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Joseph A. Williams

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The Beast of Gevaudan

Between 1765 and 1767, an unknown creature killed over 100 people in a rural region of France—and captivated a horrified world.

Thomas Midgley, Jr.

Thomas J. Midgley is now considered one of history's most dangerous inventors.

Truckers on strike

The strike started when one driver, mad as hell about the OPEC oil crisis, turned off his engine and got on his CB radio.

The Coast Guard’s New London-based vessels as seen in 1927 for prohibition enforcement. Among them is CG-290, which was later involved in the Black Duck incident. (Image courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard)

A nighttime boat chase that ended in gunfire and the deaths of three men triggered outrage that would lead to a new amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

A German drawing of a submerged U boat in British waters during World War One. (Credit: Classic Image/Alamy)

How a secret team of British divers hunted codes from German shipwrecks.

Werner Karl Heisenberg

Anticipating the Allied arrival, German researchers hid their files inside a watertight drum and sunk it into a cesspool.

1857 Police Riot

Two separate police forces— state and city—came head to head in a bloody brawl.