Before his death in 1582, Oda Nobunaga conquered much of central Japan and laid the groundwork for the unification of the country, making him the first of three "Great Unifiers" in Japanese history.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Herb Baumeister allegedly murdered about two dozen gay men and boys, dumping their bodies along I-70 or burying them on his Fox Hollow Farm estate in Indiana.

Between 1929 and 1934, Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd carried out a daring crime spree across the American Midwest, robbing 30 banks and killing as many as 10 people before he was gunned down by FBI agents in an Ohio cornfield.

From his brutal murder of made man Billy Batts to his sudden "disappearance" in 1979, Tommy DeSimone lived a life that was much wilder than Goodfellas could ever depict.

Mickey Cohen succeeded Bugsy Siegel as the leader of L.A.'s criminal underground in the mid 1900s — and became a celebrity in the process.

Giuseppe "Joe" Masseria was the preeminent Mafia boss of Prohibition-era New York before his own lieutenant betrayed him and ordered his murder in April 1931.

After vanquishing his rivals, Carlo Gambino took control of the Mafia's Commission and made the Gambino family into the most powerful outfit in America.

For 10 years, The Mamas & The Papas guitarist John Phillips allegedly had an incestuous relationship with his daughter Mackenzie Phillips.

Just before Halloween, the Andrea Gail and its crew of six fishermen were caught in what became known as the “Perfect Storm” of 1991 — and were never seen again.

Joe Gallo paraded his pet lion around New York, kidnapped his own bosses, and sparked two gang wars before he was finally gunned down in Little Italy in 1972.

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in Argentina's Andes Mountains — and the survivors were forced to turn to cannibalism while awaiting rescue.

Gambino capo Angelo Ruggiero ended up crippling his own organization after he was caught discussing family business on secret FBI wiretaps.