Harold Shipman is thought to have killed so many patients that the 15 deaths tried in court represented only a small portion of the suspected victims Subsequent investigations estimated the actual number

After his 1992 conviction, investigations and prosecutions intensified, and by 2000 roughly half of the family's made members were imprisoned

Although nicknamed "The Teflon Don" for repeatedly escaping convictions, John Gotti's flashy lifestyle and aggressive tactics drew intense law enforcement scrutiny to the Gambino crime family.

He warned that clinging to interpretations later disproved by established knowledge would undermine Christianity's credibility

During the 4th century, Augustine of Hippo argued that Christians should avoid insisting on a strictly literal reading of Genesis.

In 116 AD the Roman historian and senator Tacitus recorded in the Annals that Jesus was executed under Pontius Pilate. Historians generally consider this passage authentic and regard it as an important

After her death, many of her statues and inscriptions were deliberately defaced by the succeeding ruler, seemingly intended to erase her from the historical record

Hatshepsut was one of ancient Egypt's most successful rulers and its most powerful female pharaoh

GG Allin was given the name Jesus Christ Allin at birth The father chose the name after claiming a vision of Jesus, who allegedly told him the newborn would one day become a great man

Urschel, for which he and his gang collected a ransom equal to nearly $5 million in today's money

The original Machine Gun Kelly was a Prohibition-era gangster and bootlegger. His most notorious crime was the 1933 kidnapping of oil tycoon Charles F.

Squanto was taken from his home to Europe and sold into slavery. After gaining freedom and returning, he found that disease had killed nearly all of his people and left his village abandoned

Arrested the day before for fighting, confinement in a small cell with thick walls and only a narrow ventilation shaft kept him alive for four days until rescue

In 1902, Ludger Sylbaris survived the Mount Pelée eruption that killed about 30,000 people.

The Great Sphinx of Giza isn't isolated in the desert as many imagine. It now sits on the edge of Cairo's sprawling metropolitan area, surrounded by modern buildings, restaurants, and even a Pizza Hut

The LZ 129 Hindenburg had been intended to use non-flammable helium, but when the United States declined to export the gas to Germany the airship was filled with highly flammable hydrogen instead

Tradition has diners cover their heads with a napkin while eating, a custom often said to conceal the act from God

A controversial French delicacy called ortolan involves capturing a small songbird, fattening it on grain, then preparing and serving it whole to be eaten in a single bite.

At the height of her Hollywood career she stunned the industry in 1963 by leaving acting to enter a convent and become a nun. Today she remains the only nun with a voting membership in the Academy of Motion

Dolores Hart appeared in ten films across a five-year period, debuting on screen opposite Elvis Presley in Loving You.