On December 24, 2008 Bruce Pardo went to a Christmas party dressed as Santa Clause. He was carrying several automatic weapons and a homemade Flame Thrower. After killing 9 people, he torhced the home. In the process, Pardo accidentally caught himself on fire and was force to commit suicide.

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Sophia Scholl was a 21 year old German student who help form the White Rose Society,a non-violent resistance group, in Nazi Germany.

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Huey P. Long was a controversial Louisiana governor and senator in the 1920s and 30s.  In August 1935, Long announced that he intended to run for President the following year. One month later he was killed by an assassin in the Louisiana state house. Questions still remain about his death. 

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In the early 1920s, William Desmond Taylor, was a popular Hollywood actor and film director.  On February 1, 1922 he was murdered in his Los Angeles home. Despite numerous suspects, the crime has never been solved. 

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Daniel Edgar Sickles was an politician, soldier, and diplomat. Sickles was involved in a number of public scandals including a murder. He was the first person to use the insanity defense. 

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From 1859 until 1880, The U.S. was ruled by the self -proclaimed "Norton I, Emperor of the United States". This is his story.

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On January 11, 1992, 12 year old Shanda Sharer from Madison, Indiana was kidnapped, tortured and burned alive by 4 other teenage girls.

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On November 17, 1978, four young employees were working the night shift at the Burger Chef in Speedway, Indiana. None of them ever made it home. Two days later their remains were found at a nearby park. The case remains unsolved.

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In October 1962, Major Rudolph "Rudy" Anderson Jr. became the only person killed by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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In 2011, Latoya Ammons moved her family into a home in Gary, Indiana. It wasn't long before very strange things started to happen.

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