An 1960 MG MGA roadster has been found covered in debris in Dorset having been stored in a garage for some 20 years. The vehicle was discovered by auctioneer Charterhouse after it was instructed by the executor of a will to visit a cottage near Shaftesbury to identify valuable items, only to find the motor … Read more
Jimmy Hoffa may be buried in a steel drum beneath other metal barrels at a New Jersey landfill site where excavators say there is proof a pit was once dug and filled in after the union leader’s 1976 disappearance. The whereabouts of Hoffa’s remains has always been a mystery but according to Frank Cappola, the … Read more
Metal detectorist finds £2million centrepiece jewel of Henry VIII’s lost crown buried under a tree after it had been missing for 400 years Kevin Duckett, 49, made the discovery in a field near Market Harborough Two-and-a-half inch jewel is now being verified at the British Museum Mr Duckett said he first thought the jewel was … Read more
A lawyer has claimed the FBI secretly discovered $400 million in stolen Civil War gold bars buried in a Pennsylvania forest three years ago. Harrisburg attorney William Cluck said Thursday he’d learned the name of the federal judge who ordered all records of the March 2018 excavation to be sealed. ‘I got what I wanted,’ … Read more
Heart-stopping footage shows the moment a mountain skier plummeted into a crevasse, badly injuring his leg. Edouard Bozon’s helmet camera recorded his terrifying situation metres underneath a mountain slope in the French Alps after his friend triggered a small avalanche that sent him flying into the ravine. Footage captures Edouard, from Lyon, screaming for help … Read more
Father-of-three farmer, 36, died after being buried alive when tunnel collapsed on him as he tried to rescue his beloved sheep dog from hole in field, inquest hears Farmer Gary Davies, 36, died after trying to rescue his sheepdog Llecau The father-of-three had tried to dig into a hole into which Llecau had fallen Dislodged … Read more
A father-of-four whose dying wish was to be buried in the garden of the house he was born and grew up in has been pictured for the first time – as his property hits the market for £125,000. Michael Jackson, 61, was laid to rest in the garden of his three-bedroom house in Leeds, West … Read more
The 2,000-year-old remains of a child from a well-to-do family and their pet dog were discovered by archaeologists in France. The infant, estimated to be a year old, was found in Aulnat in the Auvergne region of central France by a team surveying for a planned airport expansion. The remains date back to the first … Read more
Grieving widow’s plans to be buried with her late husband are thwarted after her request to exhume and cremate his body is refused for going against Church philosophy Susan Richardson arranged for her husband to be buried in Sunderland in 2018 After her cancer diagnosis she made plans to move to Northamptonshire Mrs Richardson sought … Read more
In the summer of 1939, a former milkman turned self-taught archaeologist called Basil Brown plunged a spade into the side of a large mound at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. He had been hired by Edith Pretty, the wealthy widow who owned the mound, to see if there was anything inside. Possibly he might find a … Read more