In 1948, beachgoers came across a dead man on Australia's Somerton beach. Well-dressed and with no signs of trauma, police could determine neither his identity nor his cause of death — both of which remain a mystery to this day.On December 1, 1948, two teenagers riding horses along the beach in Glenelg, Australia, came across a shocking sight. Lying right there in the sand was the corpse of a well-dressed man.

Take a peek inside Stanley Hotel, the haunted Colorado resort that inspired Stephen King's The Shining — if you dare. Famed businessman Freelan Oscar (F.O.) Stanley finished construction on the hotel in 1909. Six years earlier, Stanley’s doctor had ordered him to seek the clean, mountain air of the West, in hopes that it would improve his tuberculosis. When his trip to Estes Park, Colorado did just that, Stanley fell in love with the area and vowed to return there each summer.

A 35-year-old auto repairman, Joey Buttafuoco began an illicit relationship with 16-year-old Amy Fisher in 1991 — and Fisher later tried to kill his wife.ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock PhotoJoey Buttafuoco was a 35-year-old married man when he began a sexual relationship with 16-year-old Amy Fisher. Joey Buttafuoco’s life in the spotlight began in 1991 when the 35-year-old New York auto body shop owner crossed paths with 16-year-old Amy Fisher during a routine car repair.

As a successor to the helm of the Sinaloa Cartel, Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar began trafficking drugs as a teenager. Now, he has reportedly expanded his father's empire to include meth and fentanyl.In the late 1980s, the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico began trafficking marijuana, cocaine, and heroin into the United States. From bribery and blackmail to torture and murder, the cartel’s methods were ruthless — owed in part to its merciless leader, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the father of Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar.

Mary Seacole faced adversity — and open fire — to help injured soldiers during the Crimean War. Now, more than a century later, she is being remembered for her heroic achievements.National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia CommonsMary Seacole, painted by Albert Charles Challen in 1869. “War, I know, is a serious game, but sometimes very humble actors are of great use in it,” wrote Mary Seacole. This Jamaican woman was one of these humble actors, saving the lives of many of the thousands of British, French, Turkish, and Russian soldiers sent to fight in the Crimean War in the 1850s.