He was the only Muslim king of modern Europe, and he survived over fifty assassination attempts as the last monarch of Albania.

Tom Otterness sculpted some of New York's most famous subway art, but little do commuters know he has a sordid history.

How the daring 1970s FBI sting known as ABSCAM employed con man Mel Weinberg to take down corrupt politicians.

Giuseppe Zangara was an unemployed bricklayer unwilling to wait for President-Elect FDR to take office to blame him for his problems.

If author H.A. Rey hadn't avoided the Nazis in dramatic fashion, the world wouldn't even know about Curious George today.

The government not only let Johnny Martorano off the hook, they also gave him $20,000 to start a new life after he testified against Whitey Bulger.

Mr. Rogers always wore long-sleeve sweaters, which made some people convinced he was hiding tattoos underneath them.

When this tree was planted in 1625, the United States was still 150 years away from even becoming a nation.

Throughout the 1940s and '50s, British hangman Albert Pierrepoint made a career out of killing everyone from infamous serial murderers to Nazi war criminals.

Why "Gorilla Man" Earle Nelson was America's worst murderer long before the term "serial killer" was even invented.

The macuahuitl was plenty deadly enough to take you down. But the Aztecs would rather bring you to the edge of death, then sacrifice you alive.