Spooky U.S. History
The “Trail of Tears” forced this Native American nation from their lands in the 1830s.
Cherokee
This disease, also known as the “Black Death,” wiped out nearly one-third of Europe’s population in the 14th century.
Bubonic Plague
This ship vanished in 1872, found adrift with no crew aboard.
Mary Celeste
The “Redcoats” fought against the American colonies in this war.
American Revolutionary War
The Titanic sank in this year.
1912
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in this Washington, D.C. theater in 1865.
Ford's Theater
This French teenage girl claimed to hear divine voices before leading troops in battle—and was later burned at the stake.
Joan of Arc
This English monarch’s “lost colony” at Roanoke disappeared without a trace.
Queen Elizabeth I
The Civil War’s bloodiest single day occurred at this Maryland battlefield.
Antietam
Pompeii was buried under ash from this volcano in A.D. 79.
Mount Vesuvius
This 19th-century American inventor, famous for the light bulb, was also obsessed with communicating with ghosts through technology.
Thomas Edison
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte met his final defeat at this battle.
Battle of Waterloo
The identity of this London serial killer from 1888 remains one of the biggest mysteries in crime history.
Jack the Ripper
This World War I weapon caused soldiers to fear gas masks and trenches.
This pharaoh’s tomb, discovered in 1922, was said to carry a deadly curse.
King Tut
This U.S. president is rumored to haunt the White House, with several presidents and first ladies claiming to have seen his ghost.
Abraham Lincoln
The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on which city?
Hiroshima
The lost city of Machu Picchu was built by this ancient civilization.
The Inca
The “Hundred Years’ War” was fought between these two European nations.
England and France
The Tower of London is said to be haunted by the ghost of this executed wife of Henry VIII.
Anne Boleyn
This 1950s U.S. senator led a “witch hunt” for alleged communists during the Red Scare.
Joseph McCarthy
The French Revolution’s Reign of Terror was led by this man before his own execution.
Maximilien Robespierre
In 1918, this global pandemic killed more people than World War I.
Spanish Flu
The “Cold War” never became “hot” between these two superpowers.
United States and the Soviet Union
This Eastern European ruler inspired the legend of Dracula.
Vlad the Impaler