Did a disguise made by theatrical costume designer allow Jack the Ripper to carry out and get away with his infamous crimes?

These photos of "Abraham Lincoln," "Billy the Kid," and others fooled the world — until they were finally debunked.

The two-faced maniac was actually based on a real person.

He was arrested after he contacted two children on Facebook and asked them for sex and naked pictures.

"I don't think it's ever been so bad in Delhi. I'm very angry that we've had to come to this."

Jemma Lilley strangled the autistic teen with a wire until it broke, and then stabbed him with various blades until he died.

From the sun ray to the skin tube, these haunting vintage medical treatments actually inspired techniques still in use today.

New book identifies Black Dahlia killer, unusual ancient tradition may be spreading the plague in Madagascar, and the JFK assassination files contain surprising revelations.

"The pain became increasingly unbearable, so that I couldn’t even walk or sit."

From Columbus' voyage to the spark that set off World War I, these tiny lapses in judgment ended in some of history's greatest disasters.

Until the mid-20th century, colonial powers made these films to convince Africans that they deserved to be oppressed.