In October 1943, a U.S. Navy destroyer was supposedly turned invisible and teleported from Philadelphia to Norfolk. But did it really happen?

Composed of Irish immigrants, the Dead Rabbits controlled territory in Lower Manhattan and the Five Points — and frequently brawled with the nativist Bowery Boys.

Pablo Escobar's $25 billion net worth afforded him a lavish lifestyle complete with a 7,000-acre estate, a luxury prison, and so much cash that he didn't even notice when he lost millions of dollars to hungry rodents.

Raised by Mohave Native Americans after her family was slaughtered, Olive Oatman was destined for a complicated double life.

On the afternoon of July 26, 2009, Diane Schuler sped the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway and crashed into another car, killing eight people.

Not only did Violet Jessop survive the sinking of the Titanic and the Britannic, but she was also aboard the Titanic's other sister ship, the Olympic, when it collided with a cruiser in 1911.

In 1968, the Manson Family moved into George Spahn's dilapidated Southern California ranch. The next year, they committed mass murder.

Rob Hall died on May 11, 1996, during his fifth time summiting Mount Everest when he and his group of climbers got trapped in a deadly storm.

Made famous as Jimmy "The Gent" Conway in "Goodfellas," real-life New York gangster Jimmy Burke was even more ruthless than his onscreen counterpart.

From the unexplained explosion that flattened a Russian forest to the horribly botched rehearsal for D-Day, these are some of history's most interesting events.