While drugs didn't kill him in the end, Cobain had nearly lost his life to overdoses a few times, the last one as recently as a month before his death.
In 2009, the Beatrice Six were released after DNA evidence cleared them, following the years-long efforts of Joseph White, who maintained his innocence.
Recent years have shown us that being incarcerated may in fact lead to the creation of criminal power, as evidenced by the story of the Tavon "Bulldog" White.
Cyberpunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, exploring a counter-cultural and anti-authoritarian worldview of a technologically-advanced and dehumanized future.
When David Koch died in 2019 at the age of 79, it was reported that he and his brother's net worth totaled over $100 billion -- two of the world's richest.
The new NBC show Young Rock, which follows the wild life of former wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is shining a light on old school wrestling dynasties.
The National Museum of Funeral History is more of an interactive, respectable tribute to the inevitable phase of life that many shy away from discussing: death.
Bernie Tiede murdered 81-year-old Marjorie Nugent, a rich widow he had befriended after overseeing her husband's funeral. People didn't hold it against him.
The museum started as "a small storefront company museum in a local mall," but the public cared about SPAM more than any other product and so it was renamed.
It's true that brotherly rivalries are a staple of rock 'n' roll history, but it's rare that things turn out as sadly as they did for the Fogerty brothers.
At one point in the 19th century, the Astors owned so much real estate in the Big Apple that they earned themselves the nickname the "landlords of New York."
Most people recognize the "big name" serial killers, but one man remains by far the most sadistic, rampaging serial killer to ever have lived — Samuel Little.
The idea of time travel didn't stop with the ancient poets. Scientists like Albert Einstein considered the possibility that time is relative and illusionary.
During Setsubun, you'll see kids throwing dried soy beans at adults dancing in cloaks and wearing furry demon masks in parks or at schools come February 2-4.
One of the most infamous stories out of the '70s involves a woman who would become affectionately known as the "Queen of the Groupie Scene" — Sable Starr.
Van Halen's first demo tape was financed by Kiss bassist Gene Simmons after he saw them play at the Starwood Club in Los Angeles. They signed with Warner Bros.
The kidnappings committed by Ariel Castro were part of a uniquely unsettling crime. The school bus driver used his home as a prison for his three abductees.
911 operators in Cleveland answered a shocking phone call. The young woman on the line told the dispatcher, "I've been kidnapped and been missing for 10 years."
Homelessness puts a person and their issues through a grinder that can make it all much worse. Here's the messed up truth about homelessness in America.