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.

A rumored torture device developed in 17th-century Europe, the pear of anguish combined sexual violation and horrifying physical pain, making it one of history's most brutal instruments of agony.

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.

While John Gotti was the "Teflon Don," he may not have been godfather at all if not for Aniello Dellacroce.

Before he cooperated with the FBI to put John Gotti behind bars, Gambino underboss Sammy "The Bull" Gravano was one of the most feared killers in Mafia history.

On October 4, 1997, David Ghantt pulled off the Loomis Fargo heist with $17.3 million in hand — but then the problems started piling up.

Rats have been used to torture prisoners and political enemies in many ways over the centuries — but some methods are more horrific than others.

From being partially scalped to having her eyes gouged out, Kelly Anne Bates was tortured for weeks before James Patterson Smith killed her on April 16, 1996.