On June 11, 1962, inmates Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, and John Anglin became the only men to ever escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary — but nobody knows if they made it out of San Francisco Bay alive.

The leader of the notorious Kelly Gang, Ned Kelly was an Australian outlaw who became a folk hero after wearing makeshift iron armor and getting in a fatal shootout with police in June 1880.

Budding ethnographer Michael Rockefeller vanished during his 1961 trip to New Guinea — then evidence emerged that he was killed and eaten by local tribespeople.

Take a trip into the past with these incredible historical movies, from wartime epics to period romances to biopics.

Over the centuries, numerous vessels have been found floating on the high seas without a crew — here are some of the most disturbing cases.

From George Washington's dentures to James Garfield's agonizing death, learn some captivating presidential facts that even some history buffs don't know.

The 111 mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico are terrifying to behold — and have a tragic backstory that makes their anguished expressions even more haunting.

A mysterious serial killer who murdered at least five women in London in the late 1800s, Jack the Ripper has never been identified.

For nearly 200 years, the Fugates — known as the blue people of Kentucky — remained largely sealed off from the outside world as they passed their blue skin from generation to generation.

After killing his grandparents at the age of just 15, Ed Kemper went on to murder eight women between May 1972 and April 1973, often violating and mutilating their corpses afterward.

Humans have been creating depictions of sex for millennia — and these examples of erotic paintings and sculptures prove it.

Ekaterina Lisina has the longest legs among women in the world, is the world's tallest model, and as far as anyone can tell, has the biggest female feet in Russia.