In 1968, the Manson Family moved into George Spahn's dilapidated Southern California ranch. The next year, they committed mass murder.

Lynette Fromme became a Manson family member as a homeless teenager — and eventually tried to kill President Gerald Ford in 1975.

Known as balut, this popular dish from Southeast Asia is made by incubating a fertilized bird egg for weeks, then steaming and eating the undeveloped chick right from the shell.

In a brazen robbery made famous by "Goodfellas," the thieves behind the Lufthansa heist stole $6 million from New York's Kennedy Airport on December 11, 1978.

Miep Gies hid the Frank family for years during the German occupation of the Netherlands and even saved Anne Frank's diary from falling into Nazi hands.

Discover what happened to the Manson Family cult members who brutally murdered at least nine people in southern California in the summer of 1969.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Marilyn vos Savant has the world's highest IQ ever recorded — but many have tried to challenge that title.

Evelyn McHale wrote in her suicide note that she didn't want her family to see "any part" of her body. Instead, a photo of her death would become one of the most famous photographs of all time.

Despite being sentenced to life in prison in 1986 for racketeering, Carmine Persico maintained his grip on the Colombo's for decades.

When Alfred Watkins first put forth the idea that straight lines connect landmarks across Britain in 1921, he didn't believe that these pathways had any mystical significance — then subsequent theorists transformed ley lines into something paranormal.

Luciano family boss Frank Costello survived gang wars, police scrutiny, and an assassination attempt while becoming one of history's wealthiest mobsters.