The government not only eventually let Johnny Martorano off the hook, they also gave him $20,000 to start a new life.

World War II Marine John Basilone, hero of Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, once said that he was a "plain soldier" — he was wrong.

The real stories beneath the lies about Mr. Rogers' tattoos, his military service, and that time he gave kids the middle finger are even more heartwarming than you'd imagine.

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

Arthur Bremer wanted to be famous – for anything.

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.

The glyptodon may seem like just a big armadillo, but it was the size of a car and could crush early humans with its clubbed tail.

Frito Bandito spent four years hawking corn chips to kids. Unfortunately, he embodied the worst of Mexican stereotypes.

No one could believe that mild-mannered Charlie Brandt had mutilated his wife and niece, until they discovered his grisly past.