Scary Interesting

Before the maps were drawn and the summits were crowded, a team of legendary explorers set out to do the impossible: conquer Mount Everest. Who would survive the descent? Special Thanks for Photographs Ernest H. Wilson, Vinko Rajic.

In 1973, eight world-class divers entered a "bottomless" Australian sinkhole known as The Shaft. What began as a record breaking attempt turned into a claustrophobic nightmare. Image(s) and/or video used under license from Shutterstock.

What happens when a visionary engineer ignores the warnings of experts to fly a balloon over the top of the world? Discover the chilling evidence buried in the Arctic snow. Special Thanks for Photographs: Jerzy Strzelecki, Oliver Beige.

133 days. That's how long Poon Lim drifted alone in the unforgiving Atlantic Ocean. After his transport ship was destroyed in WWII, he was left with nothing but a tiny raft and a few survival supplies. Special Thanks to: Leo-setä, Project Liberty ship, Walter Frost - City of Vancouver Archives, Map sources: Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, Landsat / Copernicus, IBCAO, TerraMetrics.

Known as the "Diver's Cemetery," Egypt's Blue Hole is the deadliest dive site on Earth. With over 130 fatalities, its mesmerizing depths hide a dark secret. Special Thanks for Photographs: Mohamed Kamal, Dmitry Kuznetsov, James st. John, The TerraMar Project.

Three impossible cases of people vanishing off the face of the Earth. People missing and the chilling discoveries and evidence revealed. Images and video used under license from Shutterstock.