Avoid him like the plague! Cops in the English village of Hellesdon are hunting for an unidentified individual who’s been creeping out locals by lurking around town while dressed as a 17th-century ...

There are ways to dress protectively during a pandemic, and there are ways that scream, “too soon.” A mysterious black-swathed figure dressed in full 17th-century plague doctor garb falls into that ...

The plague was once the most feared disease in the world, capable of wiping out hundreds of millions of people in seemingly unstoppable global pandemics and afflicting its victims with painfully ...

We previously revealed Scots reported sighting the 'plague doctor' outside Bo'ness Academy last week. Plague doctors battled the Bubonic Plague in 1645 wearing unusual all black medical gear. The ...

It’s the beak that lends the attire of the medieval plague doctor its surreal quality, but it wasn’t there just to scare National Treasure: The Life and Legacy of Evel Knievel, America’s Most Famous ...