Between 1975 and 1998, Robert Lee Yates brutally killed at least 16 people, mostly female sex workers, near Spokane, Washington.

Ever since Philadelphia teacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her apartment on January 26, 2011, her family has been convinced that she was murdered.

Celeste Beard was found guilty of murder after her husband, Steven Beard, was fatally shot in October 1999 by a woman who claimed to be Celeste's lesbian lover.

While there are records of creatures appearing in court throughout history, animal trials peaked in popularity in Europe between 1400 and 1700.

Between 2000 and 2003, Yang Xinhai brutally murdered 67 people and raped 23 women while traveling through China on a bicycle, earning the nickname "Monster Killer."

Before his arrest in 1999, Javed Iqbal sexually assaulted and strangled 100 boys, then dissolved their remains in a vat of acid.

Before her arrest at the age of 90 in 1928, Baba Anujka sold poisons to unhappy wives living in present-day Serbia, facilitating the murders of between 50 and 150 men.

Though Marilyn Sheppard's husband was initially found guilty of her murder, his conviction was overturned in 1966 and her true killer remains unidentified to this day.

Between 2013 and 2017, Russian con artist Anna Delvey stole an estimated $275,000 by making fake bank statements, cashing bad checks, and borrowing money from acquaintances without paying them back to maintain a lavish lifestyle under a false identity.

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist took place over several months between 2011 and 2012, when thieves siphoned 3,330 tons of maple syrup from a facility in Quebec.

Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn were accused of perpetrating a "Gone Girl"-esque hoax after Huskins was kidnapped and raped by Matthew Muller in 2015.