Children in Staten Island grew up hearing spooky stories about a child-snatching boogeyman named "Cropsey" — and when Andre Rand started kidnapping and allegedly murdering local children, it seemed as if the urban legend had come to life.

Elmer McCurdy may have been a failure as an outlaw, but he found success after his death when his body traveled across the U.S. as a sideshow attraction for 65 years.

On June 4, 1913, suffragist Emily Davison ran in front of King George V's horse during the Epsom Derby in what appeared to be a bungled act of protest.

Jean McGuire has been fighting for equal opportunity in Boston for decades, and friends said her attacker "may have met the wrong person" that night,