A serial rapist named Frank La Salle held Sally Horner captive from June 1948 to March 1950, and her story was so similar to the controversial plot of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita that the author named Sally in the novel.

In 1993, 20-year-old Bobby Kent was murdered in Weston, Florida by seven people, including his childhood best friend Marty Puccio, reportedly because of his violent and abusive behavior.

From natural wonders to budding cities, see what California looked like during the 19th century in some of the very first images ever captured in the Golden State.

After Witold Pilecki infiltrated Auschwitz and created detailed reports of its atrocities which he smuggled to the Allies, he actually managed to escape the infamous death camp and continue fighting the Nazis and defending his homeland.

From President Cleveland's tumor to Albert Einstein's brain, the Mütter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia holds an array of macabre anatomical curiosities.

From Che Guevara to Charlie Chaplin to the Challenger space shuttle crew, these poignant photos capture historical figures who left a lasting mark on the world.

Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves thinks there are multiple hidden chambers inside King Tut's tomb that could contain the long lost remains of Queen Nefertiti.

In November 1939, the Red Army invaded Finland for what they thought would be a quick and easy territory grab, but the heavily outnumbered Finns held them off for three months in what became known as the Winter War.

Starring in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, Annie Oakley made a name for herself as one of the first female celebrities in sharpshooting.

After the stock market crashed in October 1929, the Great Depression soon followed — ushering in a period of widespread unemployment, homelessness, and destitution.