What are subliminal messages? Do subliminal messages work? Though everyone from Coca-Cola to Disney has been accused of using these tactics, few of us seem to know the truth about what these messages are and whether or not they're effective.

After her husband was executed by the King of France, Jeanne de Clisson set off on a quest of piracy and bloody justice.

Born with severe deformations, Thalidomide babies were the result of one pharmaceutical company's coverups and dark past.

Michael Malloy was a down-on-his-luck drunk during the Great Depression when he was targeted for murder as part of a life insurance scam. The only problem was, he wouldn't die.

A Colombian-German drug lord, Carlos Lehder helped Pablo Escobar found the Medellín Cartel — but their alliance wouldn't last forever.

WIllie Francis was sentenced to death by electric chair, but a drunken executioner's misstep resulted in a painful shock, but a miraculous survival.

From politicians to police to his own lover, as Pablo Escobar's top hitman, no one was safe from John Jairo Velasquez.

If you went before Roland Freisler, your trial had a 90 percent chance of ending in either life imprisonment or death.

The city in 'Man In High Castle' may seem like a dystopian nightmare, but Hitler had plans to make it very real.

Known as "The Pig" due to his thirst for blood, Giovanni Brusca killed between 100 and 200 people for the Sicilian Mafia in the late 20th century.

The swastika was a sacred icon of spirituality around the world. Then Heinrich Schliemann came along to usher the symbol toward its Nazi destiny.