; the couple killed every homeless person they dealt with. Once someone used the fake check to make a purchase, they would kill him and bury him in a shallow grave in their farm house. In October 1989, a lucky man who was able to escape called the police; the remains of five victims were discovered in their farm house. The Horrific Crime Of Ray and Faye Copelan...

Oriana Fallaci strongly believed that the famous words Neil Armstrong said when he first stepped on the moon, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," were not his own, but part of a script written by NASA. A few weeks after the moon landing, Oriana got the chance to talk about it with Charles "Pete" Conrad, the astronaut chosen to command Apollo 12, while staying at his family’s home. Conrad tried to explain to her that NASA didn’t and wouldn’t make astronauts say pre-written phrases, but Oriana didn’t believe him. So, he told her he could prove it once he reached the moon. "Impossible," replied Oriana, "they won’t let you say what you want." To make a point, Pete, who often joked about being the shortest astronaut at 1.67 meters (compared to Armstrong’s 1.80), decided to bet her $500. On November 19, 1969, when Conrad landed on the moon, he set foot on the lunar surface and shouted, "Whoopie! Man, that may...