When Malice Green — an unarmed Black man — was beaten to death by the police on November 5, 1992, many wondered if justice was even possible.FacebookMalice Green’s grieving mother. Malice Green was 35 years old when police in Detroit beat him to death. The unemployed steelworker had just driven his friend home when plainclothes officers approached and demanded to see his license. As he reached for the glovebox, they used their metal flashlights as weapons — and bashed his skull in.

When Jim Stauffer donated his mother's body to the Biological Resource Center in Arizona, he thought her remains would contribute to scientific research. Instead, her corpse was strapped to a chair and subjected to IED testing.ABC 15 ArizonaA 2014 FBI raid of the Biological Resource Center ended in the organization’s forced closure after body parts were found strewn about and illegal for-profit practices were discovered. Doris Stauffer died in 2014 at the age of 73.

Discover the bizarre yet true story of Brian Wells, the man who exploded after robbing a bank with a bomb strapped around his neck, and Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, the "Evil Genius" who may have been behind the whole thing.Erie Federal Courthouse/Erie Bureau of Police via WiredSecurity camera footage of Brian Wells walking toward the bank’s exit, bomb strapped around his neck, just after the robbery. On August 28, 2003 in Erie, Pennsylvania, Brian Wells’ pizza delivery went horribly wrong when it ended with him dying thanks to a bomb locked around his neck.

Best known for her roles on Broadway and in The Parent Trap, Natasha Richardson died on March 18, 2009 after a skiing accident in Quebec left her brain dead.dpa picture alliance archive / Alamy Stock PhotoNatasha Richardson died in 2009 at the age of 45. “Oh darling,” actress Natasha Richardson told her husband, the actor Liam Neeson, after falling while skiing in Quebec, “I’ve taken a tumble in the snow.” Richardson felt fine, but that day’s “tumble” would tragically lead to Natasha Richardson’s death at the age of 45.

Paleontologists discovered the fossils of the Vectipelta barretti, a large four-legged and armored member of the Ankylosauria dinosaur family, on England's Isle of Wight. Stu PondArtistic rendition of the Vectipelta barretti, the new spiked dinosaur discovered in the UK. Paleontologists on England’s Isle of Wight just identified the remains of a new armored dinosaur called the Vectipelta barretti. This prehistoric creature once had blade-like spikes protruding from the sides of its body and lived in the area that is now the UK roughly 140 million years ago.

Lisa McPherson died after a Scientology practice gone wrong. Her death opened the doors to a controversy over just how the church handles mental instability. YouTubeLisa McPherson On December 5, 1995, Lisa McPherson was found unresponsive in her room at the Flag Land Base, the Florida-based “spiritual headquarters” of the Church of Scientology. She was loaded into an ambulance by her caretakers and taken to a Scientology hospital, despite the fact that there were four closer hospitals on the way.

Harry Edward Greenwell targeted female night clerks at motels off Interstate 65 in Kentucky and Indiana in the 1980s and 1990s.Indiana State PoliceHarry Edward Greenwell in an undated booking photo. For three decades, police in Kentucky and Indiana were stumped by a spree of murders and assaults that unfolded along the I-65 corridor in the 1980s and 1990s. Now, thanks to “investigative genealogy” police have identified Harry Edward Greenwell — who died in 2013 — as the man behind three murders and one attempted murder.

Known as the “Incubator Doctor,” Martin Couney was a controversial figure in the early 20th century. But today, he’s recognized as a hero who saved thousands of vulnerable infants.New York Public LibraryMartin Couney holds two premature babies he saved with his innovative child incubators. If you visited New York’s Coney Island in the 1930s, you’d be treated to a variety of sideshow attractions and rides, all for the low price of 10 cents.

James Stacy was nominated for two Emmys despite having become a double-amputee in 1973. But this reputation was tarnished by his 1995 conviction.Wikimedia CommonsJames Stacy enjoyed fame as a beloved actor before the tragic accident that made him a double-amputee. James Stacy was a popular Western TV star during the 1960s. His most famous role as the brother to Wayne Maunder’s character in the Lancer cowboy series seemed to prepare him for a career in stardom.

It's as big as 14 elephants, two semi-trucks, or 10 T-rex. G. Lio/PAPatagotitan Mayorum Aureliano Hernandez — an Argentinian shepherd — saw a bone sticking out from under a rock in 2013. Paleontologists were contacted, but Hernandez passed away before they had a chance to make it out to the farm where he worked. Aureliano would never know, then, that his discovery was actually the thigh bone of the largest dinosaur ever uncovered.