One of the participants claims he faked his cries for help so he could get out of it.

Rep. David Stringer stands by his comments and denies allegations that he's racist.

In a world full of true crime dramas, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction.

In 1849, Henry Brown shipped himself 250 miles to the free state of Pennsylvania. Though it took him 27 grueling hours, he lived the remainder of his life as a free man and a traveling performer.

Sylvester Magee was born a slave, enlisted in the war as a Confederate, defected and fought for the Union, then lived to be 130 years old.

Since 1999, the rate of suicide has climbed 30 percent in the U.S. – and as high as 58 percent in some states.

He fell out of his paraglider and was impaled on a sharp tree branch as "thick as a watermelon."

In the end, the very thing that almost prevented Vesna Vulović from becoming a flight attendant is what ultimately kept her alive.

The turtle has since been euthanized, and now Robert Crosland is facing legal trouble.

As a serious gambler, he wanted a “food of convenience” that wouldn't disrupt his card game.

Known for his good looks, Paul John Knowles was described as a “cross between Robert Redford and Ryan O’Neal.”