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After taking advantage of the wrong mark, Victor Lustig found himself in the crosshairs of police all over the United States. With the Great Depression in full swing, Lustig was forced to think outside the box—concocting a counterfeiting enterprise that threatened to topple an already fragile economy.

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He cut his teeth swindling victims through a series of card game tricks. Soon Victor Lustig would move onto more elaborate, skilled schemes in which he would systematically earn his mark's trust for weeks before taking off with thousands of dollars. But it was in Paris where Lustig pulled his biggest con—selling the Eiffel Tower—twice.

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On this day in 1919, Italian immigrants Charles Cortimiglia, his wife Rose, and their two-year-old daughter, Mary, were brutally attacked by an intruder. 

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President Grover Cleveland is often remembered for his mustache, or perhaps his anti-corruption agenda. Fewer people know about the son he fathered through sexual assault—and the ensuing scandal that threatened his election to the White House.

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During World War II, inventor Nikola Tesla died in a New York hotel room while working on a project known as “Tesla’s Death Ray.” When he was found, the prototype and most of Tesla’s notes were missing. 

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Despite all of the geo-location technology that exists, and more than $160 million in a search and recovery effort, the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and the circumstances of its disappearance over the Indian Ocean in 2014 remain a mystery.

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On March 8th, 2014, less than one hour into its flight, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared from the skies over the Indian Ocean. 

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It may sound far-fetched, but this 7-foot-tall creature from Michigan folklore is no barking-matter.

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Chrysippus of Soli was a Greek philosopher whose ideas still resonate today. It’s said that he died laughing. But is that really what happened to the Stoic thinker?

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On this day in 1972, Kim Wendy Allen, a junior college student in Santa Rosa, California, was raped, strangled and dumped after she hitched a ride late one night. Kim was the first victim discovered in the series of slayings now known as the Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders. 

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