The horrifying 12 days that made up the 1916 shark attacks along the New Jersey coast spawned a mass fear and paranoia for sharks that we still feel today.

Born into slavery, Bill Richmond managed to get to England where the free man became the country's biggest and potentially first, African-American athletic celeb.

Clandestine, slippery, and young — John Surratt was the only co-conspirator who evaded justice after the assassination of President Lincoln.

At just 20, Matthäus Hetzenauer became the most successful snipers in the Third Reich — and one of the most decorated.

Robert Chambers murdered 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in cold blood. And his run-ins with the law didn't end there.

Though he was the appointed lawman at the time of the shootout at the O.K. Corral, Virgil Earp remained obscure compared to his younger brother Wyatt.

By some accounts, the self-proclaimed "Angel of Death" killed upwards of 70 people in and out of hospitals across Kentucky and Ohio.

Jean Hilliard's body was frozen for six hours in -22 degree weather. Miraculously, she survived.

Hernán Cortés almost lost his hold on the Aztec capital when the natives revolted.

Ernst Röhm was ruthless in his rise to power in Nazi Germany. Too bad for him Adolf Hitler didn't like rivals — even if they were his friends.

The elder Titanic sister ship, the RMS Olympic was just as lucky as its nearly identical twin was unlucky.