Hollywood's premier celebrity hairstylist who worked with the brightest stars of the 1960s, Jay Sebring was killed by the Manson Family on August 9, 1969.

"I immediately thought it was a work of Italian primitivism. But I didn't imagine it was a Cimabue," said the auctioneer who was first to examine the painting.

The elaborate burial complex, which also contains animal sacrifices and valuable gold artifacts, appears to be the tomb of an ancient lord.

"We've known for a long time that modern humans originated in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago... but what we hadn't known until the study was where exactly this homeland was."

Until this study, it was believed that the last member of the Beothuk died in 1829.

The country's ambitious plans for urban growth have led to more than 50 abandoned cities whose empty buildings paint a dystopian landscape.

Whether it's ghastly demons or grisly execution scenes, this occultists' tome and witchcraft manual remains as haunting today as it was in 1775.

On July 13, 1954, Frida Kahlo died at her home in Mexico City, but certain details have some convinced that her real cause of death was covered up.

In September 2006, Steve Irwin was filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef when a stingray suddenly pierced his chest. Within minutes, he was dead.

Yolanda Saldívar was the president of Selena's fan club, but after she was fired for embezzlement, she murdered the "Queen of Tejano Music" on March 31, 1995.

Whether it's ghosts, UFOs, or monsters, these creepy real-life stories represent the scariest tales from the annals of human history.