CULTURE

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule, and is known for his nonviolent civil disobedience. He is widely called the Father of the Nation. As you see, it seems that there cannot be any room for evil in a personality like this. But like almost all public figures, there is also untold truth about him. Authors Michael Connellan of the Guardian and Mayukh Sen of The Vice have some pretty disturbing claims about Gandhi. Here are some of them.

The hipster trend that was so hated and loved in the same time is fading out. Of course, the world doesn't go round with trends and fashion movements so many new ones have started rising. We aren't yet sure which one will end up replacing hipsters but we compiled them so you can decide for yourself.

'The book that drives readers insane' sounds like we're trying to sell a modern fiction of a popular author, don't we? It's catchy, isn't it? But this is an ancient book we're talking about here, and we're definitely not interested in selling it! What if this book is really magic and actually does what it claims to do? Here's what Necronomicon is all about...

Human experimentation has been an inspiration for many films and books, preserving its everyday interest from the past. We brought together films about human experiments, some of them inspired by real life events and some of them are just fiction, psychological and physical movies.The movies were listed according to their IMDB ratings and all storylines were taken from IMDB.

Humans are capable of performing extremely gruesome acts, far more heinous than just murder. Just take a look at the number of murderers and serial killers in the world. But serial killers are far more inhumane than the murderers. In most cases, there is no logical reason or personal vendetta against the victim but just a psychological urge to kill. To fulfill this urge they often go to great lengths and apply various tactics so as to avoid being caught. Here we have brought together the stories of ten such serial killers whose cunning tactics will give you the chills.

There are a large number of people who enjoy the idea of believing and chasing ghosts and ghost’s tales, and this fanbase is one that seems to grow by leaps and bounds every single year. Are they real, or aren’t they, that is the question? Waverly Hills is one of the most fascinating buildings to be found that stores within its walls many horrible and pain filled memories of a time where it seemed to continuously consume 100’s of lives.  Let's see what might have caused all these tragic deaths.

Schizophrenia. The worst among all the other psychotic disorders.Maybe the most complex point a human brain can reach.Not knowing what’s real, not being aware of the disease. Claiming what is seen to be concrete, not accepting the disease. The list goes on, but we could never understand what’s happening in their brain. Not even 10% of it. Until people who are suffering from Schizophrenia drew their concrete reality and other beings in their minds.

Sometimes a movie does really change your outlook on life. And one of the best genres that can do that is probably suspense/thriller, as it brings down the safe world you've built around yourself by bombarding you with possibilities that you hadn't seen possible. If you're looking for Hollywood thriller movies you're on right place. So here are 45 amazing movies to give you that feeling of discomfort, suspense, and thrill! We prepared the best suspensed thriller movies list. You can see good thriller movies on Onedio.Storylines are from IMDb, and the ranking is done according to IMDb ratings. 

There are many things in the world we can't find answers to. We call them a mystery or just a coincidence. Whatever the case, they're sometimes good and sometimes spooky. We don't know if they're supernatural stuff that nobody can solve or all of them have a solid explanation. Whatever the case, we put together 15 of these interesting scenarios that happened or are happening in the world at the moment.

'The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons,' Dostoyevsky said. But perhaps there’s one other type of institution that also gives a glimpse into how societies treat those who are deemed unfit for society: mental asylums.For centuries, the quality of most mental asylums revealed very little degree of civilization. Here are 21 haunting portraits of life inside these places.

Graphic designer Andry Tuohy's work, highlighting the greatest modern artists, shows the unique styles of 52 key artists in their own portraits. A fun fact about Andry's work is that he chose one artist for the each letter of the alphabet. Here are 25 different portraits you will fall in love with.Don't forget to click on the artist names for more information!

Torture has been around for thousands of years, and it has been used as punishment, methods of execution, and as a means of obtaining information. It feels weird to use the word “creative” for such practises, but some torture methods were indeed creative as well as gruesome. Here are some painful, and brutal torture techniques from history.

One of the best books recently written is A Brief History of Human Kind, by Noah Harari, in 2012.As readers of the book know, the story Noah tells is that of modern man, the Homo Sapiens, came out of North Africa and seized the world by eliminating, or in other words, destroying all other human species such as Homo Erectus and Neanderthal.This book tells the history of mankind and what is likely to happen in the future in a simple way. There is really much to be learned from this book!

Each and every book on this list is a must-read for every adult who can read. But on this side of literature, not every page is full of hope, inspiration, or joy. Rather, you’ll be staggered by the literary achievement and beauty that shows you how challenging, absurd, and sometimes even funny life, and even your own mind itself can be.  Book summaries were taken from Wikipedia. 

Marilyn Monroe died of a barbiturate overdose on August 5, 1962, in her home at 12305 5th Helena Drive in Brentwood, CA. Since then, her death has been the subject of some of the most enduring conspiracy theories in history - including that she was one of many historical suicides that were actually a murder. Yet, the actual details of her demise are just as shocking and interesting as the stories bandied about by conspiracy theorists.