British businessman Donald Crowhurst entered the 1968 Golden Globe Race to sail around the world, only to meet a tragic end in the Atlantic.

Jean-Baptiste Carrier, appointed by his government during the French Revolution, personally oversaw the execution of 13,000 counterrevolutionaries. 4,000 of which were sent to slow, watery deaths.

General Tom Thumb, the 25-inch man, became P.T. Barnum's most popular attraction with his unparalleled charisma and charm.

He escaped impenetrable prisons. He murdered mafiosos. He almost lived safely in secrecy, until the hitman became the target.

Legend says that his swords were so well-made, their layers went to a point that was but one atom thick.

Discover why Scathach "the shadowy one," teacher of fighters on the Isle Of Skye, was the most fearsome warrior woman of Irish mythology.

This was the deadliest mid-air collision ever — and it left no survivors.

Even as an adult, Schlitzie had the mental aptitude of a three- or four-year-old and could only speak in short sentences and phrases. And they turned him into a sideshow "freak."

"The demonic forces just attacked me," Nikko Jenkins said. "I can't sleep, 36 hours at a time. Until I did the first one."

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.