In 1995, a man in France was convicted for murdering a teenage girl, but he avoided prison by fleeing to Germany. In 2009, the victim’s father hired a team to kidnap him and drop him off in front of a French courthouse. It worked and he’s now serving 15 years in prison.
Dr. John Britton shows his .357 Magnum revolver, which he carried for protection while working at an abortion clinic in Pensacola. The photo was taken on July 28, 1994 - just one day before his death.
An Ohio man thought he bought a $5,000 vacant lot to build his dream home. Turns out he bought the whole street, homes, and all. Now the city wants it back, but it's legally his
In 1825, painter Samuel Morse received a letter saying his wife was sick. The next day, another arrived saying she had died. By the time he got home two days later, she had already been buried. Frustrated by the delay, he later invented Morse code.
Amou Haji Was A Man Who Hadn't Washed In 60+ Years Due to a Superstition. He Died At 94, Less Than A Month After His Village Persuaded Him To Finally Wash.
In 1972, Vesna Vulovic, a 22-year-old flight attendant, survived a plane explosion and a fall from 33,000 feet without a parachute, landing on a snowy hillside with severe injuries but eventually recovering. Her survival is the highest fall without a parachute on record.
