While The Conjuring 3 may seem like pure fiction, it was actually inspired by true stories of exorcisms and murder in early 1980s Connecticut.

Justin Jedlica earned the nickname "the human Ken doll" because of the almost 1,000 cosmetic procedures he has undergone.

The unnamed victim had made his living by retrieving frisbees and selling them to local disc golfers.

On August 25, 2001, 22-year-old R&B singer Aaliyah died along with eight others when the private plane she had chartered to Miami crashed in the Bahamas.

Gerda Cole was 18 years old when she left her newborn daughter in the care of another family. Against all odds, the pair reunited 80 years later.

In 323 B.C.E., Alexander the Great died of an unknown illness — and his body showed no signs of decomposition for six days.

Paula Dietz knew her husband as a caring father, church council president, and Cub Scout leader, but after 34 years of marriage, she suddenly learned that he was also a serial killer.

In 1993, Heather Tallchief drove off in an armored truck full of millions in Las Vegas casino money, and she wasn't caught until she turned herself in 12 years later.

Researchers traced the man's ancestry to Sardinia and present-day Turkey — and found that he likely suffered from spinal tuberculosis.

On November 3, 1998, Josh Phillips murdered little Maddie Clifton in Jacksonville, Florida, then stashed her body underneath his bed and slept just above her corpse for a week before it was found.