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The explorer's disappearance continues to fascinate.
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Across the unforgiving landscape of Antarctica are deserted outposts haunted by the ghosts of the past.
Buried deep beneath the streets of Liverpool is an underground world that defies explanation.
The infamous agency got its start protecting corpses from professional body snatchers.
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Fire brought down the ship—but was it an accident, or arson?
They set off into uncharted territory and were never seen again.
His houseguest was convicted of the murder. But evidence against the doctor’s wife tells another story.