Medical examiner Judy Melinek identified hundreds of 9/11 victims, often from mere fragments of flesh or limbs. In August 2002, nearly a year later, she was called in after a foot bone was discovered atop a skyscraper a fifth of a mile from Ground Zero.

In 2022, James Michael Grimes fell overboard from a Carnival cruise during an air-guitar contest, surviving 18 hours in the Gulf of Mexico. Stung by jellyfish and fearing a shark, he was miraculously rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a heroin overdose with 10 days left of filming “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay”. Instead of recasting, the studio used CGI sparingly, reassigned some of his lines to Woody Harrelson and incorporated existing footage to complete his scenes.

Footage shows 16-year-old Sean Simpson breaking down in court after being denied bail and ordered to stand trial for murder as an adult. Sean Simpson was charged with killing 16-year-old Zaquavious Dawkins in a North Carolina shooting in Jan 2025.

Footage shows 16-year-old Sean Simpson breaking down in court after being denied bail and ordered to stand trial for murder as an adult. Sean Simpson was charged with killing 16-year-old Zaquavious Dawkins in a North Carolina shooting in Jan 2025.

In the 1990s, a California man, Steve Comisar, began putting ads in national magazines selling "Solar-powered dryers' for $49.95. Unsuspecting customers would then receive a simple clothesline in the mail.

Daniel and Ashley Schwarz adopted their daughter and then proceeded to subject her to cruel punishments, including denying her water and forcing her to jump on the trampoline in sweltering heat, until she tragically died.

In 2013, Sabine Moreau went to pick up a friend in Brussels, however because of a GPS error, she ended up in Croatia after driving 900 miles across five international borders. She realized she took a wrong turn two days after leaving. Her son had reported her missing.

Morten Viskum, a Norwegian artist, created his series “The Hand that Never Stopped Painting” using severed hands as paintbrushes. In some of his works, he also replaced traditional paint with animal blood.

On October 16, 1931, in Phoenix, Arizona, Winnie Ruth Judd shot and killed her two friends, Agnes "Anne" LeRoi and Hedvig "Sammy" Samuelson, during a fierce argument, reportedly fueled by jealousy over a shared romantic interest in a man named Jack Halloran.

On August 11, 45-year-old Ryan Borgwardt faked his own death by deliberately flipping his kayak on Green Lake, dumping his phone and belongings into the water.

A chilling missing persons bulletin that aired on CNN on September 17, 2001, six days after the tragic events of 9/11.

In 2023, Rhode Island councilman Matthew Reilly was found asleep behind the wheel with a crack pipe in hand. A month later, he was arrested again for allegedly se*ually assaulting and m*lesting a child.

In 2016, a man who had been stalking “iCarly” actress Miranda Cosgrove fired at a woman in a car near her home before setting himself on fire and taking his own life in her yard. Two years earlier, Cosgrove had obtained a restraining order against a different stalker.

In 2016, a man who had been stalking “iCarly” actress Miranda Cosgrove fired at a woman in a car near her home before setting himself on fire and taking his own life in her yard. Two years earlier, Cosgrove had obtained a restraining order against a different stalker.

In 1987, Franco Brun, a 22-year-old inmate at the Metro Toronto East Detention Centre in Canada died trying to swallow a pocket-size Bible.

Louis Zamperini survived 47 days on a raft after his plane crashed in World War II and later endured brutal torture at three separate Japanese POW camps. He survived and returned home to Torrance, California as a hero.

In 1999, 67-year-old Betty Stobbs from Durham, England, was killed when a flock of sheep knocked her off her power bike, sending her over a 100-foot cliff. Though she survived the fall, she was tragically crushed by the bike as it fell after her.

Police in Colombia say they busted a drug smuggling suspect who was attempting to board a flight to Amsterdam with more than 200 grams of cocaine hidden under his toupee.

Terrifying footage captures the moment Laken Riley’s family learned of her murder.

Heartbreaking footage shows Teria'le Rawls' mother breaking down in court after her daughter was fatally shot in the crossfire of a gunfight between two groups of teenagers.

After WWII, Japanese war criminal Hitoshi Imamura was imprisoned but deemed his 10-year prison sentence too lenient. Because of this he built a replica prison in his garden and lived there in self-imposed confinement until his death in 1968.

California teen brutally killed while on Valentine's Day date with his girlfriend in Santa Row mall stabbing.

In 2001, 13-year-old Boy Scout Cody Clawson went missing near Yellowstone Park for more than 18 hours. Stranded, he used his belt buckle to reflect sunlight and signal passing planes. His distress signal was spotted by a pilot who happened to be actor Harrison Ford, leading to his rescue.

David Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double in the Harry Potter films, was paralyzed after a tragic accident on set during Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. He broke his neck during a fight scene.