Beatriz Flamini spent 500 days alone in a cave in Montril, Spain for an experiment on the effects of long-term solitude on the human mind and body. Dokumalia Producciones/REUTERSBeatriz Flamini, a Spanish mountaineer and extreme sportswoman, exercises during her 500-day stay in a cave in Motril, Spain. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest a human being has ever survived while trapped underground was 69 days — a record unintentionally set by a group of Chilean miners after they got trapped in 2010 following a mine collapse.

In 1978, Billy Milligan became the first person to successfully use multiple personality disorder as a legal defense, though the debate surrounding his condition turned the case into a hotly-debated spectacle.NetflixPsychiatrists initially identified 10 personalities within Billy Milligan — then later found an additional 14. In October 1977, 22-year-old Billy Milligan was arrested for kidnapping, robbing, and raping three female Ohio State students. But what should have been a relatively straightforward conviction instead became a shocking acquittal.

For decades, a mysterious beast known as the chupacabra has allegedly been prowling the American Southwest and sucking the blood of livestock.Few cryptids are as storied and as fearsome as the dreaded chupacabra. A blood-sucking creature allegedly the size of a small bear, sometimes with a tail, often covered in scaly skin, and with a row of spines down its back, the chupacabra has been a staple in folklore throughout Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the southwestern United States for decades.

A convicted pedophile who lived near JonBenét Ramsey at the time of her 1996 killing, Gary Oliva had a deep obsession with the six-year-old pageant star — and claimed responsibility for her murder in a series of prison letters.Colorado Department of CorrectionsGary Oliva, a convicted sex offender who was just released from prison, once confessed to the murder of JonBenét Ramsey. Since six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was brutally murdered in her Colorado home in 1996, police have been puzzled as to who might have killed the child pageant star.

Known as Ginger McKenna in Martin Scorsese's Casino, the real-life Geri McGee married casino boss Frank Rosenthal and had an affair with mob hitman Tony Spilotro in the 1970s — then her story ended in tragedy.TumblrGeri McGee and Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal had a tempestuous relationship that led to constant fighting and the two nearly killing each other. Geri McGee loved money — obtaining it, spending it, flaunting it. She was a Vegas showgirl and a hustler at a time when everyone in Vegas was in on a hustle.

The daughter of Irish immigrants, Margaret "Molly" Brown rose from humble roots to become a noted socialite, philanthropist, and hero during the Titanic's sinking.Wikimedia CommonsMargaret Brown, a.k.a. “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” is one of the most famous Titanic survivors. After she survived the Titanic sinking in 1912, Margaret “Molly” Brown shrugged off her good fortune. “Typical Brown luck,” she allegedly quipped. “We’re unsinkable.” By the time she died in 1932, she’d become known as the “Unsinkable Molly Brown” — and for good reason.

On December 11, 1964, R&B legend Sam Cooke was shot to death by a hotel manager named Bertha Franklin. It was ruled self-defense, but was that really the case?On December 11, 1964, singer Sam Cooke burst into the main office of the Hacienda Motel in El Segundo outside Los Angeles. He was in nothing but a jacket and one shoe. Cooke demanded that the motel manager tell him where the young woman he arrived at the motel with had gone.

The FBI kept tabs on the so-called "Queen of Soul" while searching for links between Franklin and civil rights activists, communists, and "Black extremists."David Redfern/RedfernsAretha Franklin performing in London in the 1980s. Shortly after Aretha Franklin died in 2018, Rolling Stone filed a Freedom of Information Act to attain any records about her from the FBI. Now, Franklin’s file has been released — providing a stunning and insightful look at how the organization tracked the “Queen of Soul” for 40 years.

The Aztec Sun god and the impetus for countless human sacrifices, Huitzilopochtli left a blood-soaked mark on Mesoamerican history.Juan de Tovar/Wikimedia CommonsHuitzilopochtli, the Aztec Sun god, as depicted in the Tovar Codex. If asked to name an Aztec god, most people would probably point to the serpent god Quetzalcoatl. But the Aztec pantheon contained many other impressive — and terrifying — deities. Among them was the god of the Sun, war, and human sacrifice: Huitzilopochtli.

Raymond Jones vanished 53 years ago while hunting mountain goats along Hayden Creek. Jimmy Emerson, DVM/FlickrRaymond Jones’s disappearance rattled the small, isolated town of Salmon, Idaho. In September 2021, an Idaho bow hunter decided to take a shortcut between hunting areas. As he navigated the rugged woods, he stumbled across human remains. Police have since identified the deceased as Raymond Jones, a man missing for five decades. Almost exactly 53 years ago, Jones, who was also a bow hunter, vanished on Sept.