Merle Oberon's mother was from Sri Lanka, but the Golden Age actress pretended to be fully white to avoid Hays Code restrictions and racial prejudice to land leading roles.

"Feral Child" Genie Wiley was strapped to a chair by her parents and neglected for 13 years before she was finally rescued — then she was experimented upon by researchers studying human development.

Before Lorraine Warren's death in 2019, she and her husband Ed spent decades investigating alleged hauntings, from the Amityville Horror house to the eerie case that inspired The Conjuring.

Following decades of depression and addiction, movie legend Judy Garland died of a barbiturate overdose in London at age 47 on June 22, 1969.

In the original version of Clue, the game contained the subtitle "Murder at Tudor Close," a nod to a real mansion located in Rottingdean, England.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, Basil Zaharoff made a fortune by selling weapons to anyone willing to buy them, yet his personal life remained largely in the shadows.

The myth of Ganymede describes his abduction by Zeus in order to be a cupbearer of the gods, while later interpretations of the story described it as a tale of male same-sex desire.

Created as a torture device to roast humans alive, the Brazen Bull was designed for the tyrant Phalaris by his sculptor, Perilaus.

For 16 years, George Metesky hid at least 33 pipe bombs in public places throughout New York City, leaving ominous notes signed "F.P." — short for "fair play."

On April 20, 1989, 37-year-old Patricia Meehan crashed her car near Circle, Montana and disappeared into a nearby field. Since then, she's allegedly been sighted over 5,000 times, but her ultimate fate remains a mystery.