Bernie Madoff was the architect of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, defrauding thousands of investors out of tens of billions of dollars over decades under the guise of a highly successful wealth management firm.

Born Paul Rubenfeld, Paul Reubens was an eccentric comedic actor and writer who achieved cultural icon status as the high-pitched, gray-suited character Pee-wee Herman, before a 1991 public scandal temporarily derailed his career.

Benito Mussolini rose to power as a charismatic fascist dictator who dismantled Italy's democracy, allied with Adolf Hitler during World War II, and ultimately brought his nation to ruin before his violent execution by his own people.

Luc Jouret was a Belgian religious leader and homeopath who co-founded the Order of the Solar Temple, a notorious cult that culminated in the mass murder-suicides of over seventy followers across Switzerland, Canada, and France in the mid-1990s.

Known as the "Milwaukee Cannibal," Jeffrey Dahmer was an infamous American serial killer who murdered, dismembered, and cannibalized 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991.

Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was a notorious Depression-era American bank robber and folk hero who gained notoriety for his violent clashes with law enforcement and his reputed tendency to destroy mortgage documents during bank heists, endearing him to many struggling rural citizens.

Frank Morris was a brilliant and elusive criminal who orchestrated and successfully executed the legendary June 1962 escape from Alcatraz, vanishing into history as one of America's most infamous missing fugitives.

Al Capone was the most infamous American gangster of the Prohibition era, who rose to power as the ruthless boss of the Chicago Outfit before his eventual downfall on charges of tax evasion.

Paul John Knowles, known as the "Casanova Killer," was an American serial killer who went on a brutal, cross-country crime spree in 1974, claiming at least 18 lives before being shot and killed by law enforcement while attempting to escape custody.

Bartholomew Roberts, famously known as "Black Bart," was a highly disciplined and effective Welsh pirate who commanded fleets with strict order and religious fervor, becoming one of the most successful and feared raiders of the Golden Age of Piracy before his death in 1722.