Through the 1900s, the Rockefellers were at the top of the list of America's richest families, with notable politicians and businessmen among their ranks.
The vicious assassination of the all-powerful consul of the Roman Republic, Gaius Julius Caesar, occurred on March 15, 44 BC -- the now infamous Ides of March.
Life is full of ups and downs, and that's true everyone sharing this crazy Earth. But it's extra true of some people — like Earl Simmons, better known as DMX.
The Colonial Parkway was home to what's believed to have been perhaps 10 murders. At least eight of these killings comprise the actual Colonial Parkway murders.
In February of 1911, one of the last clashes between Native Americans and United States forces -- "the Last Massacre" -- occurred in Humboldt County, Nevada.
Keelhauling combines the best parts of waterboarding, rusted razor shaving, and literal salt in wounds that will leave you wishing you'd walked the plank.
One bungled hold-up in Minnesota ended with two of his own men dead and two or three wounded (accounts vary), with Jesse James himself fleeing for his life.
Indeed, so famous was John Kennedy for not wearing hats that something of an urban legend has sprung up that he single-handedly killed the hat industry.
Riding the nu-metal wave, the band Mudvayne offered their own take on this darkness when they explored the humanity of killer Ed Gein in "Nothing To Gein."
North Korea has been at the propaganda and hating America game for over 70 years. Here are some of the comical, inflammatory, and dangerous threats posed.
The Dick Van Dyke Show was unlike anything viewers had ever seen before -- it was witty, intelligent, comedically sharp, and quite ahead of its time socially.
July 20, 1969, the day Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, will be in the history books forever. Here's what it was really like to watch the Moon landing in 1969.
The homicide rate in Sweden is low -- just 1.1 cases per 100,000 people, with a total of 108 homicides in 2018, which makes the Knutby case more fascinating.
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon is often cited as the premier case of mass hysteria. In the 1940s, a town was terrorized by a mysterious gas-spraying culprit.